Oklahoma City Thunder

Kevin Durant is among a group of sports stars and coaches who are expressing concern for the victims of a massive tornado that ripped through a handful of Oklahoma City suburbs on Monday.

Durant, a three-time scoring champion for the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder, posted on his Twitter account that he was praying for everyone involved. He added: "Everybody stay safe!"

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By Jon Saraceno, USA TODAY Updated //

MIAMI – In the end, of course, it came down to denial defense and unquenchable desire, which is really what defending — and winning professional basketball championships — is all about.

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By Steve Mitchell, US Presswire

Thunder forward Kevin Durant shows his disappointment in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, which his team lost to the Heat... read more

June, 22, 2012

Jun 22 5:07 AM ET By Marc SteinESPN.com You hear so much about the futures of James Harden and Serge Ibaka in Oklahoma City and the difficulties looming for the small-market Thunder to be able to afford keeping those two in the same core headlined by Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. Frequently forgotten, amid all the fretting, is the fact that the Thunder have to sort out their coaching situation before they even get to Harden or Ibaka or filling some of the other holes on the roster. Scotty Brooks' contract as OKC coach ends when June ends. The widespread assumption persists that Brooks and the Thunder will hammer out a new deal now that they no longer have a deep playoff run to manage, but sources close to the process continue to caution that A) extension talks have been slow-moving for weeks now and B) concern is rising within the organization that the sides are not nearly as destined to reach an agreement as everyone else around the league presumes... read more

After making strides in previous rounds, poor late execution seals loss to Heat

Updated: June 18, 2012, 3:05 AM ET By J.A. Adande | ESPN.com Thunder Falter Down The Stretch MIAMI -- Three games into the NBA Finals, 84 games into this season that has taken them to places they've never been, the Oklahoma City Thunder stepped back into their past. They regressed.

Poor execution late in the game, excessive turnovers, missed free throws -- all the stuff they thought they'd left behind the way they did the Mavericks and the Lakers and the Spurs -- resurfaced at this critical junction, leading to a 91-85 defeat that put the Thunder two games away from losing this series to the Miami Heat, with two games still to play in Miami... read more

  Posted Friday June 15, 2012 12:55AM

By Randy Renner, NBA.com

THE FACTS: The Miami Heat jumped out to a big lead (18-2) in the first quarter and then held off a furious Oklahoma City rally to beat the Thunder 100-96 and tie the NBA Finals at 1-1 heading to south Florida. The Thunder got back to within two points and had a chance to tie the game in the closing seconds, but a shot byKevin Durant bounced off the rim. Durant thought he'd been fouled by LeBron James, but no whistles blew. The stars for both teams shined bright. James and Durant led all scorers with 32 apiece... read more

What's Kevin Durant's motivation?

Legacy of Oklahoma City Thunder's star taking shape without any clear objective Updated: June 13, 2012, 1:25 PM ET By J.A. Adande | ESPN.com   Mark J. Rebilas/US PresswireAt 23, Kevin Durant is already one of the best players in the league. Just how good can he be?

The one thing Kevin Durant lacks is a means of defining himself, of setting the parameters for which he should be described. It's always a generic "better." He wants to ascend to huge heights, but he's never named a specific mountain he desires to scale.

When Kobe Bryant entered the NBA, it was clear that Michael Jordan was both his template and target... read more

Miami's LeBron James tries to keep up with Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. (Robyn Beck / AFP/Getty Images / June 13, 2012)

By Chuck Schilken

June 13, 2012, 8:13 a.m.

Kevin Durant didn't embarrass LeBron James on Tuesday night. But the Oklahoma City superstar did show his Miami counterpart how it's done in the NBA Finals -- particularly in the fourth quarter -- as the Thunder claimed a 105-94 victory in Game 1.

In his first NBA Finals appearance, Durant finished with 36 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter -- numbers James has yet to match in 11 career NBA Finals games... read more

 

June, 13, 2012 Jun 13 1:58 AM ET By Henry AbbottESPN.com Garrett Ellwood/NBAE/Getty The best scorer in the NBA might also be the least dramatic. The Game 1 stat sheet says Kevin Durant scored 36 points, including 17 in the fourth. A 17-point quarter is a 68-point pace for an entire game. And yet, if I'm honest, if there were no stat sheet, I'd have guessed Durant had about 25 for the game. That's how it goes when I watch the NBA's best scorer. He always has more points than I think he does. Every time I notice him on offense, he's doing something professional, unfussy and slick... read more

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By Jeff Latzke

Associated Press 

OKLAHOMA CITY - When the Oklahoma City Thunder signed five-time champion Derek Fisher late in the season, they added a veteran guard with oodles more NBA Finals experience than the rest of the roster he was joining.

 

Whether Fisher can prepare his Thunder teammates for what they’re about to face is another matter.

While the Miami Heat are returning for the second straight season, it’ll be an eye-opening, first-time experience for most of Oklahoma City’s youthful players. Only Fisher, starting center Kendrick Perkins, and backup Nazr Mohammed have ever made it this far - all winning titles with other teams... read more

Published May 22, 2012

Fox News Latino

The mighty Lakers have fallen.

