Durant finishes strong for 35 points in win - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant was a one-man wrecking crew in Sunday's 93-91 win over the Grizzlies with 35 points, 15 boards, six assist, one steal and two blocks in 44 minutes.

Durant, Thunder put away Rockets...finally - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored 27 points on 11-of-23 shooting with eight rebounds, six assists, two steals and a block as the Thunder eliminated the Rockets in Game 6 on Friday.

Kevin Durant scores 38 points on 16 FGAs - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored 38 points on 12-of-16 shooting to go with eight boards, six assists, one steal and one 3-pointer during Monday's Game 4 loss in Houston.

Durant plays 47 minutes, scores 41 in win - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant put the Thunder on his back in Saturday's 104-101 win over the Rockets with 41 points, 14 boards, four assists, two steals, one block and four 3-pointers in 47 minutes.

Westbrook, Durant each score 29 in Game 2 win - Russell Westbrook | OKC

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Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant each scored 29 points in Wednesday's Game 2 win over the Rockets.

Kevin Durant: Out Wednesday

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Kevin Durant: Durant said that he will not play in Oklahoma City's season finale against Milwaukee, ESPN reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update.

Kevin Durant out, Anthony wins scoring title - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant posted a note to his Instagram account saying he would be sitting out Wednesday's game against Milwaukee, meaning Carmelo Anthony will win the scoring title.

Durant flirts with triple-double, scores 31 - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant shot 10-of-16 from the field and 9-of-10 from the line for 31 points to go with 10 boards, eight assists, three steals, one block and two 3-pointers against the Warriors in Thursday's easy 116-97 win.

Kevin Durant drops 34 points in win at Indy - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant was unfazed by Indiana's elite defense on Friday, shooting 13-of-21 from the field for 34 points to go with nine boards, one assist and two 3-pointers during an easy 97-75 win at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Kevin Durant injured just before halftime - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant suffered an apparent leg injury at the end of the first half of Friday's game.

Mostly NBA Notes: Deron Williams, Ricky Rubio and John Wall all point guards on the rise

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Deron Williams has been a disappointment for fantasy owners this season. He currently ranks as the No. 34 ranked player on the year, which is hardly terrible, but he was drafted as a top-15 guy, and it’s taken him being the No. 9 player over the past month to get back into the top-50. Since joining New Jersey/Brooklyn 2+ years ago, Williams has shot 41.1 percent from the floor, well below his career mark (45.2). A big part of the problem has been health, mainly ankle issues. In fact, Williams has essentially stopped driving to the basket this season, averaging just 2.6 attempts at the rim per game, which is a career low by a huge margin. However, since receiving PRP injections in his ankles during the All-Star

Kevin Durant scores 34 points in win at MSG - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored a team-high 34 points in Thursday's 95-94 win at Madison Square Garden, adding eight boards, six assists and two 3-pointers in 44 minutes.

Mostly NBA Notes: Al Horford blowing up, Stephen Curry on fire and Dirk Nowitzki’s reemergence

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Previously one of the more durable players in the league, Al Horford destroyed fantasy owners last season when a torn pectoral muscle ended his year after just 11 games played. However, he’s currently averaging career highs in ppg (17.4), rpg (10.0), spg (1.0) and FG% (55.7). Horford has been a top-20 fantasy player this season despite shooting a career-low 60.7 percent at the line, which is nowhere near his career mark of 73.7, so it’s safe to expect improvement there down the stretch. Among those in the top-five in double-doubles this season, only Horford and Dwight Howard also average at least 1.0 spg and 1.0 bpg. Horford’s Usage Rate (20.59) isn’t well above league average, but it’s a career high,

Kevin Durant records third triple-double - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists and two 3-pointers on 5-of-8 shooting for the third triple-double of his career (and second this season) in an easy, blowout win over the Hornets on Wednesday.

Kevin Durant drops triple-double in loss - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant had the second triple-double of his career with 16 points, 12 boards and 11 assists to go with two steals and one block in 42 minutes against the Rockets on Wednesday.

