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Thunder squeak by Nuggets, 92-88

Posted on July 6, 2012 at 09:16 PM.

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(Oklahoma City, OK) Denver looked like they were content to just shoot threes and did not make a shot until six minutes remaining in the first quarter. Durant and Westbrook were flawless early making almost everything. The 2nd quarter was a completely different story with the Thunder cooling off shooting and Denver settling down and hitting shots. Ty Lawson had 12 points and 7 rebounds at the half for the Nuggets. Westbrook had 14 points for the Thunder. The Thunder bench didn�t provide too much, but kept the lead for a little while.
Half of the second and all of the third quarter belonged to the Nuggets. The Thunder found themselves down by as much as thirteen points with 9:20 remaining. �Coach just kept telling us just to take it one possession at a time. Get stops and get a good shot. We weren�t communicating on defense. Guys weren�t blocking out. We blew a double digit lead and were on the verge of getting blown out,� Kevin Durant tells reporters. Somehow they pulled it together sparked by a Von Jenkins block on Timofey Mozgov. �These are character building wins, but we also have so much to improve on in every aspect of the game, offensive and especially defense,� Coach Scott Brooks shared with ESPN�s Stephen A. Smith. Thunder pick up the win, 92-88 and improve their record, 9-1.

Denver Nuggets at Oklahoma City Thunder
Nov 18, 2011	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Denver (3-4)	14	28	28	18	88
Oklahoma City (9-1)	25	19	20	28	92

Denver Nuggets
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
W, Chander	35	6-20	4-9		7	0	1	2	1	16
A. Afflalo	38	5-19	3-11	3-4	6	5	1	0	2	16
T. Lawson	37	6-14	0-2	4-4	11	6	0	2	7	16
K. Faried	38	5-8		2-3	11	1	1	0	0	12
C. Anderson	36	4-8		2-5	8	1	1	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
C. Brewer	11	3-4	0-1		3	2	1	0	1	6
J. Hamilton	14	2-4	0-1	1-1	3	1	0	0	0	5
A. Harringont	11	1-3	1-1		4	2	0	0	0	3
T. Mozgov	10	1-3			1	0	0	0	0	2
A. Miller	12	0-1			0	4	2	0	1	0
R. Fernandez	DNP
TEAM TOTALS		34-86	8-25	12-17	54	22	7	4	13	88

Oklahoma City Thunder
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
V. Jenkins	41	13-24	2-7	2-2	7	1	2	3	0	30
K. Durant	41	11-28	3-13		10	5	0	5	1	25
R. Westbrook	41	9-16	4-7		8	6	4	0	3	22
S. Ibaka	39	1-4	0-1		8	3	1	1	2	2
K. Perkins	38	1-1			6	2	1	1	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
D. Fisher	8	0-4	0-2		0	2	0	0	0	0
T. Sefolosha	8	2-3	1-1		0	0	0	1	0	5
J. Harden	8	2-7	2-6		2	0	1	0	0	6
N. Collison	10				1	2	0	0	1	0
C. Aldrich	11	0-1			4	2	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		39-88	12-37	2-2	46	23	9	11	8	92