Tag: Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook is always angry on a basketball court. But about an hour and a half before Game 5, Mark Cuban actually gave him a reason to be. Cuban plainly said Westbrook is a star, but not a superstar, pointing to his teammate Kevin Durant as the only superstar in Oklahoma City. If his plan […]
Perennial All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook does not meet Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban’s standard for a superstar. Cuban, meanwhile, comes up short in Kevin Durant’s standard for smarts. Westbrook was asked about his reaction to Cuban’s comments after the game, but Durant interrupted, putting his hand over Westbrook’s microphone. “He’s an idiot,” Durant said […]
The Thunder defeated the Mavericks on Monday, advancing to a second round series with the Spurs.
(Russell) Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for directing inappropriate language toward a fan during the Thunder’s 119-108 win over the Dallas Mavericks on April 23 at American Airlines Center. (Kevin) Durant has been fined $15,000 for his Flagrant 2 foul on the Mavericks’ Justin Anderson with 50.6 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter of the […]
Kevin Durant was called for a flagrant foul 2 and was ejected in the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 119-108 Game 4 win over the Dallas Mavericks, his first career postseason ejection and second career ejection. With 50.6 seconds left, Durant bit on a pump fake by rookie Justin Anderson and swiped at the ball as Anderson went into […]
Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle made a point to call out the Oklahoma City Thunder — and specifically Kevin Durant — for taking unnecessary cheap shots that led to confrontations during Dallas’ lopsided home loss in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Thursday night. “There were four, what I would categorize as non-basketball physical escalations […]
With Charlie Villanueva just a few feet away, Russell Westbrook started dancing again. This time, though, it was with the ball in his hand. It was late in the fourth quarter and Westbrook dribbled hard, then jammed a stutter-step to rock Villanueva on his heels before rising to splash a 15-footer, putting the Oklahoma City […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder responded with a wire-to-wire, road victory over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 3.
The Mavericks surprised many with their road victory over the Thunder in Game 2.
However, the Mavs’ absolute failure to compete was rather appalling in Saturday night’s 108-70 rout, which set a franchise record for fewest points scored in a playoff game. “We’ve just got to show pride,” said face of the franchise Dirk Nowitzki, whose 18 points made him the only Dallas player to score in double figures. […]