Mostly NBA Notes: LeBron James going next level

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Over his past seven games leading into the All-Star break, LeBron James has averaged 32.0 ppg while shooting a ridiculous 68.9 percent from the field (80-for-116), becoming the first player in NBA history to score at least 30 points with at least a 60.0 FG% in six straight games (it would have been seven if not for a miss late in Thursday’s win in Oklahoma City). He’s attempted his regular amount of shots at the rim over this span (6.8) compared to his season numbers (6.7, which ranks third in the league behind only Greg Monroe and Nikola Pekovic), but he’s made an insane 89.1 percent of his shots from in close during this stretch – James should be considered the best

Durant has strong second half, scores 40 - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant got hot in the second half and finished with 40 points to go with eight boards, four assists, one steal, three blocks and one 3-pointer in a loss to Miami on Thursday.

Update: Kevin Durant expected to play Monday - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Updating a previous item, Kevin Durant (ribs) is expected to play on Monday.

Durant unconcerned w/ ribs, status unknown - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant was not concerned with the injury he sustained to his ribs, but his status for Monday's game is uncertain.

Durant bruises ribs in road loss vs. Cavs - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant had 32 points, three 3-pointers, 11 rebounds, three assists and one steal on Saturday, despite briefly leaving the game with bruised ribs.

Durant scores 35 points in loss to Lakers - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant shot 10-of-26 from the field and 13-of-14 from the line for 35 points in a loss to the Lakers on Sunday, adding two rebounds, four assists, one steal and two 3-pointers.

Mostly NBA Notes: Kevin Durant in midst of historical fantasy season

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Kevin Durant has averaged 36.3 points over the past eight games, and despite attempting a whopping 6.3 3pt in January, he’s shooting 53.5 percent from the field this month, also averaging 5.2 apg. He’s shooting 91.0 percent at the line this year while attempting the third-most free throws in the league. In fact, Durant has taken 399 shots from the charity stripe, and only four other players in the league have attempted more than 250. According to Basketball Monster, his impact in FT% has been by far the biggest among all categories (his ft%V is 4.16. Next best is James Harden at 2.55. To put this in perspective, the next biggest gap atop a category is Larry Sanders with a

Saturday Dose: Rumors about Rudy

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Rudy Gay trade rumors continue to circulate, a handful of players were injured on Friday, and Kevin Durant scored a career-high 52 points. It's time for the Saturday Dose.

Durant scores career-high 52; Westy scores 31 - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored a career-high 52 points on 13-of-31 shooting (21-of-21 FTs) with nine rebounds, one assist, and two steals in Friday's overtime win against the Mavs.

Kevin Durant scores 41 in win over Phoenix - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant had his second 40-point game in his last three contests against the Suns on Monday, scoring 41 points with five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and two 3-pointers in 43 minutes.

The Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Dirk is Lurking

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Kevin Durant got the hook and Dirk went at LeBron in an NBA Finals rematch from two years back on a busy 12-game night. Time to Dose.

Kevin Durant gets ejected, scores 27 - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant was ejected in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's loss to Brooklyn for arguing a no call by referee Danny Crawford.

Shannon Brown benched, Tucker starts vs. OKC - Shannon Brown | PHO

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Shannon Brown will move to the bench temporarily on Monday, allowing P.J. Tucker to defend Kevin Durant as a starter.

Kevin Durant scores 40 with a full line - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant shot 13-of-28 from the field and made all 10 of his free throws for 40 points in Thursday's win over the Mavericks to go with eight boards, five assists, three blocks and four 3-pointers.

Kevin Durant drops 33 in loss on Christmas - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored a game-high 33 points to go with seven rebounds, three assists and two 3-pointers in Tuesday's loss to the Heat.

NBA Fantasy Trends: Christmas Break Stat Check

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Mike Gallagher takes at look at some stats after a rare day off in the NBA and Kevin Durant, as usual, is very good.

