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Nene scored 24 points, John Wall scored 18 points and dished out 13 assists. Bradley Beal and Paul Pierce scored 14 points apiece and combined for 20 rebounds.
Kevin Durant scored 34 points with 7 rebounds and 7 assists. Russell Westbrook scored 32 points with 8 rebounds and 8 assists.
Oklahoma City Thunder defeat Washington Wizards 105-to-103 in overtime.
Overtime (0:00) John Wall misses the buzzer beater.
Wizards Timeout.
Overtime (0:01) Russell Westbrook explodes to the baseket and gets the easy layup. 0.8 seconds left in the game.
Wizards had a foul to give and fouled Kevin Durant. There is 0:03 second left in the game. Thunder timeout.
Game is tied at 103 with 0:22 seconds left, Thunder possession.
The call stays, basket counts.
Play is under review on the goaltending call.
Overtime (0:22) Nene gets the field goal on goaltending.
Thunder 103 Wizards 101
Wizards Timeout.
Overtime (0:35) Kevin Durant hits an off balanced three-point shot.
Overtime (0:58) Nene gets fouled on the rebound by Steven Adams. Makes 1 of 2 free throws.
Overtime (1:15) John Wall hits a clutch mid range shot.
Thunder 100 Wizards 98
Wizards Timeout.
Overtime (2:01) Russell Westbrook knocked down a free throw jumper.
Overtime (2:46) Kevin Durant slam dunked on Marcin Gortat.
Wizards 98 Thunder 96
Thunder Timeout.
Overtime (2:57) Nene backs his man down and finished with a nice hook shot.
Overtime (3:21) Russell Westbrook makes a tough shot at the rim, finished over two defenders.
Overtime (3:58) Kevin Durant drives strong and finishes with a nice shot.
Overtime (4:12) After a Thunder miss Nene draws the foul. Makes both free throws.
Overtime (4:48) Nene gets set up by Bradley Beal for an easy dunk.
OVERTIME!!!
4th Quarter (0:00) Kevin Durant misses a long three-point at the buzzer.
Thunder Timeout.
4th Quarter (0:02) John Wall completely misses the mid range shot.
Wizards 92 Thunder 92
Wizards Timeout.
4th Quarter (0:26) Russell Westbrook gets free and makes the easy layup.
Wizards 92 Thunder 90
Thunder Timeout.
4th Quarter (0:34) Paul Pierce hits the clutch three-point shot at the top of the key.
Thunder 90 Wizards 89
Wizards Timeout.
4th Quarter (1:28) Russell Westbrook grabs a defensive rebound and gets fouled. Makes 1 of 2 free throws.
4th Quarter (2:16) Anthony Morrow makes a close range shot.
4th Quarter (2:39) Paul Pierce hits a transition three-pointer.
4th Quarter (3:01) John Wall drives to the basket and gets fouled on a steal attempt. Wall makes both free throws.
Thunder 87 Wizards 84
Wizards Timeout.
4th Quarter (3:06) Bradley Beal misses a three-pointer but Paul Pierce dives on the floor and grabs the offensive rebound and calls the timeout.
4th Quarter (3:38) John Wall makes a nifty move and finishes in transition.
4th Quarter (4:41) John Wall makes a close range shot.
4th Quarter (5:30) Nene gets fouled and misses both free throws.
4th Quarter (5:41) Anthony Morrow hits the three-point shot.
4th Quarter (6:18) Kevin Durant draws the foul. Makes both free throws.
Thunder 82 Wizards 80
Thunder timeout.
4th Quarter (6:37) Marcin Gortat makes the layup off the pick and roll. John Wall with the assist.
4th Quarter (7:24) Kendrick Perkins knocks down a 12-foot jumper.
4th Quarter (7:50) Kevin Seraphin hits a nice 12-foot shot.
4th Quarter (8:07) Kevin Durant makes a tough runner at the basket.
4th Quarter (8:20) Bradley Beal draws the foul and makes both free throws.
4th Quarter (8:40) Kevin Durant comes down and knocks down the three-point shot at the top of the key.
4th Quarter (8:49) Andre Miller misses both free throws.
Official Timeout.
4th Quarter (8:49) Andre Miller draws the foul.
Thunder take the lead 75-to-74.
4th Quarter (9:10) Dion Waiters hits the tough layup.
4th Quarter (9:37) Anthony Morrow hits a shot and draws the foul. Makes the free throw.
