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Game Recap: Oklahoma City Thunder 96, Miami Heat 91

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So I know I'm a little late to the party with this game recap, so I'll try to keep it short and sweet. Last night the Thunder picked up win #2 of the preseason, and did it by overcoming a double digit deficit heading into the 4th quarter. Leading the way was Kevin Durant who dropped in 18 of his game high 30 points during that fourth quarter surge. He struggled to stay on the court much of the night, due to foul trouble, but still managed to put in 32 minutes of playing time. Jeff Green was the other guy getting the job done for the Thunder tonight, and for the first time this pre-season, really shot the ball well, knocking down 9-16 shots including 3-3 from behind the arc. Russell Westbrook continued to dish the ball well and finished with 7 assists tonight, but also turned the ball over 4 times. RW0's statline looks fairly similar tonight to what it did nearly every game a year ago, but hey, if this is his worst effort so far this pre-season, that definitely bodes well for sophomore season.

I wish I could give you some better details on the game, as well as thoughts and comments but unfortunately I didn't get to see much of the game. Hey, its pre-season though right? If I'm going to be missing games, I should probably do it now as opposed to when the actual regular season tips off right? On top of that the games so far have only been in standard def and you can't actually expect me to watch that can you? Seriously, it hurts my freakin' eyes, and half the time I don't even know what the score is because the picture is so junky. I'm kidding, but anyway, the Thunder did pick up their second win on the pre-season and evened up their record at 2-2 with 3 games left to play next week, only one of which (Tuesday) will be televised. Make the jump for the box.

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 Miami
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  Q. Richardson G 33:03 4-11 1-7 2-3 -2 1 3 1 2 1 0 0 5 11 
  M. Chalmers G 31:58 4-7 1-2 4-4 -1 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 4 13 
  J. O'Neal C 23:14 4-7 0-0 2-2 +2 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 4 10 
  M. Beasley F 37:53 9-13 0-2 6-6 +3 0 4 2 7 1 1 0 2 24 
  U. Haslem F 34:47 3-7 0-0 3-3 -2 2 9 1 1 1 2 1 2
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  D. Cook 29:35 5-15 4-7 0-0 -12 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 3 14 
  C. Arroyo 16:02 0-2 0-0 0-0 -4 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 4
  J. Jones 14:57 3-4 2-3 0-0 -3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
  J. Anthony 13:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 -11 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 3
  S. Randolph 5:30 0-0 0-0 0-0 +5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Y. Diawara DNP - Coach's Decision
  J. Lucas DNP - Coach's Decision
  J. Magloire DNP - Coach's Decision
  C. Quinn DNP - Coach's Decision
  A. Tolliver DNP - Coach's Decision
  D. Wade DNP - Coach's Decision
  D. Wright DNP - Coach's Decision
 Totals 33-67 8-21 17-18 7 32 11 19 4 5 2 32 91 
 Percentages:   .493 .381 .944   Team Rebounds: 4
 Oklahoma City
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  R. Westbrook G 35:32 3-12 0-1 6-10 +7 3 6 7 4 3 0 1 5 12 
  T. Sefolosha G 24:33 2-7 0-3 2-3 -4 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 1
  E. Thomas C 23:33 4-4 0-0 3-4 +1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 11 
  J. Green F 36:14 9-16 3-3 4-5 +2 0 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 25 
  K. Durant F 32:13 10-16 1-5 9-10 +9 0 6 2 4 1 0 1 5 30 
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  S. Livingston 19:02 0-3 0-0 3-6 +14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1
  B.J. Mullens 15:53 2-3 0-0 0-0 +14 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2
  K. Weaver 13:26 0-1 0-1 2-2 +5 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 1
  S. Ibaka 11:57 0-1 0-0 0-0 -7 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 1
  M. Ruffin 11:45 0-2 0-0 0-0 +4 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1
  N. Krstic 8:34 1-2 0-0 1-2 -10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
  T. Kelley 7:17 0-0 0-0 0-0 -10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
  R. Bowen DNP - Coach's Decision
  N. Collison DNP - Coach's Decision
  J. Harden DNP - Coach's Decision
  M. Harris DNP - Coach's Decision
  K. Ollie DNP - Coach's Decision
  D.J. White DNP - Coach's Decision
 Totals 31-67 4-13 30-42 9 30 16 15 10 2 5 23 96 
 Percentages:   .463 .308 .714   Team Rebounds: 17

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Why didn’t Harden or White play? Just a rest?

by rickpidero on Oct 15, 2009 6:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Just giving other guys a look.

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by Mr Pappagiorgio on Oct 16, 2009 5:16 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions  

I know its early

Is there anyone worried about whats going to happen to the team in the summer of 2010.
Good or bad, what do you guys think.

by triple5 on Oct 15, 2009 7:43 PM CDT reply actions  

Honestly, who the hell knows, if all these big names don’t sign extensions, its going to be a crazy summer for sure. The NBA Landscape will be dramatically different next season.

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by Mr Pappagiorgio on Oct 16, 2009 4:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

Durant! what about the + & -

I thought Durant only scored a lot of points in losing efforts? according to the blog on TrueHoop lol

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Go Thunder!

by AgentO777 on Oct 16, 2009 9:16 AM CDT reply actions  

This wasn’t even as good a +/- effort as his first game after the article. I believe his official response to the TrueHoop post was to put up a +24. Gotta love that.

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