Kevin Durant’s(notes) teammates kept telling him it was his time to take over the game.   He finally did, and the Oklahoma City Thunder came roaring back to send the Denver Nuggets to another early playoff exit. Durant matched his best playoff performance with 41 points, including the final nine for Oklahoma City, and the [...]

Ty Lawson scored a career playoff-high 27 points and J.R. Smith and Danilo Gallinari hit clutch shots down the stretch to help Denver beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-101 on Monday night as the Nuggets avoided a first-round sweep. The series resumes Wednesday night with Game 5 in Oklahoma City.   The Nuggets still face [...]

Transforming from a shot-blocker into a shot-maker, Serge Ibaka tied his career high with 22 points and sparked the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 97-94 win over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night that gave them a 3-0 lead in their best-of-7 playoff series Ibaka, a second-year pro from the Congo who led the league with 198 [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder are more than just Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.   Way more. A game after scoring a combined 72 points, Oklahoma City’s All-Star duo got plenty of help from the rest of the Thunder to build a commanding first-half lead and beat the Denver Nuggets 106-89 in Game 2 on Wednesday [...]

Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook did most of the damage for the Oklahoma City Thunder.   One of Kendrick Perkins’ only two baskets may get most of the attention. Durant scored 41 points, Westbrook added 31 and Perkins provided the go-ahead basket on a controversial tip-in as the Thunder pulled out a 107-103 win against [...]