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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Oklahoma City Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/topic/oklahoma-city-thunder" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://onthebasketballcourt.com/topic/oklahoma-city-thunder</id><updated>2011-12-17T13:30:18Z</updated><entry><title>Celtics' Green to undergo season-ending surgery for aneurysm</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/celtics-green-undergo-seasonending-surgery-aneurysm-4878244a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-17T13:30:18Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-12-17:/men's-professional-basketball/celtics-green-undergo-seasonending-surgery-aneurysm-4878244a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;- (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Celtics" href="/topic/Boston+Celtics" &gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jeff Green (Basketball)" href="/topic/Jeff+Green+(Basketball)" &gt;forward Jeff Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; will undergo surgery for an aortic aneurysm next month and miss the 2011-12 season, the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;National Basketba...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Draft"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The Cleveland Clinic"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green (Basketball)"></category><category term="Seattle SuperSonics"></category><category term="Stephen Wood"></category><category term="Danny Ainge"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA releases schedule ahead of ratified labor agreement</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nba-releases-schedule-ratified-labor-agreement-4871106a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-12-06T19:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-12-06:/men's-professional-basketball/nba-releases-schedule-ratified-labor-agreement-4871106a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;(&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;National Basketball Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (NBA) does not yet have a ratified labor agreement but the league moved full speed ahead Tuesday by announcing a provisional schedule.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The NBA's 66th season will be comprised of 66 games, 16 less than the norm due to the five-month lockout over a labor...</summary><category term="Jobs and Labor"></category><category term="Collective Bargaining"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="New York Knicks"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Utah Jazz"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Carmelo Anthony"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Toronto Raptors"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Philadelphia 76ers"></category><category term="Golden State Warriors"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Sacramento Kings"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Amare Stoudemire"></category><category term="Paul Pierce"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Kevin Garnett"></category><category term="Ray Allen"></category><category term="Blake Griffin"></category><category term="Derrick Rose"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Strikes and Lockouts"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder agree to contract extension with Mohammed</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-agree-contract-extension-mohammed-4800450a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-06-29T15:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-06-29:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-agree-contract-extension-mohammed-4800450a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; have signed reserve &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Nazr Mohammed" href="/topic/Nazr+Mohammed" &gt;center Nazr Mohammed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a contract extension that allows the 13-year veteran to avoid free agency, the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; team said on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terms of the deal were no...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Raleigh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Sam Presti"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks book NBA finals berth</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/nba-playoffs/mavericks-book-nba-finals-berth-4785672a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-26T04:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-26:/nba-playoffs/mavericks-book-nba-finals-berth-4785672a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; punched their ticket to the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; finals, staging another stirring late rally to beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 100-96 and win the Western Conference crown.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With Wednesday's victory, the Mavericks completed a four-games-to-one win in the best-of-s...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Mark Cuban"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Jose Juan Barea"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks beat Thunder to win Western Conference title</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-beat-thunder-win-western-conference-title-4785540a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-25T21:00:08Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-25:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-beat-thunder-win-western-conference-title-4785540a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;DALLAS&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/span&gt; reached the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; finals for only the second time when they beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 100-96 to clinch the Western Conference title on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mavericks came from eight points behi...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA Mavs rally to stun Thunder in overtime</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nba-mavs-rally-stun-thunder-overtime-4784747a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-24T11:30:24Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-24:/men's-professional-basketball/nba-mavs-rally-stun-thunder-overtime-4784747a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; scored 40 points Monday as &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; erased a late 15-point deficit and beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 112-105 in overtime to move to within one win of reaching the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; finals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jaso...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Dallas Mavs rally to stun Thunder in overtime</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/dallas-mavs-rally-stun-thunder-overtime-4784594a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-24T06:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-24:/men's-professional-basketball/dallas-mavs-rally-stun-thunder-overtime-4784594a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; scored 40 points as &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; erased a late 15-point deficit and beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 112-105 in overtime to move within one win of reaching the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; finals.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jason Kidd" hr...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks produce great comeback to silence Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-produce-great-comeback-silence-thunder-4784505a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-23T22:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-23:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-produce-great-comeback-silence-thunder-4784505a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; produced a remarkable comeback to beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 112-105 in overtime with &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;German Dirk Nowitz...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks hold on to beat Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-hold-beat-thunder-4783822a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-22T04:30:10Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-22:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-hold-beat-thunder-4783822a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Shawn Marion" href="/topic/Shawn+Marion" &gt;Shawn Marion&lt;/a&gt; both scored 18 points as the &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; held on for a 93-87 victory over the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; in game three of their &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Assoc...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Tyson Chandler"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks withstand late Thunder rally to take 2-1 lead</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-withstand-late-thunder-rally-21-lead-4783783a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-21T22:30:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-21:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-withstand-late-thunder-rally-21-lead-4783783a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Memphis" href="/topic/Memphis" &gt;MEMPHIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; blitzed the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the first quarter and held off a late rally for a 93-87 victory on Saturday that gave them a 2-1 lead in their b...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Memphis"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder's Durant leads generational shift in talent</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/nba-finals/thunders-durant-leads-generational-shift-talent-4783461a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T17:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-20:/nba-finals/thunders-durant-leads-generational-shift-talent-4783461a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Toronto" href="/topic/Toronto" &gt;TORONTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has managed to dodge the growing pains often required for success in the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; and now the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; forward is among a handful of players hea...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Kevin Garnett"></category><category term="Derrick Rose"></category><category term="Seattle SuperSonics"></category><category term="USA Basketball"></category><category term="Texas Longhorns (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Reserves come through in clutch for Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/reserves-clutch-thunder-4783159a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-20T04:30:18Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-20:/men's-professional-basketball/reserves-clutch-thunder-4783159a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; and the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; defeated the &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; 106-100 behind a 24-point performance from Durant to level their &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; semi-final series at one game each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jame...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Nick Collison"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Daequan Cook"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder upset Mavs to tie series at 1-1</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-upset-mavs-tie-series-11-4783084a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-19T22:00:07Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-19:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-upset-mavs-tie-series-11-4783084a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;DALLAS&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, getting a tremendous boost from their bench, beat the &lt;span&gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/span&gt; 106-100 to level the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals at 1-1 on Thursday. &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Du...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="Alastair Himmer"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Nowitzki may be under appreciated for lack of an NBA title</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-appreciated-lack-nba-title-4782415a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-18T16:00:12Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-18:/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-appreciated-lack-nba-title-4782415a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - It is hard to imagine being under appreciated when you have been a 10-time All-Star, an NBA Most Valuable Player and the best European ever in the world's greatest basketball league, but &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; might just be.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A monumental performance by the jump-shooting German giant in Tuesday's opener of the ...</summary><category term="Athletic Awards"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Nowitzki leads Mavericks past Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-leads-mavericks-thunder-4782131a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-18T04:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-18:/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-leads-mavericks-thunder-4782131a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; scored 48 points and set an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; record with a 24-for-24 free throw shooting performance to power &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; over &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 121-112 in the opener of their NBA playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;German p...