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Posted on June 9, 2011 at 12:26 AM.

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Durant Scored 42 to lead the Thunder

January 26th, 2011 Oklahoma City 119 @ Minnesota 109

So far this season the Wolves have had the fortune of facing the Thunder without Kevin Durant due to injury. They were not so lucky this time around as Kevin Durant was back and ready to have an impact on his teams fortunes.

The Thunder and Kevin Durant in particular completely outplayed the Wolves in the first half, winning each of the first two quarters by 10 points each to have a 20 point buffer going into the second half leading 55 to 35. The Wolves fought really hard in the third quarter and managed to put up 40 points, unfortunately the Thunder managed 35 and thus the deficit was still 15 going into the final quarter.

The Wolves fought back to bring the game within 5 points in the fourth before the Thunder kicked away again only to slow down at the end and allow the Wolves back within ten. The Thunder weren�t really truly challenged on their way to the 119 to 109 victory.

Kevin Durant was named player of the game an he scored 42 points and was unstoppable, not when guarded by one or by two. Serge Ibaka added a double-double for the Thunder with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Westbrook had 9 points and a whopping 18 assists.

For the Wolves Wesley Johnson was promoted to the starting lineup in an attempt to stop Durant and while defensively there was nothing he could do as Durant hit contested shot after contested shot, he did manage to shoot 9 � 10 from the field himself on his way to 21 points to lead the Wolves, he also added 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals. Rider scored 17, Bledsoe & Randolph 16 while Webster & Love each scored 12. Flynn scored 11 while adding 14 assists for the double-double.