Basketball Daily

While the Oklahoma City Thunder was leading the whole game until they started to fold yet once again in the fourth, I was quite surprised to see them play with poise and determination in the final minutes of regulation game time, to force an overtime.  In the 5 minutes overtime period, they dominated and came away with a victory over the Chicago Bulls with the score ending at 109-98.

The Rookie of the Year last season Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 28 points and the center Nick Collison played huge with 21 points and 9 rebounds.  Also in double figures for the starting roster was Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook contributing 14 points each.  The high man off the bench was Desmond Mason who had 10 points.  This victory gives Oklahoma City only their 6th win on the season.  If they don’t start picking up their game they could possibly end up with the worst team record in history.

Losing has been a regular thing for the young Oklahoma City Thunder (formerly Seattle Supersonics) team.  After Tuesday nights game the Thunder now drop to a 2 wins and 24 losses record which is the worst in the league.  The Los Angeles Clippers won their third straight game with a score ending 98-88.

Zach Randolph and rookie Eric Gordon both had 22 points with Baron Davis right on their trail with 19 points.  All of the starters ended up in double figures.  Marcus Camby had an impressive game with 13 points and 15 boards, and is currently third in the NBA for average rebounds per game.  The streak for LA is much needed due to such a poor start this year.  They are finally turning it around even though Chris Kaman and Ricky Davis are out due to injuries.  I expect the Clippers to be a tough ball club to beat even for the top teams when they get totally healthy.

In a very entertaining basketball game, the Oklahoma City Thunder fold down the stretch and let the Phoenix Suns take the victory with a ending score of 99 to 98.  The Thunder was in command the whole game, stretching the lead at one point to 16 points.  They were up by 11 points at the start of the fourth, but fell apart under the 2 minute mark.  Kevin Durant the Rookie of the Year last season had a great game with 29 points, but did not help the team that now fall to 1 win and 14 losses.

This was a “Rest Game” for Shaq to keep him fresh during the season and into the Playoffs.  He will be taking games off where the Suns coaches feel they can win without him.  It failed against the Chicago Bulls earlier and almost proved to be disastrous here.  Leading the pack of Suns was Amare Stoudemire with 22 points and close behind him was Steve Nash with 20 points.  Boris Diaw led the bench players with 11 points.