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Paul Pierce"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Jose Juan Barea"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Prolific Nowitzki helps Mavs silence Thunder in opener</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/prolific-nowitzki-helps-mavs-silence-thunder-opener-4782019a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-17T22:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-17:/men's-professional-basketball/prolific-nowitzki-helps-mavs-silence-thunder-opener-4782019a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;DALLAS&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; delivered a shooting masterclass for the &lt;span&gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/span&gt; on Tuesday, scoring 48 points to spark a 121-112 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks face Thunder in NBA's Western finals showdown</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-face-thunder-nbas-western-finals-showdown-4781328a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-16T12:00:45Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-16:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-face-thunder-nbas-western-finals-showdown-4781328a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - A young &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; team take on the wily &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Texas Longhorns (Basketball)" href="/topic/Texas+Longhorns+(Basketball)" &gt;Texas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sharp-shooters of &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; in a Western showdown between the Mavericks and Thun...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="Croatia"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Peja Stojakovic"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Seattle SuperSonics"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="Texas Longhorns (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder oust Grizzlies to advance in NBA playoffs</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-oust-grizzlies-advance-nba-playoffs-4781076a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-15T18:30:17Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-15:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-oust-grizzlies-advance-nba-playoffs-4781076a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; season scoring champion &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; poured in 39 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; past &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis&lt;/a&gt; 105-90 and into the Western Conference playoff final.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thu...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="San Antonio"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Larry Bird"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Nick Collison"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Jerry West"></category><category term="Scottie Pippen"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Oklahoma beat Memphis to reach Conference finals</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/oklahoma-beat-memphis-reach-conference-finals-4781008a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-15T15:30:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-15:/men's-professional-basketball/oklahoma-beat-memphis-reach-conference-finals-4781008a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; 105-90 Sunday to seal their place in the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Associatio...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="Texas Longhorns (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Randolph helps Grizzlies stay alive</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/randolph-helps-grizzlies-stay-alive-4780634a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-14T03:30:41Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-14:/men's-professional-basketball/randolph-helps-grizzlies-stay-alive-4780634a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; stormed back in the second half on Friday to beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 95-83 and push their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; playoff series to a decisive seventh game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Zach Randolph" href="/topic/Zach+Randolph" &gt;Zach Randolph&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had 30 point...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Tony Allen"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies rally from dismal first half to roar past Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-dismal-roar-thunder-4780614a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-13T21:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-13:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-dismal-roar-thunder-4780614a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;MEMPHIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Memphis Grizzlies recovered from a dismal first half to beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 95-83 and force a Game Seven in their &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conferen...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="FedExForum"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder thump Grizzlies to seize series lead</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-thump-grizzlies-seize-series-lead-4779645a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-12T04:30:23Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-12:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-thump-grizzlies-seize-series-lead-4779645a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scored 19 points and &lt;a title="Daequan Cook" href="/topic/Daequan+Cook" &gt;Daequan Cook&lt;/a&gt; came off the bench to make 18 as the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; beat the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; 99-72 in the fifth game of their playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The resounding win Wednesday gives the Thunder a 3-2...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Daequan Cook"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Lionel Hollins"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder tie NBA playoffs with triple overtime win</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-tie-nba-playoffs-triple-overtime-win-4778714a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-10T10:30:30Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-10:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-tie-nba-playoffs-triple-overtime-win-4778714a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scored six of his 35 points in the third over-time as &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; won a Western Conference thriller 133-123 to tie their &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; playoff series with &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis&lt;/a&gt; at two games each. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Oklahoma...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Mississippi River"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Daequan Cook"></category><category term="Greivis Vasquez"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Lionel Hollins"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies rally to beat Thunder, lead series</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-beat-thunder-lead-series-4777783a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-08T02:30:17Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-08:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-beat-thunder-lead-series-4777783a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Zach Randolph" href="/topic/Zach+Randolph" &gt;Zach Randolph&lt;/a&gt; scored 21 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to power the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; from a 16-point deficit to a 101-93 over-time &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; playoff victory over &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mike C...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Nick Collison"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Tony Allen"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Lionel Hollins"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Celtics, Grizzlies post wins in NBA playoffs</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/celtics-grizzlies-post-wins-nba-playoffs-4777782a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-08T02:30:13Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-08:/men's-professional-basketball/celtics-grizzlies-post-wins-nba-playoffs-4777782a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Garnett" href="/topic/Kevin+Garnett" &gt;Kevin Garnett&lt;/a&gt; scored 28 points and &lt;a title="Rajon Rondo" href="/topic/Rajon+Rondo" &gt;Rajon Rondo&lt;/a&gt; played the fourth quarter after suffering a dislocated left elbow as the &lt;a title="Boston Celtics" href="/topic/Boston+Celtics" &gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami&lt;/a&gt; 97-81 in the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;Eastern Conference ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Shaquille O'Neal"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Paul Pierce"></category><category term="Rajon Rondo"></category><category term="Kevin Garnett"></category><category term="Ray Allen"></category><category term="Erik Spoelstra"></category><category term="Doc Rivers"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies rally to grab series lead on Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-grab-series-lead-thunder-4777737a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-07T18:30:34Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-07:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-grab-series-lead-thunder-4777737a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Zach Randolph" href="/topic/Zach+Randolph" &gt;Zach Randolph&lt;/a&gt; scored 21 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to power the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; from a 16-point deficit to a 101-93 over-time &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; playoff victory over &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Mike C...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Tony Allen"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies rally to beat Thunder in overtime</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-beat-thunder-overtime-4777723a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-07T18:00:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-07:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-rally-beat-thunder-overtime-4777723a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;MEMPHIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The Memphis Grizzlies fought back from 16 points down to beat &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 101-93 in overtime and take a 2-1 lead over the Thunder in their Western Conference semi-final series on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Grizzlies clamped down on ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Tony Allen"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder beat Grizzlies to level series</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-beat-grizzlies-level-series-4776036a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-04T04:30:38Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-04:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-beat-grizzlies-level-series-4776036a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scored 26 points and &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;'s reserves provided plenty of scoring support Tuesday as the Thunder beat &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis&lt;/a&gt; 111-102 to level their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; second-round series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="R...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Spain"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Tony Allen"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Lionel Hollins"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies silence Thunder in series opener</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-silence-thunder-series-opener-4774909a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-01T19:30:26Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-01:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-silence-thunder-series-opener-4774909a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Zach Randolph" href="/topic/Zach+Randolph" &gt;Zach Randolph&lt;/a&gt; scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on Sunday as the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 114-101 in the first game of their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; second-round playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spanish import &lt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Portland"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies silence Thunder in NBA series opener</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-silence-thunder-nba-series-opener-4774906a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-05-01T19:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-05-01:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-silence-thunder-nba-series-opener-4774906a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Zach Randolph" href="/topic/Zach+Randolph" &gt;Zach Randolph&lt;/a&gt; scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on Sunday as the &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 114-101 in the first game of their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; second-round playoff series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Spanish import &lt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Portland"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA Thunder advance as Spurs survive upset</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nba-thunder-advance-spurs-survive-upset-4773717a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-28T10:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-28:/men's-professional-basketball/nba-thunder-advance-spurs-survive-upset-4773717a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Top seeds &lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio&lt;/a&gt; narrowly avoided a shock exit while &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; scoring champion &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; bagged 41 points to take &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; into the second playoff round on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant scored 16 of t...