NBA
Regular Season Round 4: Memphis G. - Oklah.City T. 95-98
Date: December 28, 2011
Kevin Durant is learning to be patient if he gets off to a bad start shooting. Durant showed the new approach Wednesday night, scoring 32 points, despite missing six of his first seven shots, as the Oklahoma City Thunder remained undefeated with a 98-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. "You know, I think I'm maturing as a player," Durant said. "Last year, if I got off to a slow start, I would have let it affect me. But I try to keep my composure and believe in myself and know I worked hard." The shots started falling after the inaccurate start, as Durant made nine of his next 10 before converting the clinching free throws with a second left. "I started off terrible," Durant said. "I thought I was going to have a really, really bad game after the first shot I took. It didn't even touch the rim. But I just stayed with it and continued to believe in myself." James Harden finished with 20 points, while Kendrick Perkins added 10 for Oklahoma City. However, point guard Russell Westbrook had an awful offensive night, finishing with only four points, all on free throws while misfiring on 13 shots from the field. He and Durant also had to be separated after shouting at each other during a second-quarter timeout, The Oklahoman reported on its website. Westbrook wasn't available for comment after the game. He made a pair of free throws with 4 seconds left before Memphis' Zach Randolph connected on a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining to cut it to 96-95. "I think you come to expect the game to be as physical as this game was when you come to play against Memphis," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It was a heck of a game. I thought both teams gave everything they had. .Every possession was difficult to get off a good shot because both teams were competing on that end of the floor." Randolph finished with 24 points, while Rudy Gay scored 19 and Marc Gasol added 16 points. Each had 12 rebounds, as Memphis held a 49-41 advantage on the boards. Jeremy Pargo, filling in for point guard Mike Conley, who aggravated a left ankle injury in the game's early stages, had 15 points and seven assists, while committing only one turnover. *Courtesy of www.chron.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
Regular Season Round 4: Memphis G. - Oklah.City T. 95-98
Date: December 28, 2011
Kevin Durant is learning to be patient if he gets off to a bad start shooting. Durant showed the new approach Wednesday night, scoring 32 points, despite missing six of his first seven shots, as the Oklahoma City Thunder remained undefeated with a 98-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. "You know, I think I'm maturing as a player," Durant said. "Last year, if I got off to a slow start, I would have let it affect me. But I try to keep my composure and believe in myself and know I worked hard." The shots started falling after the inaccurate start, as Durant made nine of his next 10 before converting the clinching free throws with a second left. "I started off terrible," Durant said. "I thought I was going to have a really, really bad game after the first shot I took. It didn't even touch the rim. But I just stayed with it and continued to believe in myself." James Harden finished with 20 points, while Kendrick Perkins added 10 for Oklahoma City. However, point guard Russell Westbrook had an awful offensive night, finishing with only four points, all on free throws while misfiring on 13 shots from the field. He and Durant also had to be separated after shouting at each other during a second-quarter timeout, The Oklahoman reported on its website. Westbrook wasn't available for comment after the game. He made a pair of free throws with 4 seconds left before Memphis' Zach Randolph connected on a 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining to cut it to 96-95. "I think you come to expect the game to be as physical as this game was when you come to play against Memphis," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It was a heck of a game. I thought both teams gave everything they had. .Every possession was difficult to get off a good shot because both teams were competing on that end of the floor." Randolph finished with 24 points, while Rudy Gay scored 19 and Marc Gasol added 16 points. Each had 12 rebounds, as Memphis held a 49-41 advantage on the boards. Jeremy Pargo, filling in for point guard Mike Conley, who aggravated a left ankle injury in the game's early stages, had 15 points and seven assists, while committing only one turnover. *Courtesy of www.chron.com
 MEMPHIS G. (coach: Tuomas Iisalo)95 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 05 | eijdIlph, ciZh | 35 | 1-69 (40.4%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 7-68 (90%) | 3 | 2 | 68 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 83 | 62 | 5 |
| 6 | OiQDI, zRQRBF | 49 | 1-65 (15%) | 5-4 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 63 | 5 |
| 88 | GiF, eudF | 41 | 7-67 (39.3%) | 5-0 (5%) | 6-3 (80%) | 3 | 2 | 68 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 65 | 5 |
| 44 | GisIl, biQZ | 41 | 0-65 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 1-9 (20.9%) | 0 | 9 | 68 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 67 | 5 |
| 7 | SllRj, wIjF | 87 | 4-7 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4-4 (655%) | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 48 | biFI, P.z. | 82 | 6-8 (05%) | 6-4 (44.4%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| OIjdRxURQ, ruajZF | 68 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |
| 8 | ARlMF, zIsh | 65 | 6-8 (05%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| CujjajDhiB, gijUR | 0 | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| giLas, zIsh | 0 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-6 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 5 | |
| 3 | YIujD, AiB | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | AVajjRQ, mQaij | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | CIjlRF, baVR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 48-96 (30.6%) | 8-61 (68.0%) | 80-44 (90.2%) | 67 | 45 | 37 | 64 | 88 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 68 | 70 | 94 | |||
 OKLAH.CITY T. (coach: Mark Daigneault)98 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 40 | guQijU, KRLaj | 47 | 2-68 (11.9%) | 8-0 (35%) | 65-66 (75.7%) | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 48 | 44 | 5 |
| 5 | WRsUMQIIV, eussRll | 46 | 5-66 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 3-3 (655%) | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | -9 | 5 |
| 64 | HiQdRj, ziBRs | 45 | 8-3 (05%) | 4-9 (38.7%) | 9-7 (99.2%) | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 85 | 86 | 5 |
| 0 | ORQVajs, KRjdQaZV | 80 | 8-1 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 1-7 (11.9%) | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | ARfIlIshi, whiMI | 83 | 6-6 (655%) | 6-8 (05%) | 4-4 (655%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 7 | oMiVi, ARQDR | 88 | 8-2 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | bIhiBBRd, XiJQ | 62 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-8 (5%) | 4 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 1 | biFjIQ, qQaZ | 69 | 8-0 (35%) | 6-0 (85%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 63 | CIIV, giREuij | 60 | 5-5 (5%) | 4-3 (90%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | CIllasIj, XaZV | 64 | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -6 | 5 |
| 30 | SldQaZh, CIlR | 9 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 60 | ziZVsIj, eRDDaR | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | HiFTiQd, viJiQ | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 67-08 (41.0%) | 65-80 (35.5%) | 45-42 (97.5%) | 68 | 87 | 36 | 61 | 83 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 65 | 72 | 99 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
