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Durant hot as Thunder ground Rockets

Source: AFP | March 13, 2014, Thursday |

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NATIONAL Basketball Association scoring leader Kevin Durant poured in 42 points to power Oklahoma City over the Houston Rockets 106-98 on Tuesday as the Thunder kept pace with their league-leading rivals.

Durant hit 12-of-22 shots, including 5-of-8 from 3-point range, and went 13-of-16 from the free-throw line. He also had five rebounds and four assists as the Thunder improved to 3-0 against Houston this year.

“We just went out there and did what we were supposed to do,” Durant said.

It was Durant’s 11th 40-point game of the season, six more than second-best Carmelo Anthony of New York.

Oklahoma City had lost two in a row and five of 10 but took out its frustrations on the Rockets, who fell to 44-20 with their five-game win streak halted.

The Thunder matched Indiana for the second-best record in the NBA at 47-17, just behind San Antonio’s 47-16 in the fight for overall home-court advantage in the NBA playoffs.

Russell Westbrook added 24 points for the Thunder while Spain’s Serge Ibaka added 12 points and 15 rebounds.

James Harden led Houston with 28 points while Chandler Parsons added 19.

Elsewhere, it was: Pacers 94, Celtics 83; Pistons 99, Kings 89; Spurs 104, Bulls 96; Timberwolves 112, Bucks 101; Grizzlies 109, Trail Blazers 99; and Warriors 108, Mavericks 85.

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