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="George Karl"></category><category term="J.R. Smith"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="O.J. Mayo"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="George Hill"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Seattle SuperSonics"></category><category term="Gary Neal"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Blazers stun Mavs, Grizzlies stop Spurs</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/blazers-stun-mavs-grizzlies-stop-spurs-4771844a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-24T04:30:26Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-24:/men's-professional-basketball/blazers-stun-mavs-grizzlies-stop-spurs-4771844a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Brandon Roy" href="/topic/Brandon+Roy" &gt;Brandon Roy&lt;/a&gt; scored 18 points in the fourth quarter as &lt;a title="Portland Trail Blazers" href="/topic/Portland+Trail+Blazers" &gt;Portland&lt;/a&gt; erased a 23-point second-half deficit to edged &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; 84-82 Saturday and even their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; series at two games each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roy banked in a shot...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Democratic Republic of the Congo"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Portland Trail Blazers"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="J.R. Smith"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Antonio McDyess"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Brandon Roy"></category><category term="Arron Afflalo"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="Chris Andersen (Basketball)"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Portland rally stuns Dallas, others leave it too late</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/portland-rally-stuns-dallas-leave-late-4771813a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-23T23:00:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-23:/men's-professional-basketball/portland-rally-stuns-dallas-leave-late-4771813a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Portland (Oregon)" href="/topic/Portland+(Oregon)" &gt;PORTLAND, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Portland Trail Blazers" href="/topic/Portland+Trail+Blazers" &gt;Portland Trail Blazers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, led by &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Brandon Roy" href="/topic/Brandon+Roy" &gt;Brandon Roy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, overcame a 23-point deficit to stun the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas M...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Finals"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Portland (Oregon)"></category><category term="Indianapolis"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Portland Trail Blazers"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="J.R. Smith"></category><category term="Kenyon Martin"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Indiana Pacers"></category><category term="Danny Granger"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Brandon Roy"></category><category term="LaMarcus Aldridge"></category><category term="Carlos Boozer"></category><category term="Joakim Noah"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Alastair Himmer"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Roy leads Portland rally to stun Dallas</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/roy-leads-portland-rally-stun-dallas-4771787a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-23T18:30:25Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-23:/men's-professional-basketball/roy-leads-portland-rally-stun-dallas-4771787a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Brandon Roy" href="/topic/Brandon+Roy" &gt;Brandon Roy&lt;/a&gt; scored 18 points in the fourth quarter as &lt;a title="Portland Trail Blazers" href="/topic/Portland+Trail+Blazers" &gt;Portland&lt;/a&gt; erased a 23-point second-half deficit to beat &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; 84-82 and even their &lt;a title="NBA Western Conference" href="/topic/NBA+Western+Conference" &gt;NBA Western Conference&lt;/a&gt; series at two games each.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Roy on Saturday banked in a sh...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Portland Trail Blazers"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Brandon Roy"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Lakers, Spurs bounce back with victories</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/lakers-spurs-bounce-victories-4770754a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-21T04:30:55Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-21:/men's-professional-basketball/lakers-spurs-bounce-victories-4770754a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reigning &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; champions &lt;a title="Los Angeles Lakers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Lakers" &gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; and Western Conference top seeds &lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio&lt;/a&gt; bounced back from disappointing playoff openers with game-two victories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers, seeking a third straight NBA title, on Wednesday survived a quiet night by superst...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Tom Hanks"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Ron Artest"></category><category term="Andrew Bynum"></category><category term="David Beckham"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Richard Jefferson"></category><category term="George Karl"></category><category term="Kenyon Martin"></category><category term="Ty Lawson"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Lamar Odom"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Lakers, Spurs bounce back with NBA playoff wins</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/lakers-spurs-bounce-nba-playoff-wins-4770751a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-21T04:30:45Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-21:/men's-professional-basketball/lakers-spurs-bounce-nba-playoff-wins-4770751a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The reigning &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; champions &lt;a title="Los Angeles Lakers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Lakers" &gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; and Western Conference top seeds &lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio&lt;/a&gt; bounced back from disappointing playoff openers with game-two victories.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Lakers, seeking a third straight NBA title, on Wednesday survived a quiet night by superst...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Tom Hanks"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Ron Artest"></category><category term="Andrew Bynum"></category><category term="David Beckham"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Richard Jefferson"></category><category term="George Karl"></category><category term="Kenyon Martin"></category><category term="Ty Lawson"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Lamar Odom"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>League says Thunder wrongly awarded key basket</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/league-thunder-wrongly-awarded-key-basket-4769521a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T18:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-18:/men's-professional-basketball/league-thunder-wrongly-awarded-key-basket-4769521a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Kendrick Perkins" href="/topic/Kendrick+Perkins" &gt;Kendrick Perkins&lt;/a&gt; was improperly credited with a key basket that gave the Thunder the lead for good in a 107-103 playoff victory over &lt;a title="Denver Nuggets" href="/topic/Denver+Nuggets" &gt;Denver&lt;/a&gt;, the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perkins tipped-i...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="George Karl"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder's go-ahead basket should not have counted-league</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunders-goahead-basket-countedleague-4769461a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T16:30:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-18:/men's-professional-basketball/thunders-goahead-basket-countedleague-4769461a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s go-ahead basket late in their playoff victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Denver Nuggets" href="/topic/Denver+Nuggets" &gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was offensive basket interference and should not have counted, the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; said on Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title=...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Grizzlies stun Spurs, Hornets sting Lakers</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-stun-spurs-hornets-sting-lakers-4768736a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-18T03:30:05Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-18:/men's-professional-basketball/grizzlies-stun-spurs-hornets-sting-lakers-4768736a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/New+Orleans+Hornets" &gt;New Orleans Hornets&lt;/a&gt; shocked the two-time defending &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; champion Lakers and upstart &lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis&lt;/a&gt; edged top-seeded &lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio&lt;/a&gt; Sunday in a pair of Western Conference playoff upsets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Seventh-see...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Playoffs"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Denver"></category><category term="Canada"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="Vancouver"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Argentina"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Ron Artest"></category><category term="Andrew Bynum"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Carl Landry"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Richard Jefferson"></category><category term="Staples Center"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jarrett Jack"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="Marc Gasol"></category><category term="Zach Randolph"></category><category term="Pau Gasol"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Conley"></category><category term="Lionel Hollins"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder keep pace in West race with win over Kings</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-pace-west-race-win-kings-4766521a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-04-11T22:30:04Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-04-11:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-pace-west-race-win-kings-4766521a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Sacramento Kings" href="/topic/Sacramento+Kings" &gt;SACRAMENTO&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="California" href="/topic/California" &gt;California&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; maintained their bid to climb the Western Conference playoff standings with a 120-112 victory over the Sacramento Kings on ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="California"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Sacramento Kings"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder roar into playoffs with win over Trail Blazers</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roar-playoffs-win-trail-blazers-4759489a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-27T21:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-27:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roar-playoffs-win-trail-blazers-4759489a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; secured a spot in the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; playoffs on Sunday with a testing 99-90 win over division rivals &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Portland Trail Blazers" href="/topic/Portland+Trail+Blazers" &gt;Portland&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thunder went ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Portland Trail Blazers"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Andre Miller"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="LaMarcus Aldridge"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant sparks Thunder past cold-shooting Heat</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-sparks-thunder-coldshooting-heat-4755196a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-17T02:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-17:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-sparks-thunder-coldshooting-heat-4755196a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBA scoring leader &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; poured in 29 points and &lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; added 18 to spark &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; past the &lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami Heat&lt;/a&gt; 96-85 for their fifth victory in a row.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant, who on Wednesday had seven rebounds and six assists, had never p...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Boston"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant, Thunder cool Heat for fifth straight victory</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-cool-heat-straight-victory-4755134a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-16T20:30:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-16:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-cool-heat-straight-victory-4755134a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;MIAMI&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 29 points as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; cooled the surging Miami Heat with a 96-85 triumph on Wednesday for their fifth straight win.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant, the &lt;sp...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook reaches NBA milestone as Thunder roll</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-reaches-nba-milestone-thunder-roll-4753190a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-12T03:30:13Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-12:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-reaches-nba-milestone-thunder-roll-4753190a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; scored his 4,000th career point  as he helped &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; notch a 104-94 &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; victory over &lt;a title="Detroit Pistons" href="/topic/Detroit+Pistons" &gt;Detroit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Westbrook joined an elite group along with &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oscar Robert...