NBA

Regular Season Round 100: Indiana P. - Oklah.City T. 103-98

Date: April 6, 2012
The Indiana Pacers faced Kevin Durant’s best effort and held on. Durant scored 44 points, but Danny Granger had 13 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to help the Pacers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 103-98 on Friday night for their fourth straight win. Durant, the NBA’s No. 2 scorer, posted his second-best scoring total of the season. It was the most a player has scored against the Pacers this season. “He’s probably the top offensive player in the NBA,” Granger said. “They’ve got him at 6-10, but he’s really 7 feet. You can’t get to his jump shot, and he’s got crossovers and stuff that a guy his size isn’t supposed to have. He’s tough to defend. He got a lot of points, but we got the win.” Roy Hibbert had 21 points and 12 rebounds, David West scored 14 points and Paul George added eight points and a career-high 16 rebounds for the Pacers (34-21), who have won eight of 10. The Pacers felt it was an important to beat one of the top teams in the Western Conference so close to playoff time. Indiana is 1 games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference. “They’re fighting for a No. 1 seed,” Granger said. “We’re fighting for a seed in our conference. That wasn’t a game that either team could afford to lose and we came out on top, so I think that says a lot about us as a team and the steps that we’re taking.” Oklahoma City wasted an outstanding effort by Durant, who made 15 of 24 field goals and 11 of 13 free throws. The Thunder, second in the league with 103 points per game, have scored fewer than 100 in four straight games. Russell Westbrook had 21 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, but he shot 7 for 23 from the field as the Thunder lost their third consecutive game. *Courtesy of www.washingtonpost.com
  INDIANA P. (coach: Rick Carlisle)103
  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 +/-
44 GQijDRQ, gijjF 49 65-67 (08.1%) 6-3 (80%) 4-4 (655%) 3 8 1 6 4 5 8 8 5 5 81 88 5
83 GRIQDR, Oiul 41 8-65 (85%) 6-4 (44.4%) 6-8 (05%) 4 64 61 6 1 5 4 6 5 4 2 7 5
00 HaMMRQU, eIF 48 9-63 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 9-7 (99.2%) 9 0 68 8 4 5 5 3 5 4 86 83 5
  miQMIsi, vRijdQajhI 87 8-3 (05%) 6-1 (61.9%) 8-8 (655%) 6 4 3 6 8 5 6 5 5 5 7 1 5
4 Hall, GRIQDR 82 5-6 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 8-3 (05%) 5 6 6 3 8 5 6 5 5 8 2 0 5
86 WRsU, giLad 84 0-2 (18.0%) 5-5 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 8 4 0 6 8 5 5 6 5 5 63 61 5
8 CIllasIj, giQQRj 84 8-0 (35%) 6-8 (05%) 3-3 (655%) 5 6 6 4 3 5 5 5 5 6 66 1 5
  SBujdsIj, vIuas 60 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 6 4 3 5 8 5 6 6 5 8 8 6 5
05 HijsMQIuDh, wFlRQ 64 6-3 (80%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 3 6 5
6 zIjRs, gihjUiF 4 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
87 ORjdRQDQiph, zRff  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
68 OQaZR, S.z.  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
1 AURphRjsIj, vijZR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   87-11 (34.7%) 1-67 (46.1%) 89-43 (97.3%) 62 48 05 64 80 5 2 7 5 66 654 75  


  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 33 68-61 (90%) 4-2 (49.0%) 66-64 (23.1%) 6 0 1 4 5 5 6 8 5 4 33 38 5
5 WRsUMQIIV, eussRll 36 0-62 (89.2%) 8-0 (35%) 0-2 (18.0%) 4 2 66 7 4 5 6 5 5 4 86 69 5
64 HiQdRj, ziBRs 40 5-8 (5%) 6-4 (44.4%) 9-2 (29.0%) 5 6 6 3 4 5 5 5 5 0 65 8 5
0 ORQVajs, KRjdQaZV 87 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 4 3 9 6 8 5 8 5 5 6 1 65 5
  yashRQ, gRQRV 89 5-6 (5%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 6 0 5 5 5 5 6 5 -1 5
3 CIllasIj, XaZV 85 3-1 (11.9%) 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 4 0 2 6 4 5 5 5 5 6 2 65 5
7 oMiVi, ARQDR 85 4-9 (38.7%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 6 6 8 5 8 5 5 9 5 6 1 2 5
8 ARfIlIshi, whiMI 64 6-6 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 6-6 (655%) 5 8 8 6 3 5 5 5 5 8 4 5 5
2 bIhiBBRd, XiJQ 9 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 8 5 5 6 5 5 5 -8 5
63 CIIV, giREuij 3 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
  HiFTiQd, viJiQ  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
9 oLRF, eIFil  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
30 SldQaZh, CIlR  gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj
wIUil   82-02 (32.4%) 1-67 (46.1%) 83-46 (99.3%) 66 87 35 85 80 5 0 65 5 69 72 26  



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)