The Clippers beat the Thunder during ABC’s Sunday matinee, 125-117. It was OKC’s second consecutive home loss after the Heat beat them on Thursday. Despite faltering in their second-straight, Kevin Durant continues to shred opposing defenses. Teams just can’t figure out a way to stop the 6-9 forward with arms for days and the silkiest jumper this side of Stephen Curry. But Durant showed off his improving ball-handling skills while scoring four of his game-high 42 points Sunday.
The first bucket we’re looking at is from the first quarter. KD is on the break, and gets slowed at mid-court by Chris Paul. Doesn’t matter, Durantula spins past him, handles the push from Matt Barnes and takes a long stride for the and-1 finger roll that would make George Gervin proud.
The second bucket starts with KD at the top of the key. He yo-yo’s past Barnes at the top, deking towards a Nick Collison screen, then gathers momentum before swooping towards the iron in for the thunderous one-handed slam.
KD is legit, so we’re probably going to spend the first part of this week talking abou how Russell Westbrook‘s return is actually hindering the Thunder — which is gonna be dumb on a lot of levels, but not unexpected.
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