June 29th, 2011 
Russ Loede 
Posted in Smoking Hot From The Land Of Plenty Oklahoma City’s guard James Harden has steadily become one of the NBA’s top three-point launchers. Through two campaigns in the Association, the former Arizona State standout has made nearly 40% from range. With no official NBA Summer League in Orlando or Las Vegas, many NBA players are participating [...]
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Thunder Overcomes Poor Shooting, Cools Off Heat 96-85
American Airlines Arena on Wednesday was the venue of record for the game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Miami Heat. On paper, you could easily assume that this game was one of the better matchups on the National Basketball Association schedule for Wednesday. But then again, that would depend on your definition of the [...]
Thunder Squashes Pacers 113-89, Durant Injured
The Indiana Pacers certainly didn’t get off on the good foot as they started their mini-Midwest swing through Oklahoma and Texas, starting at Oklahoma City Arena. You just knew it wouldn’t be the Pacers night as they shot an anemic 34 percent from the floor and were dominated in all of the meaningful statistical categories. Long [...]
Rookies Rally To Beat Sophomores 148-140, Wall Grabs MVP Award
Anyone who follows the happenings during the NBA All-Star Weekend knows that the games between both the Rookies and Sophomores plus the NBA All-Star Game are lighthearted, by nature. In other words, playground hoops, but with NBA rules attached. The 2011 T-Mobile Rookie Challenge was certainly no different in that regard. The game, as was [...]
Durant Explodes For 44, Thunder Beats Nuggets 114-106
As we all know, Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant is capable of an offensive explosion at any given time, as evidenced by his eight 40+ point games last season. While he is scoring at a 27.5 PPG clip, he somehow has managed not to eclipse the 40-point mark this season. That is until Saturday night at [...]
Durant-less Thunder Top Celtics At TD Garden 89-84
One would think that the Oklahoma City Thunder, without starters Kevin Durant and Jeff Green, would be at a distinct disadvantage as they played the Boston Celtics at TD Garden Friday night. With would be being the operative phrase here. And it didn’t look like they would have a chance as the Celtics outshot the [...]
Bonner’s 7 Treys Help Spurs Bomb Thunder 117-104
“Durant’s a great player, so we tried to make him work his fanny off for everything he got (Sunday). I’ll take 23 points on 23 shots.” – San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich I would venture to say that a lot of NBA fans have at least a passing knowledgeable as to who San Antonio [...]
Thunder Shocks Lakers 110-89, Series Tied At 2
It’s hard to put a finger on it, but during the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game Saturday night, one had to wonder what happened to the Lakers. What did happen was that the Thunder outrebounded, went to the free throw line much more often and simply outhustled the Lakers, especially on transition baskets. The [...]