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Richard Hamilton"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Detroit Pistons"></category><category term="Rodney Stuckey"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Anfernee Hardaway"></category><category term="Greg Monroe"></category><category term="John Kuester"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Oscar Robertson"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Frye casts injury cloud over Suns</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/frye-casts-injury-cloud-suns-4751074a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-07T18:31:05Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-07:/men's-professional-basketball/frye-casts-injury-cloud-suns-4751074a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Phoenix Suns" href="/topic/Phoenix+Suns" &gt;Phoenix Suns&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Channing Frye" href="/topic/Channing+Frye" &gt;Channing Frye&lt;/a&gt; will be sidelined for two to three weeks after an MRI exam on Monday showed that he has a dislocated right shoulder, the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; club announced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 7-foot sharpshooter suffered the injury on Sunday with 6:28 remaining in regulation time of the Su...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Channing Frye"></category><category term="Alvin Gentry"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant returns to lift Thunder over Hawks</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-returns-lift-thunder-hawks-4750205a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-05T03:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-05:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-returns-lift-thunder-hawks-4750205a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; returned to the lineup from a sprained left ankle to finish with 29 points, eight rebounds and five assists as &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Atlanta Hawks" href="/topic/Atlanta+Hawks" &gt;Atlanta&lt;/a&gt; 111-104  at &lt;a title="Philips Arena" href="/topic/Philips+Arena" &gt;Philips Arena&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Maxwell suffered the injury in Wednesday's game and fo...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Al Horford"></category><category term="Philips Arena"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Kirk Hinrich"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder guard Nate Robinson sidelined four to six weeks</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-guard-nate-robinson-sidelined-weeks-4749963a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-04T12:00:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-04:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-guard-nate-robinson-sidelined-weeks-4749963a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Newly acquired &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a title="Nate Robinson" href="/topic/Nate+Robinson" &gt;guard Nate Robinson&lt;/a&gt; was expected to miss four to six weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, the team said on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 5-foot-9 guard, who joined the Thunder last we...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Sam Presti"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant sprains ankle as Thunder defeat Pacers</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-sprains-ankle-thunder-defeat-pacers-4749271a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-03T03:30:27Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-03:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-sprains-ankle-thunder-defeat-pacers-4749271a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBA scoring leader &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; sprained his left ankle in the third quarter but not before scoring 21 points in &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;'s 113-89 victory over Indiana.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant on Wednesday was helped from the court after colliding with &lt;a title="Indiana Pacers" href="/topic/Indiana+Pacers" &gt;Indiana&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tyler Hansbrough" href="/topic/Tyler+Hansbrou...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Tyler Hansbrough"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Indiana Pacers"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA's top scorer Durant sprains ankle in Thunder win</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nbas-top-scorer-durant-sprains-ankle-thunder-win-4749233a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-03T00:00:09Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-03:/men's-professional-basketball/nbas-top-scorer-durant-sprains-ankle-thunder-win-4749233a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY, &lt;span&gt;Oklahoma&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; face a spell without NBA-leading scorer &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; after the forward sprained his ankle in the 113-89 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Indiana P...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Indiana Pacers"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Perkins signs contract extension with Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/perkins-signs-contract-extension-thunder-4748572a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-01T15:30:31Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-01:/men's-professional-basketball/perkins-signs-contract-extension-thunder-4748572a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kendrick Perkins" href="/topic/Kendrick+Perkins" &gt;Kendrick Perkins&lt;/a&gt;, a veteran NBA center obtained in a trade with &lt;a title="Boston Celtics" href="/topic/Boston+Celtics" &gt;Boston&lt;/a&gt; last week, has signed a multi-year contract extension with the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;, the club announced Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perkins went from the Celtics at the trade deadline along with &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Nate Robinson" href="/to...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Sports Transactions"></category><category term="Basketball Transactions"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Sam Presti"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Kendrick Perkins signs multi-year extension with Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/kendrick-perkins-signs-multiyear-extension-thunder-4748406a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-03-01T09:30:27Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-03-01:/men's-professional-basketball/kendrick-perkins-signs-multiyear-extension-thunder-4748406a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - Newly acquired center &lt;a title="Kendrick Perkins" href="/topic/Kendrick+Perkins" &gt;Kendrick Perkins&lt;/a&gt; has signed a multi-year contract extension with the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; team said on Tuesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terms were not announced but the former &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Ce...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="North Carolina"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Sam Presti"></category><category term="Gene Cherry"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Gasol's 18 points help Lakers edge Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/gasols-18-points-lakers-edge-thunder-4747700a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-27T18:30:45Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-02-27:/men's-professional-basketball/gasols-18-points-lakers-edge-thunder-4747700a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Pau Gasol" href="/topic/Pau+Gasol" &gt;Pau Gasol&lt;/a&gt; scored 18 points with 11 rebounds as the &lt;a title="Los Angeles Lakers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Lakers" &gt;Los Angeles Lakers&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 90-87 in an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; matchup of first-place teams.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Andrew Bynum" href="/topic/Andrew+Bynum" &gt;Andrew...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Democratic Republic of the Congo"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Kobe Bryant"></category><category term="Andrew Bynum"></category><category term="Phil Jackson"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Shannon Brown"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Pau Gasol"></category><category term="Lamar Odom"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>Howard, Magic silence Thunder in blowout</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/howard-magic-silence-thunder-blowout-4747241a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-25T20:30:05Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-02-25:/men's-professional-basketball/howard-magic-silence-thunder-blowout-4747241a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;ORLANDO, &lt;span&gt;Florida&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dwight Howard" href="/topic/Dwight+Howard" &gt;Dwight Howard&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; was dominant in leading the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Orlando Magic" href="/topic/Orlando+Magic" &gt;Orlando Magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to an easy 111-88 win over an undermanned &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Friday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Despi...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="J.J. Redick"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Flurry of trades at transfer deadline</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/flurry-trades-transfer-deadline-4746808a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-24T20:30:31Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-02-24:/men's-professional-basketball/flurry-trades-transfer-deadline-4746808a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Division leaders Boston and &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; made a four-player swap on Thursday at the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; trading deadline as a flurry of potentially influential deals were made in the final hours.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Boston Celtics" href="/topic/Boston+Celtics" &gt;Boston Celtics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sent center &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kendrick Perkins"...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Draft"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="New York Knicks"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Portland Trail Blazers"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Carmelo Anthony"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Jamario Moon"></category><category term="Luke Harangody"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Baron Davis"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jeff Green (Basketball)"></category><category term="Dante Cunningham"></category><category term="Shaquille O'Neal"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Tanzania"></category><category term="Mike Bibby"></category><category term="Maurice Evans"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="Joel Przybilla"></category><category term="Hilton Armstrong"></category><category term="Kevin Garnett"></category><category term="Kendrick Perkins"></category><category term="Mo Williams"></category><category term="Hasheem Thabeet"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Kirk Hinrich"></category><category term="Morris Peterson"></category><category term="Aaron Brooks (Basketball)"></category><category term="Goran Dragic"></category><category term="Jordan Crawford"></category><category term="D.J. White"></category><category term="Semih Erden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant scores 43 to power Thunder over Hornets</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-43-power-thunder-hornets-4737717a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-03T02:30:48Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-02-03:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-43-power-thunder-hornets-4737717a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBA scoring leader &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; sank 43 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to power the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; past &lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/New+Orleans+Hornets" &gt;New Orleans&lt;/a&gt; 104-93.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant leads the &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; with five 40-point games this season and...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="David West (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Kevin Durant extends scoring binge in Thunder win over Hornets</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/kevin-durant-extends-scoring-binge-thunder-win-hornets-4737627a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-02-02T20:30:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-02-02:/men's-professional-basketball/kevin-durant-extends-scoring-binge-thunder-win-hornets-4737627a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; continued his prolific scoring streak with 43 points Wednesday to lift his &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 104-93 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/New+Orl...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="David West (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Miami Heat guard House fined $25,000 for obscene gesture</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/miami-heat-guard-house-fined-25000-obscene-gesture-4736457a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-31T15:30:06Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-31:/men's-professional-basketball/miami-heat-guard-house-fined-25000-obscene-gesture-4736457a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NEW YORK&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami Heat&lt;/a&gt; guard &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Eddie House" href="/topic/Eddie+House" &gt;Eddie House&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; has been fined $25,000 by the &lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; for making what was deemed an obscene gesture during Sunday's game against the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/sp...