Create-a-caption: Find your happy place, find your happy place … (Yahoo! Sports)
October 15, 2008
THUN-DER! Blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah-blah … Oklahoma City Thunder head coach P.J. Carlisemo talks to Kevin…
Clippers spoil Thunder’s Oklahoma City debut (AP)
October 15, 2008
Al Thornton calls Mike Taylor the “one-man press.” The Oklahoma City Thunder and their first hometown crowd learned why in a painful way. Taylor set up the go-ahead basket with a steal and then sent home an emphatic right-handed jam in the final minute as the Los Angeles Clippers spoiled the Thunder’s only preseason home game Tuesday night with a 90-88 win.
Durant leads Thunder comeback for first win (AP)
October 14, 2008
Kevin Durant wasn’t going to let a bum ankle spoil the Oklahoma City Thunder’s first game in their new home state. Durant shrugged off a late injury and scored 20 of his 26 points in an electrifying final 8 minutes to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder past the Houston Rockets 110-104 on Monday night for their first preseason win.
Good morning, sweet world: Gary Payton’s jersey (Yahoo! Sports)
October 13, 2008
I need to start waking up early to prepare for this monster , so each weekday morning, BDL will look at the…
Bellinelli paces Warriors past Thunder (AP)
October 12, 2008
Marco Belinelli had 22 points and six assists and Al Harrington added 16 points and nine rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-102 in exhibition play Saturday night. DeMarcus Nelson, one of a handful of guards the Warriors (2-1) are looking at as a possible replacement for the injured and suspended Monta Ellis, added 18 points, seven assists and four…
Bellinelli paces Warriors past Thunder (AP)
October 12, 2008
Marco Belinelli had 22 points and six assists and Al Harrington added 16 points and nine rebounds to help the Golden State Warriors beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-102 in exhibition play Saturday night. DeMarcus Nelson, one of a handful of guards the Warriors (2-1) are looking at as a possible replacement for the injured and suspended Monta Ellis, added 18 points, seven assists and four…
Brown’s 22 points leads Kings over Thunder (AP)
October 11, 2008
Rookie Bobby Brown scored 22 points and the Sacramento Kings beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 94-85 in a preseason game Friday night. An undrafted point guard who played 11 games last year in Germany, Brown was instrumental in Sacramento holding on to its fourth-quarter lead. Brown scored 12 points in the quarter, including two 3-pointers.
McCants sparks Timberwolves’ win (AP)
October 9, 2008
Rashad McCants scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter and Rodney Carney and Ryan Gomes hit consecutive 3s to help Minnesota spoil the Oklahoma City Thunder’s preseason debut with an 88-82 victory Wednesday night. The game was the Thunder’s first since the team moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City during the offseason.
Still adjusting, Thunder must take to road (AP)
October 7, 2008
Kevin Durant and his Oklahoma City Thunder teammates will have to wait to get settled into their new hometown. The former SuperSonics spent the offseason relocating from Seattle but their preseason schedule hardly gives them a chance to be at home. They’ll start a road trip Wednesday night against Minnesota in Billings, Mont., and swing through Sacramento and Golden State before returning to…