Oklahoma City Thunder down Los Angeles Clippers 108-104 on road: NBA Recap
Oklahoma City Thunder edged out the Los Angeles Clippers 108-104 at the Staples Centre on Sunday night. Kevin Durant led OKC with 35 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists in his 45 minutes on the court. Guard Russell Westbrook had a
double-double with 29 points and 10 assists while Serge Ibaka chipped in with 16 points and 3 rebounds in the winning cause.
Thunder were in control of the game for the most part before Clippers started a furious recovery and reduced the deficit down to one at one stage in the fourth period. Durant and company however put breaks on their charge to secure
the 'W' for Oklahoma City.
"It was a good win, a good road win for us. It was definitely a physical game in a playoff-type atmosphere." Westbrook commented on the win.
Blake Griffin had a good game, finishing off with 20 points and 9 rebounds. Chris Paul had 26 points and 8 dimes while Jamal Crawford came off the bench to pour in 20 points in his 30 minutes on the court.
"It's always going to be a tough, chippy game any time we play them because we're both pretty physical teams with physical bigs, so there's a lot of pushing and all that down low," Griffin said. "I guess it's tough to officiate
and know what to call and what not to, but they seemed to know today what to call."
Induction of Jamal and other bench players almost brought the Clippers back in the game late in the second half before Thunder starters came back on the court again to stop the charge.
The visitors got off to a great start at the back of large number of turnovers committed by the Clippers in the first half. Oklahoma City Thunder outscored the Clippers by 7 points in the first quarter to take control of the game.
Thunder outscored the Clippers 27-21 in the second period to take a commanding lead at the half time whistle. The Clips started cutting the deficit later in the second half but it was not their night to be.
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