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OKLAHOMA CITY
First Half Results
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| All Games | 39-12 | +1.2 | 31-18 | 25-24 | 106.4 | 53.7 | 48.1% | 50.5 | 96.8 | 46.5 | 42.9% | 48.6 | | Road Games | 16-9 | -7.6 | 13-10 | 10-14 | 103.6 | 52.6 | 46.4% | 50.2 | 97.8 | 47.5 | 43.2% | 50.3 | | Last 5 Games | 4-1 | -3.5 | 4-1 | 3-2 | 113.0 | 59.6 | 50.0% | 52.6 | 93.8 | 45.8 | 41.9% | 50.6 | | Division Games | 5-2 | +2.6 | 4-2 | 2-5 | 104.7 | 50.4 | 47.7% | 49.9 | 95.7 | 45.7 | 41.9% | 51.6 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 106.4 | 53.7 | 38-79 | 48.1% | 8-20 | 39.2% | 22-27 | 82.9% | 51 | 10 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 15 | 7 | | vs opponents surrendering | 98.3 | 49.4 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 7-20 | 36.0% | 17-22 | 75.1% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Road Games) | 103.6 | 52.6 | 37-79 | 46.4% | 7-21 | 34.4% | 23-27 | 83.8% | 50 | 10 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 7 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 96.8 | 46.5 | 36-85 | 42.9% | 7-21 | 35.0% | 17-22 | 77.4% | 49 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 | | vs opponents averaging | 97.7 | 49.1 | 37-82 | 45.0% | 7-20 | 35.6% | 17-22 | 74.9% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Road Games) | 97.8 | 47.5 | 37-85 | 43.2% | 7-21 | 35.9% | 17-22 | 76.3% | 50 | 12 | 22 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
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| All Games | 28-24 | +3.4 | 24-27 | 24-27 | 98.1 | 48.4 | 45.1% | 50.6 | 98.8 | 48.7 | 45.9% | 49.7 | | Home Games | 19-6 | +11.1 | 15-10 | 10-15 | 100.0 | 51.7 | 46.2% | 52.8 | 95.6 | 47.6 | 43.0% | 49.2 | | Last 5 Games | 2-3 | -2 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 99.0 | 49.0 | 47.9% | 47.4 | 99.0 | 49.8 | 44.6% | 51.4 | | Division Games | 3-4 | -1 | 2-5 | 2-5 | 95.0 | 47.0 | 42.3% | 50.1 | 98.4 | 49.3 | 45.8% | 55.3 |
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| Team Stats (All Games) | 98.1 | 48.4 | 37-82 | 45.1% | 6-17 | 36.5% | 18-24 | 76.5% | 51 | 12 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 6 | | vs opponents surrendering | 98.2 | 49.5 | 37-82 | 45.1% | 7-20 | 35.8% | 17-22 | 75.3% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Team Stats (Home Games) | 100.0 | 51.7 | 37-81 | 46.2% | 6-16 | 36.8% | 20-26 | 76.9% | 53 | 11 | 23 | 22 | 8 | 14 | 7 | | Stats Against (All Games) | 98.8 | 48.7 | 37-81 | 45.9% | 7-18 | 37.8% | 18-24 | 74.4% | 50 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 6 | | vs opponents averaging | 98.1 | 49.2 | 37-82 | 45.2% | 7-20 | 35.5% | 17-22 | 74.8% | 51 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 5 | | Stats Against (Home Games) | 95.6 | 47.6 | 35-82 | 43.0% | 7-20 | 33.3% | 19-25 | 75.9% | 49 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 6 |
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| 1/4/2013 | PHILADELPHIA | 109-85 | W | -11 | W | 196.5 | U | 39-75 | 52.0% | 52 | 18 | 34-84 | 40.5% | 42 | 20 | | 1/6/2013 | @ TORONTO | 104-92 | W | -6.5 | W | 196.5 | U | 38-77 | 49.4% | 46 | 16 | 34-76 | 44.7% | 42 | 16 | | 1/7/2013 | @ WASHINGTON | 99-101 | L | -12 | L | 194 | O | 34-80 | 42.5% | 50 | 11 | 38-87 | 43.7% | 53 | 14 | | 1/9/2013 | MINNESOTA | 106-84 | W | -13 | W | 202 | U | 36-76 | 47.4% | 47 | 12 | 31-72 | 43.1% | 43 | 19 | | 1/11/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 116-101 | W | -6.5 | W | 217 | P | 44-87 | 50.6% | 61 | 17 | 39-98 | 39.8% | 55 | 12 | | 1/13/2013 | @ PORTLAND | 87-83 | W | -4 | T | 202 | U | 32-71 | 45.1% | 50 | 15 | 31-86 | 36.0% | 52 | 12 | | 1/14/2013 | @ PHOENIX | 102-90 | W | -5.5 | W | 199.5 | U | 40-84 | 47.6% | 50 | 10 | 35-84 | 41.7% | 55 | 14 | | 1/16/2013 | DENVER | 117-97 | W | -9 | W | 209 | O | 44-85 | 51.8% | 46 | 14 | 33-73 | 45.2% | 49 | 19 | | 1/18/2013 | @ DALLAS | 117-114 | W | -5.5 | L | 205.5 | O | 39-95 | 41.1% | 57 | 17 | 41-91 | 45.1% | 57 | 16 | | 1/20/2013 | @ DENVER | 118-121 | L | -1 | L | 208.5 | O | 35-76 | 46.1% | 46 | 23 | 45-93 | 48.4% | 62 | 23 | | 1/22/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | 109-97 | W | -2.5 | W | 201 | O | 41-78 | 52.6% | 42 | 16 | 39-84 | 46.4% | 48 | 10 | | 1/23/2013 | @ GOLDEN STATE | 99-104 | L | -1 | L | 208 | U | 36-78 | 46.2% | 51 | 19 | 37-84 | 44.0% | 46 | 15 | | 1/25/2013 | @ SACRAMENTO | 105-95 | W | -9.5 | W | 210 | U | 37-76 | 48.7% | 55 | 20 | 36-86 | 41.9% | 45 | 18 | | 1/27/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 96-105 | L | -3.5 | L | 208 | U | 36-81 | 44.4% | 43 | 9 | 41-74 | 55.4% | 54 | 13 | | 1/31/2013 | MEMPHIS | 106-89 | W | -9.5 | W | 190 | O | 40-72 | 55.6% | 52 | 16 | 34-98 | 34.7% | 52 | 13 | | 2/2/2013 | @ CLEVELAND | 110-115 | L | -11 | L | 206 | O | 41-83 | 49.4% | 51 | 16 | 43-90 | 47.8% | 46 | 13 | | 2/4/2013 | DALLAS | 112-91 | W | -8.5 | W | 209 | U | 41-87 | 47.1% | 58 | 11 | 36-87 | 41.4% | 50 | 14 | | 2/6/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | 119-98 | W | -11 | W | 214 | O | 48-95 | 50.5% | 57 | 12 | 38-93 | 40.9% | 54 | 19 | | 2/8/2013 | PHOENIX | 127-96 | W | -14 | W | 205.5 | O | 50-87 | 57.5% | 47 | 8 | 39-83 | 47.0% | 43 | 16 | | 2/10/2013 | @ PHOENIX | 97-69 | W | -8 | W | 204 | U | 34-76 | 44.7% | 50 | 13 | 30-91 | 33.0% | 60 | 22 | | 2/12/2013 | @ UTAH | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/14/2013 | MIAMI | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/20/2013 | @ HOUSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/22/2013 | MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/24/2013 | CHICAGO | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/27/2013 | NEW ORLEANS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| 1/4/2013 | @ PHOENIX | 87-80 | W | 1.5 | W | 198 | U | 40-89 | 44.9% | 48 | 10 | 34-75 | 45.3% | 48 | 20 | | 1/5/2013 | @ DENVER | 91-110 | L | 10 | L | 202 | U | 28-78 | 35.9% | 51 | 19 | 39-76 | 51.3% | 56 | 19 | | 1/7/2013 | DALLAS | 100-94 | W | -5 | W | 198.5 | U | 31-77 | 40.3% | 53 | 11 | 35-81 | 43.2% | 49 | 10 | | 1/9/2013 | @ CHARLOTTE | 112-102 | W | -4.5 | W | 199 | O | 44-82 | 53.7% | 50 | 16 | 42-88 | 47.7% | 49 | 15 | | 1/11/2013 | @ ATLANTA | 95-103 | L | 5 | L | 193.5 | O | 36-76 | 47.4% | 41 | 16 | 40-72 | 55.6% | 44 | 13 | | 1/12/2013 | @ DETROIT | 90-87 | W | 2.5 | W | 192.5 | U | 36-71 | 50.7% | 38 | 16 | 34-65 | 52.3% | 41 | 17 | | 1/14/2013 | MIAMI | 104-97 | W | 2.5 | W | 198 | O | 36-76 | 47.4% | 55 | 14 | 39-72 | 54.2% | 28 | 14 | | 1/19/2013 | CLEVELAND | 109-98 | W | -8.5 | W | 199 | O | 45-90 | 50.0% | 53 | 8 | 34-83 | 41.0% | 51 | 9 | | 1/23/2013 | WASHINGTON | 92-88 | W | -7 | L | 195 | U | 38-85 | 44.7% | 57 | 14 | 31-86 | 36.0% | 58 | 15 | | 1/25/2013 | @ LA LAKERS | 84-102 | L | 5 | L | 205 | U | 34-81 | 42.0% | 37 | 10 | 43-80 | 53.7% | 56 | 18 | | 1/26/2013 | INDIANA | 114-110 | W | -2 | W | 183 | O | 44-83 | 53.0% | 36 | 14 | 44-81 | 54.3% | 46 | 21 | | 1/28/2013 | HOUSTON | 80-125 | L | -3.5 | L | 208 | U | 32-81 | 39.5% | 50 | 15 | 47-89 | 52.8% | 52 | 5 | | 1/30/2013 | NEW ORLEANS | 104-99 | W | -8.5 | L | 188.5 | O | 34-68 | 50.0% | 48 | 13 | 37-78 | 47.4% | 52 | 12 | | 2/1/2013 | PORTLAND | 86-77 | W | -5 | W | 195 | U | 35-81 | 43.2% | 59 | 13 | 29-79 | 36.7% | 46 | 15 | | 2/2/2013 | @ PORTLAND | 99-105 | L | 4.5 | L | 191.5 | O | 39-90 | 43.3% | 39 | 4 | 38-75 | 50.7% | 61 | 16 | | 2/4/2013 | SACRAMENTO | 98-91 | W | -8.5 | L | 198.5 | U | 38-72 | 52.8% | 50 | 20 | 35-87 | 40.2% | 46 | 13 | | 2/6/2013 | MILWAUKEE | 100-86 | W | -5.5 | W | 200 | U | 39-81 | 48.1% | 62 | 19 | 29-82 | 35.4% | 49 | 16 | | 2/8/2013 | CHICAGO | 89-93 | L | -4.5 | L | 184 | U | 37-78 | 47.4% | 44 | 12 | 36-79 | 45.6% | 48 | 9 | | 2/9/2013 | @ SACRAMENTO | 109-120 | L | 1.5 | L | 197 | O | 40-82 | 48.8% | 42 | 18 | 44-85 | 51.8% | 53 | 16 | | 2/12/2013 | OKLAHOMA CITY | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/13/2013 | @ MINNESOTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/19/2013 | GOLDEN STATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/23/2013 | @ LA CLIPPERS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/25/2013 | BOSTON | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2/27/2013 | ATLANTA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| |  | OKLAHOMA CITY: GUARDS: RUSSELL WESTBROOK can do whatever he wants inside the arc and will continue to be a shoot-first point guard . . . JAMES HARDEN will likely keep coming off the bench, but he'll also keep playing starter's minutes . . . THABO SEFOLOSHA is OKC's best perimeter defender. But his role won't become more prominent until the postseason . . . ERIC MAYNOR should be just about all the way back from his torn ACL. When healthy, he's one of the league's best backup point guards . . . DAEQUAN COOK will see limited minutes as a three-point specialist . . . REGGIE JACKSON's role will shrink to near nothing if Maynor is healthy. FORWARDS: KEVIN DURANT continues to do it all, and has done nothing but steadily improve each season . . . SERGE IBAKA is obviously an elite shot-blocker, but he continues to get lost in space. He's made some strides as a pick-and-roll defender, but that weakness is why he doesn't play 30 minutes per night . . . NICK COLLISON will continue to steal a lot of Ibaka's minutes because he defends the pick-and-roll better, and because he draws so many charges, he's almost as good in help situations . . . PERRY JONES III is an incredible athlete, but needs a year or two to learn the game . . . LAZAR HAYWARD is back as a 12th man. CENTERS: KENDRICK PERKINS will continue to start, but is a part-time player. The Thunder are often better with a small lineup. While Perkins is a bruiser he is too easy to exploit as a defender in space . . . COLE ALDRICH could be ready for a slightly bigger role off the bench . . . HASHEEM THABEET is a reclamation project. There's a sliver of long-term hope, but he won't help this year. | | UTAH: GUARDS: MO WILLIAMS will get a crack at running the point in Utah. He's more of a combo guard, but he'll do fine in an offense that revolves around the bigs . . . RANDY FOYE is a gunning combo guard who will step in as Utah's sixth man . . . ALEC BURKS started to come on late last year, making Raja Bell expendable. He'll come off the bench, but if he can start knocking down perimeter shots, he's in for a much bigger role . . . Yeah, that's right, EARL WATSON and JAMAAL TINSLEY are both still around. And they're both riding pine in Salt Lake . . . KEVIN MURPHY is a cagey scorer from tiny Tennessee Tech (no word on his Golden Tee skills). FORWARDS: PAUL MILLSAP was Utah's best all-around player last season and will be playing for a new contract. He should be able to keep his minutes despite Utah's young bigs behind him . . . GORDON HAYWARD will probably slide to the two. He has a chance for a breakout year after a strong finish to 2011-12 . . . MARVIN WILLIAMS gets a fresh start in Utah after a disappointing run in Atlanta. He figures to have a similar complementary role with the Jazz . . . DERRICK FAVORS is a long-term solution in the frontcourt. His offensive game is coming on, and he's already a far better defender than Al Jefferson . . . Slam dunk champion JEREMY EVANS and DeMARRE CARROLL will both provide energy off the bench. CENTERS: Like Millsap, AL JEFFERSON will hit free agency after the season. He's an incredibly limited player, a great scorer in the low post, but incapable of any other contributions and a huge liability on defense . . . ENES KANTER is still a few years away from a starting job. He has some rough edges to his game, but really had no problem adjusting to the physicality of the NBA. |
