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Durant nets 40 as Thunder prevail in overtime

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Kevin Durant scored 40 points while Russell Westbrook added eight of his 16 points in overtime to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Dallas 111-105 on Thursday night for their 11th straight win at home.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Dallas Mavericks’ Dominique Jones nails an off-balanced buzzer beating three-point shot leading to overtime against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Ashley Brooke Nevel, dimemag.com

Kevin Durant flaunts his cross over around Chris Kaman with an easy drive to the hoop for the dunk.

CNNSI.com

Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard was fined $35,000 by the NBA on Thursday for a flagrant foul against Denver's Kenneth Faried.

CNNSI.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- It would be easy for Bobcats coach Mike Dunlap to tear up the blueprint amid a 16-game losing streak and come up with an entirely new plan.

Andrew Greif, dimemag.com

Like a present-day Brian Grant, J.J. Hickson won’t show up in many conversations about the NBA’s most impressive big men. But just as Grant was an undersized forward who had 39 double-doubles between 1997 and 2000 for Portland, Hickson’s penchant fo…

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

A great recipe for disaster – at least if you’re the Lakers – is playing in Denver on the second night of a back-to-back. Old legs. The high altitude. The penchant of the Nuggets to play fast and frenetic. It almost never works out for L.A., and las…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Corey Brewer matched his career high with 27 points and the Denver Nuggets overcame a 40-point effort by Kobe Bryant to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 126-114 on Wednesday night for their seventh straight win at home.