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Kevin Durant drops 38, Thunder beat Magic

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Kevin Durant scored 38 points, including 18 in the fourth quarter, as Oklahoma City erased a 14-point deficit to beat Orlando Thursday night.

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Thunder rally past 76ers for sixth win in a now

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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 45 points, and the West-leading Thunder overcame a seven-point fourth-quarter deficit.

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Thunder top Lakers, tie Miami as NBA's best

Kevin Durant scored 33 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Los Angeles Lakers 100-85 Thursday night.

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Thunder power by struggling Celtics

Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant combined for 59 points to power the Thunder past the Celtics, handing Boston its fifth loss in a row.

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Lakers Sweep Season Series Against Celtics

6h 31m agoLaker Nation
have been an even greater advantage had more of them been converted. The Celtics, whose inside game took a hit when they sent Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder, don’t get to the line as often as they used to and the Lakers could have racked up

Oklahoma City Hates To Lose

14h 3m agoHoops Addict
hatred for losing, but don’t just look at the win-loss record. Look at the reactions. Remember Blake Griffin’s dunk over Kendrick Perkins in L.A.? Remember Durant’s reaction after the game. He hated it and he didn’t just hate the fact that Perkins got posterized,

The long road ahead

19h 16m agoBoston.com
four time zones sandwiched around a trade deadline (Thursday) that has every Celtic skittish since the shocking swap of Kendrick Perkins to the Oklahoma City Thunder 13 months ago. The Celtics are 21-18 after Friday’s rather stunning 104-86 romp over the Trail

Tim Weisberg: End of an era when Celtics-Lakers battle today

1d 1h agoSouthCoastToday.com
March 15 to see if we can do something to help our team." Last year, Ainge made a deadline deal and sent starting center Kendrick Perkins to Oklahoma City, hoping to get a spark off the bench from Jeff Green. Instead, Green struggled and the chemistry of the

Doc Rivers, Celtics ain't trippin'

1d 2h agoBoston Herald
for a team known to be investigating potential deals. The Celtics were in Denver during last season’s deadline, when Kendrick Perkins [stats] and Nate Robinson were traded to Oklahoma City for Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic. Team chemistry took a major hit and

Kendrick Perkins

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Kevin Martin scores 32 as Rockets clip Thunder

Kevin Martin hit the go-ahead free throws with 23.6 seconds left, and Houston survived three Kevin Durant misses in the final 16 seconds.

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Roundup: Heat torch Wizards

Dwyane Wade scored 26 points and the Miami Heat topped the Washington Wizards 106-89 Friday night.

LeBron James won't be apologizing to Kendrick Perkins

By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY

Who knew that a Blake Griffin dunk could last for more than a week?

Tell us: How wrong was Gronkowski's dance?

By Reid Cherner, USA TODAY

How can you dance like no one is watching when we know that everyone is?A Patriots tight end is certainly finding out all about that.

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