Howard leads Thunder to first victory
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Oklahoma City,OK(AP)
After rebuilding their team,the Thunder may be a force on the West with Dwight Howard and Rajon Rondo.When they acquired them all the world was like "Hey..what is going on here ?! A 2 year team maybe a champ ?!". And yes..their starting five looks like a Champions Starting Five..with the best center in the league Dwight Howard,the number 1 pick from this year's draft and one of the most perspective young players like Griffin and Durant.And totally changed Rajon,he's not the same from last year..and Jeff Green is just a man who will always be there to help the team and kill the other with a 3-pointer.A lot of people said that this "dream team" wont work..it dont looks like this.The Thunder just passed over the Wolves in their opening game.
They led by 10 after the first with a nice team play and...god bless them,they're playing so energetic and atractive basketball.It remembers about the late 90s Sonics with Gary Payton and Shawn Kemp.In the 3rd quarter,Bobby Brown scored 16 points and rout the wolves to win it 29 to 22.Minnesota started the 4th very well and they were just 2 points away from OKC.But the in comes the moment of Durant-Howard duo.The Thunder scored very fast 17 points to make a 17-1 scoring run.Dwight was dropping it on y'all heads all night long,Durant was unstoppable from mid-range.Oh my god what is going on at Ford Center,that were the words most telled this night.
"And..3..2..1..BRRRRRR!!!Oklahoma are 1 - 0,they just killed the Wolves 112 to 93."Kevin Durant led the team with 30 points,5 rebounds and 4 assists.Dwight Howard continues to show that no one can stop him.He finished with 23 points,11 rebounds,3 blocks and 2 assists.Jeff Green added 21 points + 8 rebounds and 7 assists.Blake Griffin made his first double double in NBA in his debut.He finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
If we look Rondo's stats,we'll say "omg he's the new Kidd"..but he has one abillity which is so important.He is maybe the quickest player in the league.He is just going through the defense like a knife through jelly.He worked on his outside shooting and it seems better now.He finished with 13 points,5 rebounds and 12 assists.
Bobby Brown scored 25 points for the Wolves,the rookie from USC - Demar Derozan added 15.Al Jefferson added 14 points and 14 rebounds.
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Jeff Green - 21pts,8 rebs,7 ass,2 steals,7-9 FG,4-6 3PT,3-3 FT
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Top PerformersPoints : Kevin Durant(30)
Rebounds : Al Jefferson(14)
Assists : Rajon Rondo(12)
Steals : Love,Foye,Howard,Green(2)
Blocks : Dwight Howard(3)
Turnovers : Rajon Rondo(4)