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Eddie House"></category><category term="Larry Fine"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Wade, LeBron power Heat over Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/wade-lebron-power-heat-thunder-4736182a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-30T21:30:14Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-30:/men's-professional-basketball/wade-lebron-power-heat-thunder-4736182a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dwyane Wade" href="/topic/Dwyane+Wade" &gt;Dwyane Wade&lt;/a&gt; scored 32 points while &lt;a title="LeBron James" href="/topic/LeBron+James" &gt;LeBron James&lt;/a&gt; added 23 points and a game-high 13 assists to lead the &lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami Heat&lt;/a&gt; over &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 108-103 on Sunday in a matchup of &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Eddie House"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Mike Miller (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Wade, Bosh join Heat for trip to face Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/wade-bosh-join-heat-trip-face-thunder-4735898a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-29T20:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-29:/men's-professional-basketball/wade-bosh-join-heat-trip-face-thunder-4735898a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dwyane Wade" href="/topic/Dwyane+Wade" &gt;Dwyane Wade&lt;/a&gt;'s sore right wrist showed no major damage in an MRI exam Saturday, allowing him to fly with his &lt;a title="Miami Heat" href="/topic/Miami+Heat" &gt;Miami&lt;/a&gt; teammates, including injury-hampered &lt;a title="Chris Bosh" href="/topic/Chris+Bosh" &gt;Chris Bosh&lt;/a&gt;, to &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; for Sunday's &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Ba...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="San Antonio"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="New York Knicks"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Erik Spoelstra"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant's 47 lifts Thunder over Timberwolves</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durants-47-lifts-thunder-timberwolves-4734790a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-27T03:30:19Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-27:/men's-professional-basketball/durants-47-lifts-thunder-timberwolves-4734790a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; made the go-ahead jumper with 28 seconds left as he scored 47 points to power the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; to a 118-117 overtime win over the &lt;a title="Minnesota Timberwolves" href="/topic/Minnesota+Timberwolves" &gt;Minnesota Timberwolves&lt;/a&gt; on Wednesday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Durant also had a career high 18 rebounds and his 47 points tied &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Los Angele...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Kevin Love"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Luke Ridnour"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Michael Beasley"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Blake Griffin"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant ties season-high haul as Thunder cracks T-Wolves</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-ties-seasonhigh-haul-thunder-cracks-twolves-4734724a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-26T22:30:03Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-26:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-ties-seasonhigh-haul-thunder-cracks-twolves-4734724a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;MINNESOTA (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 47 points, matching the season's highest tally, and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to lead the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 118-117 overtime victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Timberwolves" href="/topic/Min...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Blake Griffin"></category><category term="Corey Brewer"></category><category term="Kevin Love (Basketball)"></category><category term="John O'Brien"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Hornets to stay in New Orleans nest for the moment</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/hornets-stay-new-orleans-nest-moment-4734116a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-25T18:30:50Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-25:/men's-professional-basketball/hornets-stay-new-orleans-nest-moment-4734116a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/New+Orleans+Hornets" &gt;NBA New Orleans Hornets&lt;/a&gt; will remain in the &lt;a title="Louisiana" href="/topic/Louisiana" &gt;Louisiana&lt;/a&gt; city for at least another season after meeting an attendance goal that prevents an escape clause activation in their arena lease.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Hornets, who were forced to play two seasons out of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the wake of devasta...</summary><category term="Hurricane Katrina"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Louisiana"></category><category term="National Football League"></category><category term="National Football Conference"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="New Orleans Saints"></category><category term="Bobby Jindal"></category><category term="George Shinn"></category><category term="Super Bowl XLIV"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NFC South"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder nip Magic 125-124</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-nip-magic-125124-4729394a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-14T04:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-14:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-nip-magic-125124-4729394a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scored 36 points and &lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; added 32 in a triple-double as &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a title="Orlando Magic" href="/topic/Orlando+Magic" &gt;Orlando&lt;/a&gt; 125-124 for a fourth straight &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Hedo Turkoglu"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="J.J. Redick"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder nip Magic 125-124 in NBA</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-nip-magic-125124-nba-4729393a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-14T04:30:18Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-14:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-nip-magic-125124-nba-4729393a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scored 36 points and &lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; added 32 in a triple-double as &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; edged &lt;a title="Orlando Magic" href="/topic/Orlando+Magic" &gt;Orlando&lt;/a&gt; 125-124 for a fourth straight &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Hedo Turkoglu"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="J.J. Redick"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder hold off charging Magic for tight win</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-hold-charging-magic-tight-win-4729321a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-13T21:00:11Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-13:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-hold-charging-magic-tight-win-4729321a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; led from start to finish but had to withstand a late push from the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Orlando Magic" href="/topic/Orlando+Magic" &gt;Orlando Magic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; before closing out a 125-124 victory.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Thunder started the fourth...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="J.J. Redick"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant scores 28 as Thunder edge Mavericks</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-28-thunder-edge-mavericks-4726363a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-07T02:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-07:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-28-thunder-edge-mavericks-4726363a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;NBA scoring leader &lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; poured in 28 points to power the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; past &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas&lt;/a&gt; 99-95, handing the Mavericks a fourth loss in six games without injured &lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="Democratic Republic of the Congo"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="Tyson Chandler"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder roll past depleted Mavericks</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roll-depleted-mavericks-4726299a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-06T20:30:13Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-06:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roll-depleted-mavericks-4726299a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;DALLAS&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; tightened up on defense in the second half to grab a 99-95 road win over the injury-hit &lt;span&gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/span&gt; on Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Trailing by as many as 10 points in the first half, the Thunder opened the third...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Windsor (Ontario)"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="DeShawn Stevenson"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Griffin, Jennings, Ibaka, McGee Slam Dunk duel</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/griffin-jennings-ibaka-mcgee-slam-dunk-duel-4725859a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-05T21:30:10Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-05:/men's-professional-basketball/griffin-jennings-ibaka-mcgee-slam-dunk-duel-4725859a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Bucks" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Bucks" &gt;Milwaukee&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Brandon Jennings (Basketball)" href="/topic/Brandon+Jennings+(Basketball)" &gt;Brandon Jennings&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="Serge Ibaka" href="/topic/Serge+Ibaka" &gt;Serge Ibaka&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Washington Wizards" href="/topic/Washington+Wizards" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a title="JaVale McGee" href="/topic/JaVale+McGee" &gt;JaVale McGee&lt;/a&gt; and...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Democratic Republic of the Congo"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Milwaukee Bucks"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Washington Wizards"></category><category term="Blake Griffin"></category><category term="JaVale McGee"></category><category term="Brandon Jennings (Basketball)"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category><category term="NBA All-Star Game"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA Standings</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nba-standings-4723776a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-02T20:30:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-02:/men's-professional-basketball/nba-standings-4723776a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;table&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;th&gt;All Times EST&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;th&gt;EASTERN CONFERENCE&lt;/th&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;th&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="NBA Atlantic" href="/topic/NBA+Atlantic" &gt;Atlantic Division&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;W&lt;br/&gt;L&lt;br/&gt;Pct&lt;br/&gt;GB&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;Boston&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  25&lt;br/&gt;7  .781&lt;br/&gt;_&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;span&gt;New York&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;19  14  .576&lt;br/&gt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="San Antonio"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Indiana"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="Sacramento"></category><category term="Charlotte"></category><category term="Denver"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="Memphis"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Portland"></category><category term="Toronto"></category><category term="Dallas (Texas)"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Los Angeles Clippers"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Orlando"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Spurs thump Thunder for fourth NBA win in a row</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/spurs-thump-thunder-fourth-nba-win-row-4723440a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-02T05:30:35Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-02:/men's-professional-basketball/spurs-thump-thunder-fourth-nba-win-row-4723440a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Duncan" href="/topic/Tim+Duncan" &gt;Tim Duncan&lt;/a&gt; scored 21 points, &lt;a title="George Hill" href="/topic/George+Hill" &gt;George Hill&lt;/a&gt; had 16 off the bench as the &lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio Spurs&lt;/a&gt; won their fourth in a row, 101-74 over the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tony Parker" href="/topic/Tony+Parker" &gt;Tony Parker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; finished...