NBA ROUNDUP: Teague leads Pacers past Thunder in OKC

Walton tried his best to stay calm beforehand surrounding Russell, who is the Lakers’ second-leading scorer with 16.1 points per game while leading the team with 4.8 assists. The last time the Thunder wore their navy jerseys was Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, when the San Antonio Spurs beat them by 32 points. A win here would say a lot about this team’s fight and resolve.

Instead of briefly highlighting a couple guys, let’s break down each and every player that took the court for the Thunder tonight. “Honestly, they played harder than us to start the game, and we turned the page”.

Westbrook logged yet another monster triple-double in a losing effort – 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 15 assists – but was just 13-of-34 from the field. I played the one a little bit a few years ago, so I’m a little used to it.

“Just wasn’t ready”, Westbrook said. Either option would have been better than Teague chasing Westbrook without a help defender coming out of the paint (again – three-point lead) while Teague recovers to his man.

Other players have to get more shots. I thought the guys tonight, we did that. “I’ve got to be better”.

Carmelo Anthony matched his season high with 31 points as the Knicks upstaged the Hawks in NY.

To make matter worse for the LA Lakers, starting point guard D’Angelo Russell has officially been listed as questionable due to a sore left knee.

Rudy Gay had 23 points and nine rebounds as the Sacramento Kings beat the Toronto Raptors 102-99 after waiting out a video review to see if the Raptors had forced overtime on Terrence Ross’ 3-pointer at the buzzer. He said the Pacers weren’t flustered after Westbrook’s tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation and that McMillan told his team “just to go win the game”.

“We have guys that are capable of playing at a high level”, Teague said. The game plan going in was for Jeff to make Westbrook work, defensively.

Dwight Howard had 18 points and 18 rebounds for Atlanta. Victor Oladipo had 14 points and four assists while Joffrey Lauvergne added 12 points and grabbed seven boards.

The Thunder have also hit a flat patch after opening the new season by winning six of their first seven games. Since the Thunder’s remaining backup point guard, Cameron Payne, is out indefinitely with a foot fracture, Oladipo assumed backup point guard duties to close out that game and in the most recent game Sunday night, which was an overtime loss against the Indiana Pacers.

After Westbrook scored 17 points in a five-minute span to trim the Lakers’ big lead to one point, Steven Adams scored on a go-ahead putback of Westbrook’s miss with 13.9 seconds to play. The overtime was the second of the season for Oklahoma City, which beat Phoenix on October 28 after an extra period. Miles missed his first full game after injuring his knee in the first quarter of the loss to Phoenix Friday night.

Lakers forward Nick Young, also known as “Swaggy P”, came through in the clutch Tuesday night to give Los Angeles a 111-109 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder, but it was never supposed to be that way.

Speaking of losses, IN will be given the unenviable task of fighting against one tomorrow night when they host the Golden State Warriors.

But the Thunder have an opportunity to change that over the upcoming games, even if they are heading on a three-game road trip.