Thunder win, but Durant goes down

But how much is a hometown worth?

“We know what we’re supposed to do as a team”, Westbrook said.

It’s not sure to say that he’s leaving but it must be tempting for Durant to throughly check out his options and weight the pros and cons. All National Basketball Association players have to make sure that their next move is beneficial to them in all aspects of their career. Wizards began to lose control of things during bench play of both sides and found themselves trailing by a whopping 14 point margin after one quarter of play.

But cheer up, at least everyone in the arena got a free Chick-Fil-A sandwich.

The Jumbotron at the Verizon Center showed an edited photo of Durant wearing a “Washington” jersey and a weather update during the game featured the headline, ‘Come Home KD, ‘ said the report. Beal, who sustained the injury Saturday, was listed as questionable for Tuesday and tested his injured left shoulder out in before deciding not play.

Randy Wittman wasn’t happy with his team’s performance Tuesday. He made 77 3-pointers at a. 376 clip last season. The Kings have started games sluggishly, and a few defensive performances have looked lackadaisical at best.

But the tenor of the game changed late in the first half. “We’ve gone pretty standard”. Humphries was the first starter taken out in the first quarter, replaced by Drew Gooden, despite grabbing three rebounds in just more than six minutes on the court. The other starters combined for one rebound in the period.

What’s worse: KD will spend the rest of the season watching Westbrook dominate from up close.

Well, since the topic came up organically, let’s talk about that third period for a moment.

No Kevin Durant in the second half, no problem for the Thunder.

The Thunder never trailed in the game, leading by 14 after one quarter, 18 at halftime, 26 after three quarters, and built the lead to as many as 29. Kyle Singler started the second half at forward in his place.

Nicolas Batum added 17 points for the Hornets, who overcame a combined 7-for-21 shooting from Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker to beat the depleted Timberwolves. That, and the fact that the Thunder were eviscerating the Washington Wizards at the time of this writing, should give Thunder fans a little bit of optimism that, if the injury is minor, the Thunder should be fine in his absence.

They committed only eight turnovers after a combined 49 in their prior two games, but were out-rebounded 53-41 and shot just 39.2 percent from the field. “I have to take the blame and it’s my part of the game where I have to rebound and take the challenge. He’s anxious about his OKC team and me and Brad and the other 13 guys on the team, we’re anxious about the Washington Wizards”.