Lakers Vs. Thunder: Oklahoma City Wins, Goes Into Break Tied For NBA's Best Record
The Oklahoma City Thunder are the best in the West as the NBA goes to the break, and they pulled away from the L.A. Lakers in the second half to win, 100-85.
| Final - 2.23.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Lakers | 23 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 85 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 19 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100 |
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LA Lakers | 23 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 85 |
| Oklahoma City | 19 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100 |
| LA Lakers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metta World Peace | 29 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-1 | 9 |
| Pau Gasol | 38 | 9-14 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1-0 | 22 |
| Andrew Bynum | 40 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 12-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0-0 | 14 |
| Kobe Bryant | 39 | 7-24 | 0-3 | 10-11 | 6-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 24 |
| Derek Fisher | 26 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 5 |
| Troy Murphy | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Matt Barnes | 18 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Steve Blake | 21 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Andrew Goudelock | 8 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Darius Morris | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Jason Kapono | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 1 |
| Josh McRoberts | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Devin Ebanks | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Luke Walton | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 30-78 | 4-13 | 21-23 | 41-8 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 18-1 | 85 | |
| .385 | .308 | .913 | Team Reb: 8 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
| Oklahoma City | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Durant | 40 | 12-22 | 2-8 | 7-7 | 4-1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1-0 | 33 |
| Serge Ibaka | 33 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 13-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4-0 | 11 |
| Kendrick Perkins | 31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 3 |
| Daequan Cook | 19 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-0 | 8 |
| Russell Westbrook | 38 | 6-17 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 5-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 19 |
| Nazr Mohammed | 13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| James Harden | 32 | 6-10 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 4-1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3-0 | 16 |
| Cole Aldrich | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Royal Ivey | 9 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Reggie Jackson | 10 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Ryan Reid | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Nick Collison | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Lazar Hayward | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Eric Maynor | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-77 | 7-25 | 21-25 | 44-7 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 20-1 | 100 | |
| .468 | .280 | .840 | Team Reb: 2 | Total TO: 0 (14 pts) | |||||||
GAME NOTES
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Bennie Adams, Curtis Blair
Duration:2:28
Officials: - Derrick Stafford, Bennie Adams, Curtis Blair
Duration:2:28