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PA SPORTSTICKER PRO BASKETBALL PREVIEW (OKLAHOMA CITY-UTAH) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*Thunder-Jazz Preview* ======================
By JORDAN GARRETSON STATS Writer
Oklahoma City (39-12) at Utah (28-24), 9:00 p.m. EDT
The Oklahoma City Thunder have one of the NBA's most efficient offenses - their last game notwithstanding.
While that's usually enough to frustrate opponents, their defense is catching up to their high-powered attack.
Coming off one of their best defensive showings, the Thunder go for a fifth straight win Tuesday night when they visit a Utah Jazz team merely trying to regain its footing.
Oklahoma City (39-12) has won its last four games all by at least 21 points, and 13 of 17. The Thunder routed Phoenix 127-96 on Friday, and two days later beat the Suns 97-69 in Arizona. They held Phoenix to 33.0 percent shooting while forcing 23 turnovers on Sunday.
Thanks to that performance, Oklahoma City is allowing an average of 88.5 points during its winning streak.
"We are just trying to focus on us every single day and how we can be better and playing up to our standards, which is defense first," said Kevin Durant, who had 18 points - his second-lowest total of the season - in just 29 minutes.
The Thunder, the NBA's top-scoring team at 106.4 per game, failed to reach 100 points for just the third time in 14 games, but some of that had to do with the outcome being in little doubt and the regulars coming out early. Russell Westbrook had 24 points in 28 minutes and Thabo Sefolosha added a season-high 20, knocking down a career-best five 3-pointers.
"The thing about our team, we have guys who can come in and do a good job when needed," coach Scott Brooks said. "There are some guys who don't get to play, but it's nice for them to get opportunities."
The Thunder have won six of seven against Utah, including a 106-94 victory on Nov. 30. Durant led the way with 25 points while Westbrook put together an unusual statline with 23 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists, eight turnovers and seven steals.
The Jazz (28-24) had won 10 of 11 home games before a 93-89 loss to Chicago on Friday, then took a 120-109 beating at Sacramento on Saturday.
Utah trailed by as many as 20 points and Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap were essentially rendered ineffective due to foul trouble, combining for only 22 points and 11 rebounds in less than 40 minutes. The duo averages a combined 32.3 points and 16.8 rebounds.
Their limited minutes also hurt Utah's interior defense, as the squad allowed a season-high 26 second-chance points.
The Jazz got a lift from Alec Burks' career-high 24 points off the bench, though it wasn't enough to overcome Sacramento's 51.8 percent shooting.
"It was a tough situation for Al and me when we are both trying to win a basketball game," Millsap said. "It happens. We just dropped two in a row. These last two games this week are important for us going into the (All-Star) break."
Millsap is averaging 13.3 points in his last four games against the Thunder after averaging 25.5 in his previous four.
Oklahoma City's Kevin Martin, averaging 23.6 points over his last 12 contests against the Jazz, sat out Sunday with the flu, and his status is uncertain.
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