by jvjvnvjvjbjbjb on Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:01 pm
CHALMERS SPOILS LOVE'S BIG DEBUT 101-105
Miami,FL--The Sonics still didnt found their touches during the first quarter trailing as much as 15.Mario Chalmers and 2nd pick Beasley powered the heat to lead by 15 during the 1st quarter.Beasley did everything,Beasley made 3 blocks and 10 points while Mario Chalmers offense was just too good for westbrook scoring 14 points and 3 steals on the 1st quarter with 3/4 3-point shooting in the 1st.
during the 2nd quarter The Sonics slowly picking up some points to decrease it by 8 but again Chalmers was still unstoppbale burying 3 point baskets until Luke ridnour checked in that gave the sonics a 6-0 run with 2 steals.Ridnour did a great job on Chalmers While DJ White also had stopped Michael Beasley very well.Sonics decreasing the lead to 3 was just not enough.The heat made a 10-0 run to end the quarter.Mourning did 6 points on that run all with fastbreak dunks.The Sonics frontcourt just cant go back to defense or catch-up some fastbreaks on Mourning.
At the start of the third iwith its 2nd unit the sonics still not finding the groove.evenwhen Durant,Green,westbrook,love and Wilcox checked in they still couldnt find the groove until the Coach made a tactical change moving durant to the 1 guard and Westbrook to the 2 guard made miracles.after trailing by 21 before that Westbrook made some and 1 plays to carry them only trailing 15 but not onl westbrook Everybody made a great job on the defensive end not allowing anybody hav some easy shots and together with Durant getting some fouls and passing to some wide open men the Sonics decreased the lead by 8 to start the 4th.
Kevin Durant started the 4th with abang rallying up the Sonics by 4 in the final minute but he also made the crucial turnover but after the turnover Westbrook became aggresive in driving but did not got a foul despite a full-body contact.Another easy dunk coming from Durant with 30 ticks left and fouled mourning for the free throws.even though Mourning missed 2 free throws Beasley still managed to the rebound and was fouled but Beasley missed the 2 free throws that still gave the sonics a chance.with 6.5 seconds remaining Sonics called time-out Heat leading 99-105 but Durant missed the three point shot that was followed up by Westbrook to decrease the lead 101-105
*Kevin Love had a huge debut night scoring 20 quiet points and 3 blks and 2 stls
*Russel Westbrook scored 28 points and 5 assts.
*Durant scored 23(16 in the 4th period)
*Mario Chalmers had 35 points 6/8 in the 3-point line and 15 assts.
*Michael Beasley scored 26 and 4 blks...
Quarter scorings-
OKC-18-31-28-24-101
MIA-30-27-20-18-105
Quotes of the day:
"it wasnt just our night some tough calls were always against us and never against them,we just need to bounce back from this loss and this shows how tough this team is really are"-Kevin Durant said during an interview.
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