Blazers Beat The Thunder 83-74 in OKC

Coming off a big win in Detroit over the Pistons,
Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder were back at home to play the Portland Trailblazers sunday night. And it didn't go so good for OKC.



Kevin Durant really struggled. He only had 16 points and his shooting was awful. He only made 3 shots out of 21 attempts. Durant also took five three point shots and missed them all.

The Thunder were lead by Russell Westbrook, who scored 23 points and Jeff Green pitched in with 19 points and 11 rebounds.



As for the Portland Trailblazers, their super star Brandon Roy wasn't much better as he was only 4-16 shooting and he too ended up with 16 points. Steve Blake lead the way in the Blazers' win by scoring 18 points. The Blazers' Greg Oden scored 12 points with 10 rebounds. Travis Outlaw added 12 and Martell Webster 10 to round out the Blazers' scoring. This game featured the first 2 picks from the 2007 NBA Draft in Durant and Oden. Oden's team came out on top this time 83-74.

Kevin Durant And The New, Exciting Oklahoma City Thunder

Now that I have vented about losing the Supersonics to the town of Oklahoma City, I want to talk about Kevin Durant and his young team, the Thunder. Even though I live in the Pacific Northwest, I still always check up to see how Durant is doing in his NBA career.

And you know what? The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the rise and are getting a lot better. They still get beat up by some of the better teams in the NBA, but they seem to now be beating the teams that they should win against. Like the Sacramento Kings, who they pounded a few days back, 104-89. And last night, they beat the Detroit Pistons in Detroit, 91-83. Kevin Durant had 25 points and 12 rebounds against the Pistons in the win.

The Thunder have a nice, young team with some really good players. Players like Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook and of course, Kevin Durant. They are lead by head coach Scott Brooks.
They are a fun team to watch and Durant could be heading for a career year in 2009-10.