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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — LeBron James scored a 28-point triple-double as the injury-depleted Los Angeles Lakers bagged a fifth consecutive win on Monday in a 119-112 overtime defeat of the Oklahoma City Thunder. For a second straight game, James and the Lakers were forced to dig deep in overtime, overturning a double-digit deficit early in the fourth quarter to grind out their 19th win of the season. With the Lakers missing Anthony Davis […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook hit back at critics on Thursday as the Oklahoma City Thunder licked their wounds after another playoff failure. Westbrook and the Thunder bowed out of the postseason on Tuesday, beaten in five games by the Portland Trail Blazers to exit in the first round for a third straight season. Oklahoma City’s latest postseason disappointment left some observers questioning Westbrook’s credentials despite another dazzling season which saw him […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Wesley Matthews scored the winning basket with two seconds remaining in the fourth quarter as the Indiana Pacers rallied in the second half to defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-106 on Thursday. Matthews put back the winner with two seconds left, capping a 16 point night with seven rebounds for the Pacers who were down by 18 points at one stage. Domantas Sabonis, who used to play for the […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City Thunder star Russell Westbrook has been fined $25,000 for his part in an expletive-laden bust-up with a Utah Jazz fan, the NBA said Tuesday. A brief statement from the league’s vice-president of basketball operations Kiki VanDeWeghe confirmed Westbrook’s punishment for the incident on Monday at Utah’s Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Utah Jazz meanwhile said the fan involved in the incident had been banned for life from […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City’s Paul George scored 31 points while Russell Westbrook added 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists Monday as the Thunder routed New York 127-109. Germany’s Dennis Schroder added 17 points off the bench while Jerami Grant and reserve Abdel Nader each contributed 16 points for Oklahoma City (28-18) in the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday romp. “This is my first time playing on Martin Luther King Jr. […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City center Nerlens Noel was released from hospital Wednesday after suffering a concussion when he took an elbow to the head in an NBA game the night before. Noel was hit in the face by the arm of Andrew Wiggins as the Minnesota star drove to the basket for a dunk and crashed to the court in a frightening fall late in the third quarter. In an update […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City center Nerlens Noel was stretchered off the court on Tuesday after a hard fall in the third quarter of the Thunder’s NBA game against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Noel, 24, took an elbow to the face as he tried to defend Minnesota’s driving Andrew Wiggins and crashed to the court. As he lay motionless, medical personnel were called. His teammates and fans at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy Arena […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Paul George led the scoring with 31 points while Russell Westbrook bagged his sixth triple-double of the season on Monday as the Oklahoma City Thunder downed the Utah Jazz 122-113. George made five three-pointers with three rebounds and three assists as the Thunder bounced back from their upset loss against the Chicago Bulls on Friday to improve to 17-8. Former NBA MVP Westbrook’s triple included 12 points, 11 rebounds […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook posted the 107th triple-double of his NBA career on Wednesday to tie Jason Kidd for third on the league’s all-time list. Westbrook scored 23 points, pulled down 19 rebounds and handed out 15 assists in a 100-83 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It was the third time this season he notched a “triple-double” — by reaching double digits in three key statistical […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook needed to be helped off court after suffering a sprained ankle in Oklahoma City Thunder’s 122-116 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday. The 2017 NBA MVP grimaced in pain after rolling over on his ankle as he landed on Pelicans player Anthony Davis’s foot after going up for a rebound in the third quarter. Westbrook attempted to get up and hobble off on his own […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Russell Westbrook showed little sign of rust in his NBA season debut but his 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists weren’t enough to lift Oklahoma City to a first win of the young campaign. Former NBA Most Valuable Player Westbrook had missed the first two games of the season as he continued his return from arthroscopic knee surgery on September 12. He started in his customary spot and […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Oklahoma City Thunder forward Paul George had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Wednesday which the NBA team described as “successful.” A statement posted on the team’s website said that the team, George and his representation “collectively determined for the procedure to be performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache with Thunder medical personnel present at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic in Los Angeles, California. “George is expected to miss six […]