Russell Westbrook scored 28 points, Kevin Durant added 25 points and 10 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder surged ahead in the second half to beat Los Angeles 106-90 in Game 5 on Monday night and eliminate the Lakers from the playoffs.

The two All-Stars both bypassed their breaks in the second half and used the time they'd normally be resting to fuel the big run that put away the game and end the Lakers' season.

Westbrook had a pair of three-point plays during a 14-3 burst that put Oklahoma City ahead to stay late in the third quarter, and Durant hit two 3-pointers as the Thunder scored the first 10 points of the fourth to push their lead to 93-77... read more

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Kevin Durant stood above the 3-point line and watched the shot clock dwindle in the final seconds of Game 4. When Metta World Peace backed up slightly on defense, Durant hesitated only an instant before launching a 26-footer... read more

by Danny Webster

We all know how good the Oklahoma City Thunder are when they score a high number of points. That's one of the big reasons why they haven't lost a single game in this year's NBA playoffs.

So what does it say about them when they win a game by only scoring 77 points?

Even though the point total isn't a lot, it tells you a great deal of how good this young team truly is.

After an Andrew Bynum hook shot gave the Los Angeles Lakers a 75-68 lead with over two minutes remaining, the Thunder began another epic playoff comeback with Kevin Durant and James Harden leading the way by attacking the basket and driving to the rim with ease... read more

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Even down late, the Oklahoma City Thunder are showing that they are never out.

Kevin Durant scored 22 points and rattled in the go-ahead basket on a baseline runner with 18 seconds left, and the Thunder scored the final nine points to rally for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals Wednesday night... read more

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY -- When the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City last met,Metta World Peace delivered an elbow that sent the Thunder's James Hardenhome with a concussion... read more

Congratulations to Clay Griffin, winner of the OKC Game 5 tickets!

 

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Associated Press

DALLAS -- Oklahoma City kept picking and rolling, and James Harden kept making plays.

Instead of giving in and being content going home for a Game 5, the Thunder now are waiting for their next series... read more

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Dirk Nowitzki was hoping for the same kind of friendly bounce that allowed Kevin Durant to put the Oklahoma City Thunder ahead in their first-round playoff series... read more

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant was determined to not let the Oklahoma City Thunder lose another playoff game at home to Dallas.

He scored 25 points and hit the winning jumper from the foul line with 1... read more

Thunder Vs. Suns: James Harden Explodes For 40, Leads Oklahoma City Over Phoenix

By Seth Rosenthal - NBA Contributor

Fear the beard, indeed. James Harden exploded to lead the Thunder past a tough Suns team on Wednesday.

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Apr 19, 2012 - A couple playoff seeding battles hung in the balance when the Oklahoma City Thunder and Phoenix Suns took the US Airways Center floor. The Thunder hoped to remain within half a game of San Antonio for the first seed in the Western Conference while the Suns were clinging desperately to the West's eighth seed... read more

Oklahoma City Thunder Playoff Predictions: A Fan’s Take By Shawn S. Lealos | Yahoo! Contributor Network    

The Oklahoma City Thunder are 5-5 over the last ten games. With the playoffs starting up in the next couple of weeks, it is time to get things turned around and straightened out before the Thunder find themselves going from first in the West to first eliminated in the postseason.

Here is a look at the dangers that the Thunder will face when the postseason begins.

If things play out like they have been, the Oklahoma City Thunderwill end up the second seed in the West and play, more than likely, the Dallas Mavericks... read more

Oklahoma City Thunder: Who will be first-round foe? Posted by Berry Tramel on April 18, 2012M at 5:00 pm  

The NBA regular season is a week away from completion, so while we don’t know in which slot the Thunder will finish, we can narrow it down. The Thunder will be the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the West, which means a first-round matchup against one of five teams:Denver,Dallas,Phoenix,HoustonorUtah.

For the record, most pundits predict the following order of finish for those five teams:Dallas,Denver,Utah, then eitherPhoenixorHouston. That would pit the second-seeded Thunder againstDenver, or the top-seeded Thunder againstUtah... read more

Who's comin to Game 1 in OKC?

 

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LOS ANGELES -- Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant started slowly. Once the NBA's highest-scoring duo got going, they ran right through the Los Angeles Lakers... read more

By ESPN Stats & InfoESPN.com

In one of the most entertaining games of the season, the Oklahoma City Thunder got an unprecedented performance to beat the Denver Nuggets 124-118 in overtime. Kevin Durant scored a career-high 51 points, the most any player has scored in a game this season. 

Russell Westbrook added a season-high 40 points, making Durant and Westbrook just the third pair of teammates in NBA history with a 50-point game and a 40-point game in the same game, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. Don’t forget about Serge Ibaka, who had his first career triple-double with 14 points, 14 rebounds and a Thunder/SuperSonics-record 11 blocked shots... read more