newsok.com - 11/2/2009
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For one night, Greg Oden got the best of Kevin Durant in the eternal dual of the 2007 NBA Draft’s top two picks. Of course, for one night, most anyone who ever laced up sneakers would have got the best of the Thunder Wonder. Durant missed 18 of his 21 shots Sunday night at the Ford ...
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Darnell Mayberry of The Oklahoman: “If you had
one guess, what would you say is driving Kevin...
Durant this season? The scoring title? An All-Star appearance? A playoff berth? How about video games? ‘People might not believe me, but when I go home (after practice) I play video games and I lose ...'"
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The Fundamentals
dailythunder.com - 11/2/2009
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BOX SCORE (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) I have no
idea what I just saw. Really, no clue. I’m...
sitting here, trying to figure out how recap this thing. Maybe the best way to sum it up would be: BAD. OFFENSE. A couple happy fun-time stats from that… thing: I believe the stat is ...
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U-G-L-Y, that’s what this one was
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Mavs Monday Morning Donuts: Happy Birthday!
DallasBasketball.com —
... his mouthpiece.) Receivers don’t wear kneepads. Some don’t even wear thigh pads. Hip pads went out of style 20 years ago. New technology in knee braces are met with resistance. Dear NFL officials: I know there are a few of you who will say, “Aw, what’s next? You gonna put a skirt on us?’’ And my answer is, “Yes, if it keeps you from suffering brain damage when a 300-pound man tramples you, yes, I’m gonna put a skirt on you.’’ This is a no-brainer. Pun intended. DONUT 4: From Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman , chronicling KD’s horrible shooting night: "Tossing the ball through ...
First Cup: Monday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman: "Tossing the ball through the hoop from every corner of Oklahoma County seems to come natural for Kevin Durant, but Sunday night he couldn’t have hit a Del Rancho chicken fry if you’d have spotted him the gravy. 'It got to the point where I would shoot the ball, it would look like it was going in and bounce right out,' Durant said. 'Seven or eight times in a row. Never happened to me before.' Never? 'Nope,' he said. Not on the D.C. playgrounds or in Austin pickup games or in that rookie season in faraway Seattle? 'Nope.' ...
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