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="DeJuan Blair"></category><category term="George Hill"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Spurs hand Durant's Thunder worst loss of season</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/spurs-hand-durants-thunder-worst-loss-season-4723336a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-01T20:00:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-01:/men's-professional-basketball/spurs-hand-durants-thunder-worst-loss-season-4723336a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;NBA-best Spurs hand Durant, listless Thunder worst loss of the season in 101-74 thumping&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tim Duncan" href="/topic/Tim+Duncan" &gt;Tim Duncan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 21 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="George Hill" href="/topic/George+Hill" &gt;George Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had 16 and the NBA-best &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="San Antonio Spurs" href="/topic/San+Antonio+Spurs" &gt;San Antonio Spurs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; won their fourth in a row, 101-74 over &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kev...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Dallas"></category><category term="Atlanta"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Los Angeles Lakers"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Tim Duncan"></category><category term="George Hill"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant, Westbrook lead Thunder past Hawks, 103-94</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-westbrook-lead-thunder-hawks-10394-4723062a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-31T20:00:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-31:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-westbrook-lead-thunder-hawks-10394-4723062a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Durant's 33 points, Westbrook's triple-double help Thunder to 103-94 win over Hawks&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hit a season-high five 3-pointers and scored 33 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; finished off a triple-double with his 10th assist in the final seconds and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thun...</summary><category term="Holidays"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Mike Bibby"></category><category term="Al Horford"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Jamal Crawford"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Zaza Pachulia"></category><category term="Larry Drew"></category><category term="Josh Smith (Basketball)"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder roll past Nets 114-93</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roll-nets-11493-4721904a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-29T20:00:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-29:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-roll-nets-11493-4721904a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Durant scores 27 as Thunder bounce back again, roll past Nets 114-93&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 27 points before taking the fourth quarter off and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rolled past the error-prone &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New Jersey Nets" href="/topic/New+Jersey+Nets" &gt;New Jersey Nets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 114-93 on Wednesday night.&lt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Tulsa"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Nick Collison"></category><category term="New Jersey Nets"></category><category term="Devin Harris"></category><category term="Brook Lopez"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Sasha Vujacic"></category><category term="Fort Sill"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks' Nowitzki injured in win over Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-nowitzki-injured-win-thunder-4720819a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-28T03:30:51Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-28:/men's-professional-basketball/mavericks-nowitzki-injured-win-thunder-4720819a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; 103-93 but not before losing star forward &lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt; to a knee injury that kept him out of the game from the second quarter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" &gt;Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s Nowitzki scored 13 points before leaving the game wit...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Germany"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Jason Kidd"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="DeShawn Stevenson"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="Dwane Casey"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavs survive Nowitzki injury to beat Thunder on the road</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavs-survive-nowitzki-injury-beat-thunder-road-4720729a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-27T20:00:24Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-27:/men's-professional-basketball/mavs-survive-nowitzki-injury-beat-thunder-road-4720729a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - The streaking &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; overcame the loss of All-Star center &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; through injury to beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklaho...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Caron Butler"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavs lose Nowitzki to injury, but beat Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/mavs-lose-nowitzki-injury-beat-thunder-4720721a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-27T20:00:09Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-27:/men's-professional-basketball/mavs-lose-nowitzki-injury-beat-thunder-4720721a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Mavericks lose Nowitzki to knee injury, but beat Thunder 103-93&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; lost &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a knee injury in the second quarter, but beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 103-93 on Monday night for their 17th victory in 18 ga...</summary><category term="Orthopedics"></category><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Shawn Marion"></category><category term="Rick Carlisle"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="Muscle and Skeletal Health"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant scores 44 points, Thunder beat Nuggets</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-44-points-thunder-beat-nuggets-4719939a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-25T20:00:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-25:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-44-points-thunder-beat-nuggets-4719939a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scores season-high 44 points, Thunder beat Nuggets 114-106&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NBA&lt;/span&gt; scoring leader Kevin Durant had a season-high 44 points &amp;#8212; 21 in the third quarter &amp;#8212; and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Denver Nuggets" href="/topic/Denver+Nuggets" &gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; 114-106 on Sa...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Chauncey Billups"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Carmelo Anthony"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Knicks run past Thunder to snap 3-game skid</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/knicks-run-thunder-snap-3game-skid-4718683a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-22T19:30:27Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-22:/men's-professional-basketball/knicks-run-thunder-snap-3game-skid-4718683a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Stoudemire scores 23 points, &lt;a title="New York Knicks" href="/topic/New+York+Knicks" &gt;Knicks&lt;/a&gt; beat Thunder 112-98 to snap 3-game losing streak&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Amare Stoudemire" href="/topic/Amare+Stoudemire" &gt;Amare Stoudemire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 23 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Wilson Chandler" href="/topic/Wilson+Chandler" &gt;Wilson Chandler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added 21, and the New York Knicks beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="New York Knicks"></category><category term="Mike D'Antoni"></category><category term="Donnie Walsh"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Wilson Chandler"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Amare Stoudemire"></category><category term="Raymond Felton"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Landry Fields"></category><category term="Danilo Gallinari"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant, Thunder beat reeling Bobcats 99-81</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-beat-reeling-bobcats-9981-4717916a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-21T19:00:36Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-21:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-beat-reeling-bobcats-9981-4717916a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Durant scores 32, Thunder dominate 4th quarter in 99-81 win over reeling Bobcats&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 32 points and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; overcame a poor shooting night by dominating the fourth quarter in a 99-81 victory over the reeling &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Charlotte Bobcats" href="/topic/Charlotte+Bobcats" &gt;Cha...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Michael Jordan"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Stephen Jackson"></category><category term="Kwame Brown"></category><category term="Charlotte Bobcats"></category><category term="Boris Diaw"></category><category term="Gerald Wallace"></category><category term="D.J. Augustin"></category><category term="Sherron Collins"></category><category term="Dominic McGuire"></category><category term="Nazr Mohammed"></category><category term="National Basketball Development League"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Matt Carroll"></category><category term="Rod Higgins"></category><category term="Shaun Livingston"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Hill, Nash help Suns snap Thunder's five-game win streak</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/hill-nash-suns-snap-thunders-fivegame-win-streak-4716390a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-19T19:30:14Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-19:/men's-professional-basketball/hill-nash-suns-snap-thunders-fivegame-win-streak-4716390a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Grant Hill" href="/topic/Grant+Hill" &gt;Grant Hill&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored a season-high 30 points and added 11 rebounds to help the new-look &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Phoenix Suns" href="/topic/Phoenix+Suns" &gt;Phoenix Suns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; slow the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Vince Carter"></category><category term="Steve Nash"></category><category term="Grant Hill"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Orlando Magic"></category><category term="Hedo Turkoglu"></category><category term="Mickael Pietrus"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Short-handed Suns edge Thunder 113-110</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/shorthanded-suns-edge-thunder-11311-4716385a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-19T19:00:18Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-19:/men's-professional-basketball/shorthanded-suns-edge-thunder-11311-4716385a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Grant Hill" href="/topic/Grant+Hill" &gt;Grant Hill&lt;/a&gt;'s season-high 30 points lift short-handed Suns past Thunder 113-110&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Grant Hill scored a season-high 30 points and had 11 rebounds, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Steve Nash" href="/topic/Steve+Nash" &gt;Steve Nash&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added 20 points and 10 assists and the short-handed &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Phoenix Suns" href="/topic/Phoenix+Suns" &gt;Phoenix Suns&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; snapped &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Okla...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Vince Carter"></category><category term="Steve Nash"></category><category term="Grant Hill"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Marcin Gortat"></category><category term="Mickael Pietrus"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder put away Kings 102-87 for 5th straight win</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-put-kings-10287-5th-straight-win-4715599a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-17T20:00:10Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-17:/men's-professional-basketball/thunder-put-kings-10287-5th-straight-win-4715599a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scores 24 points, Thunder put away Kings 102-87 for 5th straight win&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Durant scored 24 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Serge Ibaka" href="/topic/Serge+Ibaka" &gt;Serge Ibaka&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added 12 points and 10 rebounds and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; used a trio of fourth-quarter spurts to put away the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Sa...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Nick Collison"></category><category term="Sacramento Kings"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Tyreke Evans"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Beno Udrih"></category><category term="Jason Thompson (Basketball)"></category><category term="D.J. White"></category><category term="DeMarcus Cousins"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant scores 32 as Thunder top Houston 117-105</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-32-thunder-top-houston-117105-4713962a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-15T20:00:35Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-15:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-32-thunder-top-houston-117105-4713962a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scores 32 as Thunder beat Rockets 117-105 for 4th straight victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Durant scored 32 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Thabo Sefolosha" href="/topic/Thabo+Sefolosha" &gt;Thabo Sefolosha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added a season-high 15 points and nine rebounds and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Houston Rockets" hre...