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SUE OGROCKI Associated Press Kevin Durant's low plus-minus numbers suggest the 2007-08 NBA Rookie of the Year is overrated.

Orlando shoots for its third consecutive win Sunday as the Magic invade Oklahoma City to take on an improved Thunder team.

T hey're young and dynamic and fun, but those three things don't make a winning basketball team, as the Oklahoma City Thunder learned last season.

Trevor Ariza and Carl Landry each scored 21 points for Houston Friday in the Rockets' 105-94 win over Oklahoma City.

As much as had been made of the Rockets encouraging start through the five-game test to open the season, they had still not been asked to do what had to be done on Friday.

Depending on which side you listen to, the hot topic from yesterday's Blazers versus "Thunder" game was either: The great job Martell Webster did in shutting down Kevin Durant How "off" Kevin Durant was Given Martell Webster's inconsistent defense in the past and Kevin Durant's proven ability as a shooter and scorer, I will admit to initially ...

The Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder have each been heralded in recent years as "the future of the NBA." Each team boasts several young, rising star players.

After a game like that, you tell yourself not to be sad. You tell yourself to look at the improvement.

Because his right hamstring had been slow to heal, Lakers forward Pau Gasol decided to undergo an examination, one facet of which was a sonogram that revealed he might have a slight tear.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. Ron Artest is still trying to get comfortable with the Los Angeles Lakers' triangle offense, but the 2004 defensive player of the year is as usual having no problem on the other end of the floor.

No, this isn't some long column about Westbrook's nine turnovers last night. It's just to admire possibly the best thing to come out of last night's game against Portland - Russell Westbrook's stuff of 6'11 power forward LaMarcus Aldridge.

November 29th, game number 18. That was the date and the game number last year in which the OKC Thunder won their second game.

To the delight of I think every Thunder fan out there, Serge Ibaka saw his first real playing time of the season Friday night in Detroit.

The Oklahoma City Thunder are a month ahead of last season's pace. Kevin Durant scored 11 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter to lead Oklahoma City to a 91-83 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Detroit Pistons TV : FS Oklahoma Stream : Click Here Radio : WWLS The Sports Animal Time : 7:00 CDT View from the enemy : Piston Powered Offensive Rating : Thunder a ' 112.9 ,A Detroit a ' 115.7 Defensive Rating : Thunder a ' 98.5 ,A Detroit a ' 89.2 Pace : Thunder a ' 90.3 , Detroita ' 82.9 I have a strange feeling going ...

New Detroit players Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva will make their home debuts tonight, when the Pistons welcome the Oklahoma City Thunder to The Palace of Auburn Hills.

The Oklahoma City Thunder is the youngest team in the league with a dozen players under age 25 going into training camp.

Paul Westphal will make his Sacramento head coaching debut tonight, when the Kings pay a visit to Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma City Thunder at the Ford Center.

Kevin Durant was born two days after Olympic sprinter Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100-meter gold medal at Seoul for doping.

Evgeni Plushenko of Russia has won gold at the Rostelecom Cup, finishing with a soaring free skate.