Mostly NBA Notes: Chris Bosh is back

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Chris Bosh finished his last year in Toronto as the 12th most valuable fantasy player, but he clocked in at 41st and 43rd over his first two seasons in Miami. This year, he’s rejoined the elite, currently sitting at No. 15. He’s done so despite averaging the fewest mpg, rpg and apg since wearing a Heat uniform. Bosh is also shooting the fewest field goals per game since his rookie season, yet he’s attempting the most 3-pointers per game ever (hitting an ugly 25.0 percent clip), but he’s somehow posting the best FG percentage (54.8) of his career. Go figure. His Usage Rate (23.24) is also the lowest since he joined Miami, but the move to center appears to have been a real benefit, as he’s made a

Report: Kobe's Olympic chatter irked Durant - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 69 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds against the Lakers on Friday.

Day 28: Where The Bobcats Lose by 45 Points

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Line of the Night: I guess LaMarcus Aldridge’s (2.56) back is doing just fine, thank you very much. A night after sitting out with a sore back, Aldridge returned to the lineup against the Pistons and had his best game of the season, scoring 32 points, and adding 10 rebounds, 3 steals and 3 blocks in 41 minutes on the court. Word is that the Pistons focused their defensive efforts on stopping Damian Lillard, leaving Aldridge (relatively) free to do his thing. The result was a huge night for Aldridge, a quiet one for Lillard, and one win for the Pistons. Still, its great news for anxious Aldridge owners, who can now relax just a bit.

Honorable Mentions: The Thunder absolutely destroyed the

Mostly NBA Notes: Marc Gasol is dropping dimes

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For someone 7-1, 265, Marc Gasol's rebounding ability remains a bit disappointing (7.0 rpg), but every other aspect of his game is exemplary. He's shooting 90.2 percent from the line, but what's really been impressive is his passing, as he's averaging 4.9 apg. To put this in perspective, the center with the next most apg has averaged 3.7 (Greg Monroe), while the third (Dwight Howard) has 2.1 and the fourth (Zaza Pachulia) has 1.8. And to make this difference even more stark, while Gasol has gotten just 1.2 turnovers per game, the next three have averaged 3.1, 3.3 and 1.8, respectively. In fact, Gasol's assist:turnover ratio (4.15) is the second-best in the league, regardless of position. He's been the 11th most valuable fantasy

Day 26: Where Metta World Peace Gets His Groove Back

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Line of the Night: Kevin Durant (3.33 WARP) currently sits at the top of our player rater by a huge margin, averaging 1.44 wins/week this year in 9-cat leagues compared to the second best player, LeBron James, at 1.10 wins. And I can see why. Last night was at least the third line of the night performance from Durant so far this season as he led the Thunder to an overtime win over the Sixers with 37 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in nearly 50 minutes on the court! With Harden gone this season, Durant has actually become a bit more of a playmaker in addition to all the scoring – he’s averaging 4.5 assists per game – up from 3.5 lasts season.

Honorable Mentions: The

Day 23: Where Kevin Love Owners Are The Most Thankful

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But if you look at the lines below, a lot of other people have performances to be thankful for too. It’s like these guys knew that they had a day off today or something…

Comeback Line of the Night: Kevin Love (1.31) came back with only the 24th best performance of the night. Out of 289 players. You see why we said he was still worth a first round pick? Oh, you need to know his actual line? 34 points on 12 of 25 from the field (only 2-9 for three,

Durant posts 35-6-5 line with five steals - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant scored 35 points on 7-of-19 shooting (2-of-6 3PTs, 19-of-21 FTs) with six rebounds, five assists, and five steals in the Thunder's overtime win on Wednesday.

Day 20: Kevin Durant’s First Triple-Double

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Line of the Night: Kevin Durant (2.75) finally got his first triple-double of his career. We’re all sure his momma would be proud. I, on the other hand, was actually surprised to find out that this was his first trip-dub. Over the past few seasons Durant has been wowing us with his amazing fantasy performances that it didn’t really occur to me (and not that it really mattered) that he didn’t register a triple-double. His scoring, shooting percentages and contributions in peripheral categories have been amazing enough. This milestone is just gravy for his fans and fantasy owners alike. Perfect

The Daily Dose: Dose: Durant's Triple-double

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Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant messed around and got a triple-double, while Brandon Roy needs more knee surgery. Get ready for Week 4.

Kevin Durant posts first career triple-double - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Kevin Durant posted the first triple-double of his stellar career on Sunday, racking up 28 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists in an easy win over Golden State.