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="New Jersey"></category><category term="Sacramento"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Terrence Williams"></category><category term="Luis Scola"></category><category term="Rick Adelman"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Kevin Martin"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="Patrick Patterson"></category><category term="Kyle Lowry"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Bob Lanier"></category><category term="USA Basketball"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Cavs drop 8th straight heading into LeBron rematch</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/cavs-drop-8th-straight-heading-lebron-rematch-4711690a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-12T19:00:08Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-12:/men's-professional-basketball/cavs-drop-8th-straight-heading-lebron-rematch-4711690a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Cavaliers lose to Thunder 106-77 for 8th straight loss heading into rematch with LeBron&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 25 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jeff Green" href="/topic/Jeff+Green" &gt;Jeff Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="James Harden" href="/topic/James+Harden" &gt;James Harden&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added 19 apiece and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thun...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Philadelphia"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Anthony Parker"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Cleveland Cavaliers"></category><category term="Anderson Varejao"></category><category term="Antawn Jamison"></category><category term="J.J. Hickson"></category><category term="Eric Maynor"></category><category term="National Basketball Development League"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Daniel Gibson"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook leads Thunder past Hornets, 97-92</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-hornets-9792-4710797a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-10T20:00:06Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-10:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-hornets-9792-4710797a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Westbrook scores 29 and Durant 25 as Thunder beat Hornets, 97-92&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had 29 points and 10 assists, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 25 points, and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Marco Belinelli"></category><category term="David West (Basketball)"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant, Thunder rally from 19 down to beat Timberwolves</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-rally-19-beat-timberwolves-4709366a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-08T20:30:32Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-08:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-thunder-rally-19-beat-timberwolves-4709366a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minneapolis" href="/topic/Minneapolis" &gt;MINNEAPOLIS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 30 points and added 11 rebounds and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; overcame an early 19-point deficit to defeat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Timberwol...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Kevin Love"></category><category term="Minneapolis"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Michael Beasley"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant scores 30, Thunder top Timberwolves 111-103</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-30-thunder-top-timberwolves-111103-4709351a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-08T20:00:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-08:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-scores-30-thunder-top-timberwolves-111103-4709351a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scores 30 points, leads Thunder over Timberwolves 111-103&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Durant scored 30 points, including 20 in the second half, and grabbed 11 rebounds as the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; came from 19 points down to beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Timberwolves" href="/topic/Minnesota+Timberwolves" &gt;Minnesota Timberwolves...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Chicago"></category><category term="Kevin Love"></category><category term="Oklahoma City"></category><category term="Tulsa"></category><category term="Detroit"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Sioux Falls"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jeff Green (Basketball)"></category><category term="Michael Beasley"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Sebastian Telfair"></category><category term="Jonny Flynn"></category><category term="Ben Wallace"></category><category term="Cole Aldrich"></category><category term="National Basketball Development League"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Darko Milicic"></category><category term="Anthony Tolliver"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Boozer scores 29 as Bulls beat Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/boozer-scores-29-bulls-beat-thunder-4707622a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-06T20:00:22Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-06:/men's-professional-basketball/boozer-scores-29-bulls-beat-thunder-4707622a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Carlos Boozer" href="/topic/Carlos+Boozer" &gt;Carlos Boozer&lt;/a&gt; scores 29 as &lt;a title="Chicago Bulls" href="/topic/Chicago+Bulls" &gt;Chicago Bulls&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; 99-90&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Carlos Boozer scored 13 of his 29 points in Chicago's big third quarter and the Bulls beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 99-90 on Monday night.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Luol Deng" href="/topic/Luol+Deng" &gt;Luol D...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Chicago Bulls"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Luol Deng"></category><category term="Carlos Boozer"></category><category term="Derrick Rose"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant returns to help Thunder hold off Warriors</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-returns-thunder-hold-warriors-4706805a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-05T19:30:28Z</updated><author><name>Reuters US Online Report Sports News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-05:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-returns-thunder-hold-warriors-4706805a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma" href="/topic/Oklahoma" &gt;OKLAHOMA&lt;/a&gt; CITY (&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" &gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;) - &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; returned from a knee injury and scored a team-high 28 points to lead the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to a 114-109 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Golden State Warriors" href="...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Los Angeles"></category><category term="Reuters Group plc"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Golden State Warriors"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Stephen Curry"></category><category term="Monta Ellis"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Warriors' rally falls short in loss to Thunder</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/warriors-rally-falls-short-loss-thunder-4706795a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-05T19:00:30Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-05:/men's-professional-basketball/warriors-rally-falls-short-loss-thunder-4706795a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt; scores 28 in return, &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; holds off &lt;a title="Golden State Warriors" href="/topic/Golden+State+Warriors" &gt;Golden State&lt;/a&gt; 114-109&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Durant scored 28 points in his first in his first game back from a knee injury, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; ad...</summary><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Sports Injuries"></category><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Golden State Warriors"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Stephen Curry"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Monta Ellis"></category><category term="Reggie Williams"></category><category term="Dorell Wright"></category><category term="Keith Smart"></category><category term="Ekpe Udoh"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category></entry><entry><title>Bargnani leads Raptors past Thunder 111-99</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/bargnani-leads-raptors-thunder-11199-4705842a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-03T19:00:24Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-03:/men's-professional-basketball/bargnani-leads-raptors-thunder-11199-4705842a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Andrea Bargnani" href="/topic/Andrea+Bargnani" &gt;Andrea Bargnani&lt;/a&gt; has big night as &lt;a title="Toronto Raptors" href="/topic/Toronto+Raptors" &gt;Toronto Raptors&lt;/a&gt; beat &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; 111-99&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Andrea Bargnani had 26 points and 12 rebounds for his first double-double of the season, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Leandro Barbosa" href="/topic/Leandro+Barbosa" &gt;Leandro Barbosa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Toronto Raptors"></category><category term="Andrea Bargnani"></category><category term="Jose Calderon"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Nenad Krstic"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Amir Johnson"></category><category term="Leandro Barbosa"></category><category term="Peja Stojakovic"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Demar DeRozan"></category><category term="Sonny Weems"></category><category term="D.J. White"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook leads Thunder over Nets 123-120 in 3OTs</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-nets-123120-3ots-4704175a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-01T20:00:50Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-01:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-nets-123120-3ots-4704175a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;With no Durant, Westbrook has 38 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists, Thunder outlast Nets in 3OTs&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; capped a 38-point, 15-rebound, nine-assist performance by scoring all of &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'s 13 points in the third overtime, and the Thunder survived the absence of an injured &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="K...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="New Jersey Nets"></category><category term="Devin Harris"></category><category term="Brook Lopez"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Jordan Farmar"></category><category term="Stephen Graham"></category><category term="Anthony Morrow"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook rallies Thunder for win over Hornets</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-rallies-thunder-win-hornets-4627752a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-29T20:00:33Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-29:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-rallies-thunder-win-hornets-4627752a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Westbrook powers late 14-0 run as Thunder rallies past Hornets 95-89&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 12 of his 25 points during a decisive 14-0 run late in the fourth quarter and also had 11 assists and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; rallied to beat the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="New Orleans Hornets" href="/topic/New+Orlean...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="San Antonio"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Chris Paul"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Emeka Okafor"></category><category term="Trevor Ariza"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Marco Belinelli"></category><category term="David West (Basketball)"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Martin, Battier lead Rockets over Thunder 99-98</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/martin-battier-lead-rockets-thunder-9998-4390960a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-28T19:30:16Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-28:/men's-professional-basketball/martin-battier-lead-rockets-thunder-9998-4390960a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Martin scores 23 points, Battier hits 4 3-pointers to help Rockets top Thunder 99-98&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Martin" href="/topic/Kevin+Martin" &gt;Kevin Martin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 23 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Shane Battier" href="/topic/Shane+Battier" &gt;Shane Battier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; hit 4 of 6 attempts from 3-point range and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Houston Rockets" href="/topic/Houston+Rockets" &gt;Houston Rockets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; held off the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/t...