NBA

Regular Season Round 130: Oklah.City T. - Boston C. 122-118

Date: March 18, 2015
Russell Westbrook scored 36 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat Boston 122-118 on Wednesday night, snapping the Celtics' five-game winning streak. Westbrook, the NBA's leading scorer, also had 10 assists, five rebounds and five steals. Enes Kanter had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Anthony Morrow added 20 points for Oklahoma City, which moved a half-game ahead of New Orleans in the race for the final Western Conference playoff spot. Marcus Smart, who played college ball at Oklahoma State, led Boston with a career-high 25 points. Kelly Olynyk and Brandon Bass each added 20 points for the Celtics. Boston shot 64 percent in the first half, the highest percentage the Thunder has allowed in a half this season. Oklahoma City held the Celtics to 42 percent shooting after the break. Boston led 57-53 at halftime. Smart scored 14 points and Tyler Zeller added 12 before the break, and Westbrook scored 11 points on 4-for-11 shooting. The Thunder went on a 13-0 run midway through the third quarter that included eight points from Westbrook to take a 79-70 lead. A steal and dunk by Westbrook put the Thunder ahead 88-80, and Oklahoma City led 93-81 heading into the fourth. Westbrook scored 15 points in the third, and Kanter added 10. The Thunder held the Celtics to 9-for-24 shooting in the quarter. Smart's 3-pointer trimmed Oklahoma City's lead to 108-100 with just under three minutes to play, and Olynyk followed with a 3 to make it a five-point game. Westbrook made his first basket of the fourth quarter, a long 2-pointer, to push the lead back out to nine with 1:13 to play. The Thunder held on as Westbrook went 8 of 8 on free throws in the final minute, despite leaving the game for 22 seconds because he took a hit to the face. Oklahoma City improved to 24-9 at home. Courtesy of: tulsaworld.com
  BOSTON C. (coach: Joe Mazzulla)118
  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 +/-
41 ABiQU, biQZus 49 6-8 (05%) 9-68 (02.4%) 8-3 (05%) 3 0 7 0 3 5 8 8 5 8 80 87 5
5 mQidlRF, SLRQF 43 0-2 (18.0%) 6-0 (85%) 5-6 (5%) 5 6 6 6 0 5 5 6 5 4 64 5 5
  CQITdRQ, ziR 46 0-2 (18.0%) 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3 0 7 0 3 5 6 5 5 4 66 63 5
45 miss, mQijdIj 45 9-7 (99.2%) 6-8 (05%) 4-4 (655%) 6 8 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 85 83 5
66 wuQjRQ, qLij 45 4-1 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 8-3 (05%) 5 1 1 65 1 5 0 5 5 4 2 60 5
36 PlFjFV, KRllF 84 3-9 (09.6%) 4-1 (05%) 4-2 (49.0%) 6 8 4 8 4 5 8 8 5 4 85 68 5
33 cRllRQ, wFlRQ 85 1-2 (90%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 8 6 5 5 5 5 8 68 65 5
  zRQRMVI, zIjis 67 5-6 (5%) 6-8 (05%) 3-3 (655%) 5 3 3 8 5 5 5 5 5 6 9 65 5
  OQRssRF, Ohal 64 5-6 (5%) 5-0 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 6 8 4 6 0 5 5 5 5 4 8 -2 5
  giUIBR, vuaDa 4 5-5 (5%) 5-6 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 -6 5
wIUil   46-05 (18.5%) 64-43 (42.8%) 69-82 (15.9%) 66 82 47 48 82 5 65 0 5 85 662 650  


  OKLAH.CITY T. (coach: Mark Daigneault)122
  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 +/-
5 WRsUMQIIV, eussRll 35 9-85 (40%) 6-1 (61.9%) 67-88 (21.3%) 8 4 0 65 0 5 0 5 5 9 41 84 5
68 SdiBs, AURLRj 42 0-7 (00.1%) 5-5 (5%) 3-9 (09.6%) 1 9 64 6 0 5 8 5 5 8 63 61 5
  WiaURQs, gaIj 40 3-68 (44.4%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 8 4 0 4 8 5 6 5 5 5 2 0 5
  KijURQ, qjRs 46 65-64 (91.7%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 9 4 65 8 4 5 5 6 5 8 88 89 5
8 bIQQIT, SjUhIjF 82 4-3 (90%) 3-9 (09.6%) 8-8 (655%) 6 0 1 5 8 5 6 5 5 6 85 85 5
  SuDusUaj, g.z. 86 4-4 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 3-3 (655%) 5 6 6 8 5 5 6 5 5 4 65 7 5
3 CIllasIj, XaZV 69 6-4 (44.4%) 5-5 (5%) 8-8 (655%) 5 4 4 6 4 5 6 5 5 5 3 3 5
86 eIMRQsIj, SjdQR 61 6-8 (05%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 8 8 5 8 5 5 5 5 5 8 6 5
  XILiV, AURLR 2 6-6 (655%) 5-8 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 8 5 5
  bZGiQF, baUZh 1 8-8 (655%) 5-5 (5%) 5-5 (5%) 5 6 6 5 4 5 6 5 5 6 3 8 5
wIUil   49-17 (04.1%) 0-67 (81.4%) 44-47 (23.1%) 62 82 31 67 81 5 68 8 5 61 688 659  



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)