Thunder officials: Kevin Durant suffers strained left hamstring during win

It’s the league’s biggest storyline, dissected on a near daily basis. Last season, it was second in opponent’s field-goal percentage.

The victory was New York’s third on the road this season after winning just seven times away from Madison Square Garden past year.

Rumors will be flying left and right and being the high profile player that he is, the ongoing season will require him to focus more than what he usually does. On Tuesday, it did. “I thought our guys stepped up and responded in his absence”. “I’ve got to take the blame and it’s my part of the game where I have to rebound and take the challenge”, Gortat said.

“Whenever I feel right, whenever I feel ready to play again, that’s when I’ll play”, Durant said.

If indeed true, then Durant transferring to Warriors would give him greater chance of achieving an National Basketball Association title or even multiple titles in the process. Worry about that stuff when I get there. Basically, I have been saying I don’t know for a long, long time. The Suns are still not a very good shooting team – but more specifically I’d have to point to the individual struggles of Brandon Knight and Markieff Morris playing into the problems. But on a fast-break outlet pass from Westbrook to Durant, KD went up for the finger roll but took a knee to the hamstring while being fouled. Any way you cut it, the Suns are better with one of them on, rather than both of them off. “There’s nothing wrong with that, is there?”

“Nah, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with what the fans do”, Durant said. He vowed to use just five players if left with no other choice. Fans gonna do what they gonna do. “I love the game so much, so if anything were to happen again, I’d have to live with it. I think if I would have went out there with doubt in my mind, something would happen”. But none of them were ever really able to make the Thunder respect the Wizards on the perimeter as a unit.

The Thunder’s dominant blowout of the Wizards on Tuesday night made for a special moment.

Knicks 111, Raptors 109 – Carmelo Anthony scored 25 points and Lance Thomas added 17 off the bench as NY handed Toronto its first home loss of the season. He also had a nice assist.

“We don’t defend. Guys drive by us at will. We don’t have any toughness”.

“Nah, I didn’t”, Durant said when asked if he heard the boos. “She is a superwoman so she’s taking care of everything”.

Westbrook had 10 points, five assists and three rebounds in the third quarter and sat out the fourth. If he is out for an extended period of time, it won’t be anything new to the Thunder.