Day 19: Where Andrew Bynum Has Problems

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Before we get into the performances last night, I can’t not talk about Andrew Bynum. It was recently reported that Bynum had yet another setback with his knees; he is now having trouble with his left knee in addition to the right knee that has kept him out so far this season. That would be troubling enough news, although the latest report is that Bynum actually hurt his other knee while bowling. Bowling! Leaving aside the question about why he would be bowling given his status, the more troubling fact is that he hurt his knee WHILE BOWLING. And this is your franchise center who is supposed to be on

Day 18: Waive Racers

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Line of the Night: Portland may be struggling, but Nicolas Batum (2.86) is not. Thanks to a monster 35 points (5 threes, 13-19 from the field), 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 5 blocks, Batum has climbed to #4 overall on Give Me The Rock’s Fantasy Basketball Player Rater (and that Top 3 includes the injured Kyle Lowry). Of course, Batum also a fairly ridiculous 7 turnovers. He’s only averaging 2.6 on the season, though, and this was an overtime game, so he should be

Subtle change to break up Thunder duo? - Kevin Durant | OKC

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Scott Brooks plans to change up Kevin Durant's substitution pattern, creating more time apart for Russell Westbrook.

Day 16: Where the Sixers Have an Appetite for (their own) Destruction

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Line of the Night: It was only a matter of time before Kevin Durant (2.82 WARP) broke out in a big way; and that came last night against the Grizzlies, where Durant scored 34 points, adding 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and a couple blocks. It came in a whopping 44 minutes, but if you’re the Thunder you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do when you don’t have the league’s best sixth man to give your starters a breather. It’s also Durant’s first game over 30 points this season. He truly is a microbe y’all.

Honorable Mentions: Carlos Boozer (2.00) took

Day 13: LA Reunite Nash and D’Antoni

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Contrary to what we all expected would happen, the Los Angeles Lakers sign Mike D’Antoni to a four-year deal and NOT Phil Jackson. Now from a Laker-fan standpoint this is a tad of a letdown as Jackson has had a storied history with the franchise. From a fantasy basketball perspective, however, this news should make Laker players (especially Nash) owners feel like they were drinking a Red Bull-Kool-Aid slushie at a rave. D’Antoni is a point guard’s coach, as we’ve seen the wonders he’s done with Steve Nash (in a previous lifetime) in Phoenix and in a brief explosive pocket of time with

Day 11: Tim Duncan in “Old Man’s War”

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Line of the Night: By my count, 26 teams played last night, and while the Honorable Mentions are filled with young and up-n-coming players, one man rose above them all, just as he’s tended to do time and again for the entirety of his career. Tim Duncan (2.89) score 23 points on 9-12 from the field, with 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 4 blocks in San Antonio’s win over Sacramento. With Oklahoma City weakened and the Lakers floundering (“Hard to sell the story you’re not panicking when you fire your head coach five games in” –

Day 8: Kyle Lowry Injury Means Opportunity

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For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Day 8: I Hope Everyone Traded Kyle Lowry

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For people who like politics as much as I (and hopefully you) like fantasy basketball, last night was like the Finals, and seeing all those bar charts of blue and red just made me wish that we could allow 16 teams in our system to compete for that eventual Presidential Championship prize. I mean, we all know that it’s going to be the Heat and the Lakers in the Finals this year, but at least we have different teams competing; James Harden stepping up to lead the Rockets, the new-look Nets, the Bulls are-they-hanging-in-there watch, the quiet-but-always-solid Spurs (with the league’s best record

Day 6: Getting High on Lowry

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I don’t remember where I heard it or read it. I think it was on listening to commentary during a pre-season game. Someone said that he didn’t think Kyle Lowry would do well this season. He was coming off a career year with the Houston Rockets and was now with a new team, the Toronto Raptors. The outlook wasn’t looking good that he would replicate his stellar season. I listened. It sounded logical, at least at the time. It lingered in the back of my head across majority of my fantasy drafts. Big mistake. Huge. Lowry is killing it in Toronto and his fantasy owners are taking his stat sheet to the bank. One shining example is our