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Luis Scola"></category><category term="Shane Battier"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Kevin Martin"></category><category term="Kyle Lowry"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Toyota Center"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook, Durant rally Oklahoma City past Indiana</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-durant-rally-oklahoma-city-indiana-4390133a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-26T20:30:29Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-26:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-durant-rally-oklahoma-city-indiana-4390133a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Westbrook scores 43 points, Durant makes clutch play in Thunder's OT overtime victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 43 points and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; made clutch shots late in the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;'s 110-106 overtime victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Indi...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Indiana Pacers"></category><category term="Danny Granger"></category><category term="Roy Hibbert"></category><category term="Darren Collison"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Thabo Sefolosha"></category><category term="Brandon Rush"></category><category term="Mike Dunleavy Jr."></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Nowitzki, Mavs surge past Thunder, 111-103</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-mavs-surge-thunder-111103-4389012a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-24T20:00:13Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-24:/men's-professional-basketball/nowitzki-mavs-surge-thunder-111103-4389012a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Nowitzki, Mavericks surge past &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City&lt;/a&gt; in fourth quarter for 111-103 victory&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; scored 34 points, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tyson Chandler" href="/topic/Tyson+Chandler" &gt;Tyson Chandler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had season highs with 17 points and 18 rebounds and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks"...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Jason Terry"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="Tyson Chandler"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder sends rookie Aldrich to D-League</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/nba-draft/thunder-sends-rookie-aldrich-dleague-4388558a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-24T09:00:47Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-24:/nba-draft/thunder-sends-rookie-aldrich-dleague-4388558a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Thunder sends 1st-round draft pick Aldrich to &lt;a title="Tulsa" href="/topic/Tulsa" &gt;Tulsa&lt;/a&gt; of D-League after minimal playing time&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; is sending first-round draft choice &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Cole Aldrich" href="/topic/Cole+Aldrich" &gt;Cole Aldrich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Tulsa 66ers" href="/topic/Tulsa+66ers" &gt;Tulsa 66ers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; of the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a ti...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="NBA Draft"></category><category term="Tulsa"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="New Orleans Hornets"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Cole Aldrich"></category><category term="National Basketball Development League"></category><category term="Sam Presti"></category><category term="Tulsa 66ers"></category><category term="Kansas Jayhawks (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>NBA Capsules</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/nba-capsules-4387419a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-22T22:00:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-22:/men's-professional-basketball/nba-capsules-4387419a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Monday's &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; Capsules&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Danny Granger" href="/topic/Danny+Granger" &gt;Danny Granger&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; had 20 points and 11 rebounds, &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Brandon Rush" href="/topic/Brandon+Rush" &gt;Brandon Rush&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added 20 points and the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Indiana Pacers" href="/topic/Indiana+Pacers" &gt;Indiana Pacers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; added to &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Miami Heat" href=...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="Salt Lake City"></category><category term="Kevin Love"></category><category term="New Orleans"></category><category term="Portland"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Nate Robinson"></category><category term="Houston Rockets"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="San Antonio Spurs"></category><category term="Manu Ginobili"></category><category term="Utah Jazz"></category><category term="Phoenix Suns"></category><category term="Boston Celtics"></category><category term="Dwyane Wade"></category><category term="Tony Parker"></category><category term="LeBron James"></category><category term="Dwight Howard"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Miami Heat"></category><category term="Carl Landry"></category><category term="Yao Ming"></category><category term="Toronto Raptors"></category><category term="Chris Bosh"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Shaquille O'Neal"></category><category term="Indiana Pacers"></category><category term="Danny Granger"></category><category term="T.J. Ford"></category><category term="Mike Bibby"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Al Jefferson"></category><category term="Sacramento Kings"></category><category term="Steve Nash"></category><category term="Grant Hill"></category><category term="Jason Richardson"></category><category term="Rajon Rondo"></category><category term="C.J. Miles"></category><category term="Udonis Haslem"></category><category term="Jameer Nelson"></category><category term="Kevin Martin (Basketball)"></category><category term="Tyreke Evans"></category><category term="Larry Drew"></category><category term="Brandon Rush"></category><category term="Darko Milicic"></category><category term="Mike Dunleavy Jr."></category><category term="DeMarcus Cousins"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category><category term="NBA Pacific"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Durant leads Thunder past Timberwolves in return</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/durant-leads-thunder-timberwolves-return-4387369a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-22T20:30:20Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-22:/men's-professional-basketball/durant-leads-thunder-timberwolves-return-4387369a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Look who's back: Durant, Green lead Thunder past Timberwolves in return&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Kevin Durant" href="/topic/Kevin+Durant" &gt;Kevin Durant&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Jeff Green" href="/topic/Jeff+Green" &gt;Jeff Green&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; returned from injuries and powered the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to their fifth consecutive victory, 117-107 over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Minnesota Timberw...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Utah"></category><category term="Kevin Love"></category><category term="Milwaukee"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Scott Brooks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Minnesota Timberwolves"></category><category term="Darko Milicic"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Westbrook leads Thunder past Bucks, 82-81</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-bucks-8281-4386055a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-20T20:30:33Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-11-20:/men's-professional-basketball/westbrook-leads-thunder-bucks-8281-4386055a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Westbrook sinks two clutch free throws as Thunder beat Bucks 82-81&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; sank two free throws with 7.3 seconds left to lift the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to an 82-81 victory over the &lt;span&gt;&lt;a title="Milwaukee Bucks" href="/topic/Milwaukee+Bucks" &gt;Milwaukee Bucks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; on Saturday night.&lt;/...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Oklahoma"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Milwaukee Bucks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green"></category><category term="Kevin Durant"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="Brandon Jennings (Basketball)"></category><category term="James Harden"></category><category term="NBA Central"></category></entry><entry><title>Thunder Grizzlies Basketball</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/photo/thunder-grizzlies-basketball-2406200p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-04T23:30:12Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2011-01-04:/photo/thunder-grizzlies-basketball-2406200p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" &gt;Memphis Grizzlies&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Tony Allen (Basketball)" href="/topic/Tony+Allen+(Basketball)" &gt;guard Tony Allen&lt;/a&gt;, left, collides with &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Serge Ibaka" href="/topic/Serge+Ibaka" &gt;Serge Ibaka&lt;/a&gt; (9) from the &lt;a title="Republic of the Congo" href="/topic/Republic+of+the+Congo" &gt;Republic of Congo&lt;/a&gt; in the second half of an ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Memphis Grizzlies"></category><category term="Tony Allen (Basketball)"></category><category term="Jim Weber"></category><category term="Republic of the Congo"></category><category term="Serge Ibaka"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Hawks Thunder Basketball</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/photo/hawks-thunder-basketball-2404598p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-31T20:01:23Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-31:/photo/hawks-thunder-basketball-2404598p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Atlanta Hawks" href="/topic/Atlanta+Hawks" &gt;Atlanta Hawks&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Al Harford" href="/topic/Al+Harford" &gt;Al Harford&lt;/a&gt;, right, shoots over &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Jeff Green (Basketball)" href="/topic/Jeff+Green+(Basketball)" &gt;forward Jeff Green&lt;/a&gt; in the first quarter of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game in ...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Atlanta Hawks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green (Basketball)"></category><category term="Al Harford"></category><category term="NBA Southeast"></category></entry><entry><title>Nets Thunder Basketball</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/photo/nets-thunder-basketball-2403859p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-29T20:01:32Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-29:/photo/nets-thunder-basketball-2403859p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="New Jersey Nets" href="/topic/New+Jersey+Nets" &gt;New Jersey Nets&lt;/a&gt; guard &lt;a title="Devin Harris" href="/topic/Devin+Harris" &gt;Devin Harris&lt;/a&gt;, left, shoots in front of &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; guard &lt;a title="Russell Westbrook" href="/topic/Russell+Westbrook" &gt;Russell Westbrook&lt;/a&gt; during the second quarter of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; baske...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Eastern Conference"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="New Jersey Nets"></category><category term="Devin Harris"></category><category term="Russell Westbrook"></category><category term="NBA Atlantic"></category></entry><entry><title>Mavericks Thunder Basketball</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/photo/mavericks-thunder-basketball-2403289p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-28T13:32:43Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-28:/photo/mavericks-thunder-basketball-2403289p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Dallas Mavericks" href="/topic/Dallas+Mavericks" &gt;Dallas Mavericks&lt;/a&gt; forward &lt;a title="Dirk Nowitzki" href="/topic/Dirk+Nowitzki" &gt;Dirk Nowitzki&lt;/a&gt;, right, stands with a trainer after getting hurt during the second quarter of an &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/topic/National+Basketball+Association" &gt;NBA&lt;/a&gt; basketball game against the &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; in Oklahoma City, Monday, Dec. 27, 2...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Dallas Mavericks"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Dirk Nowitzki"></category><category term="NBA Southwest"></category></entry><entry><title>Nuggets Thunder Basketball</title><link href="http://onthebasketballcourt.com/photo/nuggets-thunder-basketball-2402315p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-25T20:30:31Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:onthebasketballcourt.com,2010-12-25:/photo/nuggets-thunder-basketball-2402315p/</id><summary type="html">&lt;a title="Denver Nuggets" href="/topic/Denver+Nuggets" &gt;Denver Nuggets&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Nene Hilario" href="/topic/Nene+Hilario" &gt;center Nene&lt;/a&gt;, right, of &lt;a title="Brazil" href="/topic/Brazil" &gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt;, shoots as &lt;a title="Oklahoma City Thunder" href="/topic/Oklahoma+City+Thunder" &gt;Oklahoma City Thunder&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a title="Jeff Green (Basketball)" href="/topic/Jeff+Green+(Basketball)" &gt;forward Jeff Green&lt;/a&gt;, left, defends in the first quarter of a &lt;a title="National Basketball Association" href="/...</summary><category term="Basketball"></category><category term="Men's Professional Basketball"></category><category term="Brazil"></category><category term="South America"></category><category term="National Basketball Association"></category><category term="NBA Western Conference"></category><category term="Denver Nuggets"></category><category term="Nene Hilario"></category><category term="Oklahoma City Thunder"></category><category term="Jeff Green (Basketball)"></category><category term="NBA Northwest"></category></entry></feed>
