It’s hard to criticize any player tasked with guarding the 2014 MVP Kevin Durant, because he creates such an impossible mismatch with his combination of length, size, and offensive skills. Tonight during game three of the Oklahoma City Thunder/Los Angeles Clippers series, poor Jared Dudley was given the opportunity to guard Durant, and how Dudley performed can all be summed up by this one play: ***...
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It is Friday and that means Game 3 of the second round series between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the LA Clippers. This series is evened at 1-1 following the first two games of the series so each team will be looking to take the 2-1 advantage with a win on Friday. Coverage of Game 3 between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the LA Clippers will get underway at 10:30 from the Staples Center in Los Angeles,...
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In one of the more predictable NBA award races in some time, Kevin Durant took the MVP trophy from LeBron James, the guy that was known as the player Durant would never beat.[Getty Images]Also known as the guy that Durant has still never beaten.Yes, Kevin Durant won the MVP in 2014, and did it in an unbelievably convincing fashion. It would be stupid for me to sit here and knock Durant’s stellar year...
The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday by the score of 112-101. The win evened the best-of-seven Western Conference Semifinals at 1-1. There is concern on the injury front for the Thunder, as backup point guard Derek Fisher injured his shoulder. Keith Allison via Wikimedia CommonsMarc J. Spears, NBA writer for Yahoo! Sports, tweeted the following on Fisher's status....
These days it appears that no NBA players is immune to the flopping disease and during last night’s Clippers-Thunder game, Kevin Durant did one. In the second quarter of play, Durant was trying to get around a screen set by DeAndre Jordan and ended up flying into the air with little contact. Check out the remix version courtesy of Guyism set to the R Kelly classic, “I Believe I Can Fly”: *** Durant...
The NBA has released a new commercial just in time for Mother’s Day and it features none other than the newly crowned NBA MVP, Kevin Durant. In the spot Durant speaks on why his mother is so special to him. Pretty fantastic stuff from the NBA and Durant right here. [Darren Rovell] Article found on: Next Impulse Sports...
Photo: www.veooz.com Yesterday Kevin Durant was awarded with his first career MVP award on Tuesday, culminating his mind numbing 2013-2014 campaign. Durant finished the regular season with averages of 32.0 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game while putting up amazing shooting percentage splits of .503/.873/.391. To commemorate KD’s accomplishment, a new billboard has popped up...
There are great shots. There are impossible shots. And then there’s the shot that Kevin Durant hit against the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of the Western Conference Quarterfinals. The Oklahoma City Thunder were down 98-93 in Game 2 with just under 15 seconds left in regulation when Durant hit a three while practically horizontal in the air after being bumped by Marc Gasol. He hit the free throw to...
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Kenny Smith laid out the bold statement that Russell Westbrook will win an MVP trophy in two years....
In Game 2 of the Thunder/Clippers’ series, after losing by nearly 20 points in the first game, Oklahoma City came out very physical against Los Angeles. On a scramble between both teams, Kendrick Perkins exemplified this energy by literally lifting and flinging Clippers’ star PG Chris Paul out of the paint to get the loose ball. We can’t say we’ve seen this before, but with Perkins, anything is possible....
Photo Credit: NBA TV If you haven’t figured it out already, Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook is heavily intrigued by fashion. Along with teammate Kevin Durant, Westbrook has been known to show up in postgame interviews wearing the weirdest and colorful shirts. Game 2 of the Thunder/Clippers postgame interview wasn’t any different. After beating the Clippers and tying the series at...
After Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Kevin Durant received his NBA Most Valuable Player trophy in front of his home fans, he delivered an MVP-worthy flop as he flew up into the air after bumping into Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan in Wednesday night's Game 2 of their Western Conference playoff series.Fortunately, Durant also delivered on the court by leading the Thunder with 32 points...
Kevin Durant had plenty of highlights in Game 2 of the Thunder’s second round matchup against the Clippers, nearly recording a triple-double with 32 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists. But one KD highlight stands alone above the rest from Wednesday night – this amazing flop late in the first half. As you can see in the GIF above, Durant attempted to draw an offensive foul on a screen set by DeAndre...
Tweet Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant took home his first MVP award this week, and it was well-deserved. He had one of the best overall seasons that we’ve seen in a while. But him winning the award wasn’t the story; his emotional and heart-felt acceptance speech stole the show. Watch the entire speech below: This speech was spectacular. There are no words that I can write that would do...
Who doesn't love Kendrick Perkins?Well, apparently anyone that hasn't played with him before.In Durant's fantastic MVP acceptance speech, he broke into tears a couple of times. One of those times was talking about former Celtic, Kendrick Perkins, whom Durant noted he hated before he donned a Thunder uniform. He then goes onto cry when talking about how much he means to him now. Video above, transcript...
As the Oklahoma City Thunder continue to run to an NBA championship, the city of Seattle is still without an NBA franchise and one local television station is refusing to mention the Thunder during their telecast. KIRO-TV in Seattle during game highlights are referring to the Thunder as “Former Sonics” and below are screen grabs from recent telecasts showing the score bugs with that title: Lmfao, Kiro...