Kevin Durant helps the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Washington Wizards 116-89
On Monday night at Verizon Center, Kevin Durant propelled the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 116-89 win over the Washington Wizards. NBA’s leading scorer posted a game high 32 points and guided Oklahoma City to a superb win.
Russell Westbrook scored 18 points while Daequan Cook gathered 18 points for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who clinched a rather effortless win over the Washington Wizards.
The highlight of the game was Oklahoma’s Kendrick Perkins, who was participating for the first time after coming from the Boston Celtics on February 24th. He had been out of action due to MCL
(medial collateral ligament) in his left knee. Perkins played only 20 minutes in the game and posted six points and nine rebounds.
After the game Perkins commented on his physical condition, I felt good, A little rusty in some spots, but it felt good to be out there contributing in a positive way”.
He further expressed is feelings on the win,
“It felt good; one thing we're going to keep striving on is doing it together. As long as we do it together we'll be all right. We have a lot of talented guys. I think as long as those guys come in focused, the sky's the limit
for this team”.
Wizards’ Trevor Booker, JaVale McGee, and John Wall scored 14 points each while Kevin Seraphin and Jordan Crawford gathered 12 points each. No one was able to make a significant impact though.
The Oklahoma City made an early run of 8-0 in the first quarter. Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka then combined to keep constant pressure on the Wizards. Trevor Booker was the only early life line in Wizards’ roster.
He kept the Wizards’ offence alive scoring six points in the first quarter, which finished at 33-24, advantage OKC.
Oklahoma City’s Nazr Mohammed scored an early two point shot at the start of the second quarter and stretched the 9 points’ lead into 11 points. Daequan Cook’s then chipped in with back to back three pointers to put Oklahoma in
a powerful position. In the ensuing stretch, Serge Ibaka and Kevin Durant’s slam dunks turned out to be fatal blows as the Thunder pulled away. The first half of the game ended in Oklahoma City’s favour at 68-47.
Oklahoma’s Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook took over the game to start the third and quashed all of what little hope was left in the Wizards’ ranks to mount a comeback.
The Oklahoma City Thunder moved forward from the third quarter’s 95-70 score and 25 points’ lead, they started the final twelve minutes with even better spirit as they once again outplayed the Wizards enroute to 116-89 decision.
The fourth straight defeat put Washington Wizards at the 14th position in the Eastern Conference. The Thunder on the other hand continue to rest at the summit of the Northwest division.
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