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Durant, Thunder whip Jazz

Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, left, fouls Utah Jazz's Andrei Kirilenko during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2009. The Thunder beat the Jazz 104-94. AP PHOTO
 
By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press
Published: 11/25/2009  2:30 AM
Last Modified: 11/25/2009  6:54 AM

 SALT LAKE CITY — Kevin Durant scored 28 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder held off a late surge by Utah for a 104-94 win over the Jazz on Tuesday night.

Durant also had eight assists and Jeff Green had 19 points, six rebounds and five assists as the Thunder ended a four-game losing streak in Utah.

The Thunder built a 19-point lead early in the fourth quarter and didn't allow the Jazz to get any closer than eight down the stretch.

Carlos Boozer had 26 points and seven rebounds and Deron Williams had 10 points, nine assists and seven rebounds for the Jazz, who committed 24 turnovers.

The Jazz never recovered after being outscored 31-16 in the third quarter as the Thunder won in Utah for the first time since April 2007 — when they were still the Seattle SuperSonics.

Russell Westbrook added 17 points and James Harden had 10 for Oklahoma City, which shot 4 for 14 from the floor in the fourth quarter but had a big enough lead to hang on.

Utah's turnovers led to 25 points for the Thunder and put the Jazz too far behind to make a comeback, although they did get close.

After Durant's layup put Oklahoma City up 92-73, the Jazz answered with a 15-4 run to revive their fans and quiet the boos that had been echoing much of the game. Mehmet Okur started the run with a 3-pointer, Wesley Matthews made a free throw and Andrei Kirilenko added a 3-pointer to keep the Jazz rolling. Paul Millsap added a basket, then Boozer hit back-to-back jumpers to get Utah to 96-86.

Millsap added a dunk with 2:58 left, but Westbrook stopped the momentum with four straight foul shots and Green sealed it with a hook shot that gave Oklahoma City a 102-88 lead with about a minute left.

THUNDER 104, JAZZ 94

Oklahoma City 25 28 31 20 — 104
Utah 28 24 16 26 — 94

OKLAHOMA CITY: Durant 11-22 4-4 28, Green 6-13 4-4 19, Krstic 4-10 0-0 8, Westbrook 4-10 8-10 17, Sefolosha 1-6 2-2 4, Ibaka 3-4 1-2 7, Harden 4-5 1-1 10, Weaver 2-3 2-2 7, Thomas 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 37-76 22-25 104.

UTAH: Brewer 2-6 0-0 5, Boozer 11-15 4-4 26, Okur 5-13 2-2 13, Williams 5-14 0-2 10, Matthews 2-4 3-4 7, Millsap 8-11 3-3 19, Kirilenko 5-10 3-3 14, Maynor 0-4 0-0 0, Fesenko 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-77 15-18 94.

3-point goals: Oklahoma City 8-18 (Green 3-7, Durant 2-4, Weaver 1-1, Harden 1-2, Westbrook 1-2, Sefolosha 0-2), Utah 3-10 (Brewer 1-1, Okur 1-2, Kirilenko 1-3, Maynor 0-1, Williams 0-1, Matthews 0-2). Fouled out: Krstic. Rebounds: Oklahoma City 38 (Krstic, Green 6), Utah 46 (Williams, Millsap, Boozer 7). Assists: Oklahoma City 25 (Durant 8), Utah 24 (Williams 9). Total fouls: Oklahoma City 18, Utah 20. A: 17,937 (19,911).

By DOUG ALDEN Associated Press

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tulsandn, out in the woods (11/25/2009 9:17:49 AM)
THe Thunder will make the playoffs, the Lakers will crush them if they come in 8th, the Nuggets will do the same if they finsih 7th, so they better shoot for that 6th spot....

The Thunder is so young & talented but they have a good coach who stresses DEFENSE, so they will be fine, this year, next year & beyond....If the front office locks in the key players to long term contracts....

Kevin Durant would be amazing trade bait(he settles for outside jumpshots when he could be a man & take it to the basket), Westbrook, Green, Harden, Sefalosha, are keepers & IBAKA is gonna be around for a long long time....They need to find a BIG MAN....
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SoonerStorm, Tulsa (11/25/2009 10:26:51 AM)
This was a great win & a sign of great things to come. The time to get on the bandwagon is now!
 

 
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