Tag: Oklahoma City Thunder
The NBA has named the All-Star starters, but which players might be named All-Star reserves?
Russell Westbrook said he is going to “get his ass back,” with regard to Zaza Pachulia’s hard foul in the second quarter of the Golden State Warriors’ 121-100 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. “He hit me kind of hard,” Westbrook said. “But it’s all right. I’m gonna get his ass back. Straight […]
The Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 121-100 in what might have been Kevin Durant’s best game of the season. “Every player in the NBA wants to play well against his old team,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said of Durant’s performance. “For most guys, you feel that extra juice when you play against […]
Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams will miss Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers with a concussion, the team said. Adams is in the league’s mandated concussion protocol; the timetable for his return is unknown. Adams was injured early in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Sacramento Kings after falling and hitting […]
Clippers guard Chris Paul sprained his left thumb with 3:04 left in the second quarter of Monday night’s 120-98 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder and was ruled out for the rest of the game. X-rays on the thumb were negative, but further tests need to be done to determine the extent of the injury. […]
Russell Westbrook hit the halfway point of his season on Friday and recorded his 19th triple-double, the most by any player in any season since the NBA and ABA merged in 1976. It broke a record Westbrook held with Magic Johnson, a number he’d reached last season in 80 games. Source: Brett Dawson of The […]
This week’s Big 3 features Kyle Lowry, the “race” for the 8 out West and an instructive Play of the Week.
Russell Westbrook said following the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 123-112 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday that hitting referee Tre Maddox with the basketball was unintentional and that he would “never, ever disrespect the game like that.” With 3:13 left in the first quarter, Westbrook threw the ball at Maddox’s head after the Thunder had […]
The Oklahoma City Thunder has assigned guard Cameron Payne to the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA Development League, it was announced today by Executive Vice President and General Manager Sam Presti. Source: NBA.com/Thunder
After picking up back-to-back technical fouls to earn an ejection midway through the third quarter of Thursday night’s 114-80 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook voiced frustration and said he was being officiated differently from other players. “Honestly, I don’t know, man. Honestly, it’s crazy to be ejected like that, […]
