NBA

Regular Season Round 52: Oklah.City T. - Utah Jazz 111-85

Date: February 14, 2012
James Harden scored 22 points, Kevin Durant added 21 and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Utah 111-85 on Tuesday night for their second win against the Jazz in five days. In between, NBA-leading Oklahoma City got three days off. Utah embarked on its only back-to-back-to-back set of the season and finished it with two straight losses. The well-rested Thunder never trailed and led by at least 12 throughout the second half on their way to an eighth straight win at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, extending the team's longest home winning streak since moving from Seattle in 2008. Russell Westbrook chipped in 16 points for Oklahoma City, and Serge Ibaka also scored 16 to go with 10 rebounds and six blocks. Al Jefferson led the Jazz with 15 points and rookie Derrick Favors scored 13. Utah missed a window of opportunity to cut into a 16-point lead when Westbrook headed to the bench after picking up his fourth foul - and a technical, too - with 8:03 left in the third quarter. Counterpart Devin Harris picked up his fifth foul 40 seconds later and also came out, and the Thunder ended up adding to their lead without their All-Star point guard. Durant drove for a right-handed slam to start a spurt of seven straight Oklahoma City points, and Harden nailed a 3-pointer from the right side to make it 77-56 with 1:46 remaining in the third. Durant and Westbrook made brief appearances in the fourth quarter, and the starters were pulled with a little under 4 minutes remaining and the Thunder leading 101-76. Oklahoma City won 101-87 on Friday night in Salt Lake City before getting three days off in a row for the first time all season, a reward after finishing a five-game road trip and a stretch with eight of nine away from home. Meanwhile, the Jazz were forced to play three straight road games on consecutive nights. It showed. Utah allowed Oklahoma City to shoot 55 percent, made only 36 percent of its own shots and suffered its most lopsided defeat of the season. The weary Jazz missed 15 of their first 16 shots while falling behind 16-4, with Durant completing a string of 10 straight points by hitting a free throw. Jefferson finally hit a series of shots to get Utah's offense going, and the Jazz climbed back within 31-28 after Enes Kanter's three-point play off of an offensive rebound about 4 minutes into the second quarter. Harden drove for a layup and hit a 3-pointer as Oklahoma City reeled off the next nine points, and the Thunder built the lead as big as 51-35 when Durant followed a post-up move with a pair of free throws. It was never close again. *Courtesy of www.miamiherald.com
  OKLAH.CITY T. (coach: Mark Daigneault)111
  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 +/-
64 HiQdRj, ziBRs 45 4-3 (90%) 4-0 (15%) 9-2 (29.0%) 5 3 3 0 6 5 5 5 5 4 88 84 5
40 guQijU, KRLaj 45 2-64 (16.0%) 5-6 (5%) 0-0 (655%) 5 1 1 6 8 5 6 8 5 4 86 85 5
63 CIIV, giREuij 82 6-8 (05%) 8-9 (82.1%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 8 5 8 6 5 6 2 3 5
7 oMiVi, ARQDR 80 9-2 (29.0%) 5-5 (5%) 8-0 (35%) 3 1 65 5 8 5 5 1 5 5 61 81 5
60 ziZVsIj, eRDDaR 80 8-0 (35%) 5-5 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 6 8 4 2 5 5 8 5 5 6 3 66 5
5 WRsUMQIIV, eussRll 84 1-65 (15%) 5-6 (5%) 3-9 (09.6%) 8 4 0 8 3 5 5 5 5 3 61 9 5
3 CIllasIj, XaZV 84 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 6 4 3 6 0 5 6 5 5 5 4 8 5
0 ORQVajs, KRjdQaZV 88 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 8 0 9 1 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 68 5
2 bIhiBBRd, XiJQ 62 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 6 8 6 8 5 6 4 5 6 2 2 5
30 SldQaZh, CIlR 0 8-3 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 8 3 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 0 5
66 HiFTiQd, viJiQ 0 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 8 6 5
  eRad, eFij 3 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 3 3 5
9 oLRF, eIFil 3 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 5 5
wIUil   49-14 (02.9%) 0-63 (40.9%) 88-43 (13.9%) 63 40 37 83 86 5 2 64 5 63 666 684  


  UTAH JAZZ (coach: Will Hardy)85
  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 +/-
80 zRffRQsIj, Sl 82 9-67 (41.2%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 4 8 0 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 60 1 5
66 WiUsIj, qiQl 82 8-4 (11.9%) 5-3 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 1 4 5 5 5 5 6 3 4 5
67 mRll, eini 80 8-3 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 5 6 65 2 5
83 ballsip, Oiul 83 3-7 (33.3%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 4 0 2 4 8 5 6 5 5 6 65 63 5
5 KijURQ, qjRs 85 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 1 5 1 5 8 5 5 5 5 6 9 1 5
65 muQVs, SlRZ 67 4-7 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 3-1 (11.9%) 8 8 3 6 6 5 6 5 5 8 65 0 5
2 HITiQd, zIsh 67 4-2 (49.0%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 3 0 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 1 8 5
60 yiLIQs, gRQQaZV 62 3-9 (09.6%) 5-5 (5%) 0-9 (96.3%) 8 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 64 64 5
43 balRs, C.z. 69 5-8 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5 4 4 8 8 5 8 5 5 6 4 3 5
85 HiFTiQd, GIQdIj 61 5-0 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 6 5 5 6 5 5 4 5 -0 5
0 HiQQas, gRLaj 60 6-4 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 6 0 5 5 5 5 5 1 -6 5
35 qLijs, zRQRBF 1 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 4 5
1 wajslRF, ziBiil 0 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 6 5 -6 5
wIUil   87-99 (49.9%) 4-64 (84.6%) 62-83 (90.5%) 67 84 38 69 86 5 9 4 5 68 20 09  



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)