http://www.thunderlocker.com Daily Blog for Oklahoma City Thunder Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:28:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Thunder only shot 32.5% from the floor and they were losing 92-64 heading into the 4th quarter. Young teams lay an egg from time to time so I would just write this loss off. Kevin Durant led the way for the Thunder with 19 points, 4 rebounds ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/03/04/denver-nuggets-119-oklahoma-city-thunder-90/ The Thunder shot 50% from the floor and they outrebounded the Kings 43-32 which helped them hold off the pesky Kings last night. Kevin Durant was awesome as usual last night with 39 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Russell Westbrook continued his fine play last night with ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/03/03/oklahoma-city-thunder-113-sacramento-kings-107/ The Thunder have a nice set of rookies that have really helped the bench this season. Shooting guard James Harden will be a starter down the road for the Thunder but he is a backup for now. Harden has played in 55 games (0 starts) for the Thunder ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/25/the-oklahoma-city-thunder-are-happy-with-their-rookies-this-season/ Leading up to last night's game against the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder star Kevin Durant had gone 29 straight games scoring 25 or more points.  Durant had 17 points at halftime, and it looked like he was going to extend his impressive scoring streak to 30 games.  The ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/25/kevin-durants-amazing-scoring-streak-has-ended-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/ Kevin Durant has been impressive in the NBA ever since he stepped on to the court as a rookie two seasons ago, but he has taken his game to another level this season.  Durant is currently the leading scorer in the NBA, averaging 29.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.4 ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/24/kevin-durant-has-gone-from-rising-star-to-superstar-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/ Despite playing shooting guard Thabo Sefolosha knows his role with the Thunder. That is to play defense and rebound while Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook handle the scoring. Sefolosha has played in 51 games (all starts) for the Thunder this season and he is averaging 29.6 ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/14/thabo-sefolosha-knows-his-role-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/ Rookie point guard Eric Maynor is playing really well for the Thunder since coming over from the Jazz in a trade. Maynor has played in 23 games (0 starts) for the Thunder and he is averaging 15.3 minutes, 4.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. The ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/09/eric-maynor-is-playing-well-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/ Veteran F/C Etan Thomas has been buried on the bench this season through no fault of his own. It's just that the Thunder don't have any minutes available for him behind Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, Serge Ibaka and Nick Collison. I know that it's no consolation to Thomas ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/02/02/etan-thomas-is-buried-on-the-bench-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/ Jeff Green has been having a decent season for the Oklahoma City Thunder this year, but he has struggled with his outside shot.  After shooting a career high 45% from the field and 39% from three last season, he is only hitting 43% from the field and an ice-cold 29% ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/01/25/oklahoma-city-thunders-jeff-green-playing-solid-but-needs-to-shoot-better/ Starting point guard Russell Westbrook is really playing well for the Thunder so far this season. He has played in 40 games (all starts) this season for the Thunder and he is averaging 16.3 points, 5.0 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1.1 steals per game. Westbrook only has one ... http://www.thunderlocker.com/blog/2010/01/18/russell-westbrook-is-playing-pretty-well-this-season-for-the-oklahoma-city-thunder/