Recap: Golden State vs. Oklahoma City
Sports Network | February 7, 2010
Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant had 29 points and eight rebounds in Oklahoma City's 104-95 win over the Golden State Warriors.
Russell Westbrook had an incredible all-around performance with 21 points, 10 assists, a career-best eight steals and seven rebounds. Jeff Green scored 18 for the Thunder, who have won five in a row.
"Everybody knows it's coming," Durant said of Westbrook's possible quadruple- double in the future. "It's nothing new to us. We all followed his lead tonight."
Corey Maggette scored 24 for the Warriors, who lost for the eighth straight time. Stephen Curry tallied 23 points and Anthony Tolliver chipped in 11 points and equaled a career-high with 11 boards. Andris Biedrins had 18 rebounds in defeat.
"Not a good performance by us today, we just didn't look like a team tonight," Warriors coach Don Nelson said. "I had a lot of guys that didn't play well and all at the same time. When you turn the ball over 23 times in this league it makes it pretty hard to stay competitive. There will be nights like this, but we will lick our wounds tomorrow and get ready to play."
Durant and Green combined for 22 points in the third quarter, a period in which the Thunder went 14-of-23 from the field and outscored the Warriors, 36-23. Golden State had six turnovers in the stanza, leading to 11 Oklahoma City points.
Ahead 52-50 at the half, the Thunder pulled away with the dominant third quarter. Coby Karl's three-pointer had the Warriors within 58-57 with 7:56 left, but Oklahoma City then embarked on a 20-6 spurt, capped by a pair of Green three-pointers.
It was 88-73 moving to the fourth and the Warriors never challenged down the stretch.
Earlier Saturday, the Warriors signed Tolliver for the remainder of the season on Saturday and waived guard Speedy Claxton...Monta Ellis had 15 points, but also accounted for seven of Golden State's 23 turnovers. Those miscues led to 29 Oklahoma City points...The Thunder had a season-high 16 steals.