4th Quarter (9:45) Kevin Seraphin hits the fastbreak dunk.
4th Quarter (10:29) Kevin Durant follows it up with a three-pointer.
4th Quarter (10:47) Kevin Seraphin hits the nice hook shot off the glass.
4th Quarter (11:03) Kevin Durant draws the foul after a nice crossover. Makes 1 of 2 free throws.
Wizards 70 Thunder 66
END OF 3RD QUARTER
3rd Quarter (0:00) Russell Westbrook misses his jump shot as time expires.
3rd Quarter (0:30) John Wall hits the three-point shot.
3rd Quarter (0:38) Kendrick Perkins hits a mid range shot.
3rd Quarter (0:47) John Wall makes the nice pass to Marcin Gortat with the dunk.
3rd Quarter (1:13) Russell Westbrook draws the foul and makes both free throws.
3rd Quarter (1:31) Rasual Butler hits the three-pointer, assisted by John Wall.
3rd Quarter (1:52) Russell Westbrook hits another jumper.
3rd Quarter (2:14) Russell Westbrook hits the pull up free throw jumper.
Wizards 62 Thunder 58
Thunder Timeout.
3rd Quarter (2:45) Marcin Gortat makes the pick and roll layup assisted by John Wall.
3rd Quarter (3:09) Paul Pierce posts up and makes the nice close range shot.
3rd Quarter (3:26) Russell Westbrook curls off the screen and knocks down the jumper and draws the foul. Makes the free throw.
3rd Quarter (3:41) Paul Pierce grabs the offensive rebound and finishes at the rim.
3rd Quarter (4:06) Russell Westbrook hits the floater.
3rd Quarter (4:37) Nick Collison hits a close range shot.
3rd Quarter (4:55) Both teams go back and forth with missed shots and turnovers, John Wall draws the foul and makes both free throws.
3rd Quarter (6:33) Wizards shot clock violation.
13-to-4 Thunder run
Wizards Timeout.
3rd Quarter (6:58) Serge Ibaka finally knocks down a shot, this time from behind the arc.
3rd Quarter (7:22) Russell Westbrook gets the dunk on a Durant assist.
3rd Quarter (7:47) Nene makes the layup.
3rd Quarter (8:08) Kevin Durant hits the three-pointer.
3rd Quarter (8:21) Bradley Beal knocks down the jump shot.
3rd Quarter (8:38) After two minutes of poor basketball by both teams Russell Westbrook hits a close range shot and draws the foul. Makes the free throw.
3rd Quarter (10:32) Serge Ibaka knocks down the 12-foot jumper.
Second half is under way!!!
Wizards stat leaders at halftuime: Nene 13 points, Bradley Beal 10 points and 5 rebounds, John Wall 5 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals. Paul Pierce, Marcin Gortat, and Kris Humphries 4 points apiece.
Thunder stat leaders at halftime: Kevin Durant 13 points, Russell Westbrook 7 points, Dion Waiters and Steven Adams 6 points apiece. Serge Ibaka 2 points and only 1 rebound.
Wizards 50 Thunder 38 at halftime.
END OF 2ND QUARTER
2nd Quarter (0:00) Bradley Beal gets his last second shot blocked by Kevin Durant.
Wizards Timeout.
2nd Quarter (0:09) Russell Westbrook drives to the basket and makes the tough 10-foot shot.
2nd Quarter (0:32) Paul Pierce grabs the offensive rebound and sets up Bradley Beal for the dunk.
2nd Quarter (1:32) Nene gets the transition dunk assisted by John Wall.
2nd Quarter (1:59) Bradley Beal hits another three-pointer from the top of the key.
Wizards Timeout.
2nd Quarter (2:08) Kevin Durant gets called for the offensive foul.
2nd Quarter (2:38) Kevin Durant powers his way to the basket and hits the short range layup.
2nd Quarter (3:26) Bradley Beal knocks down the three-point shot in transition.
2nd Quarter (4:04) Dion Waiters hits a jump shot.
2nd Quarter (4:56) Bradley Beal gets the steal and passes ahead to John Wall for the fast break dunk.
Official Timeout
2nd Quarter (5:50) Nene makes the sweet up and under move and makes the layup.
2nd Quarter (6:31) After missed opportunities on both sides of the floor Kevin Durant makes an agressive move and draws another foul. Makes both free throws.
2nd Quarter (7:40) After a Steven Adams blocked shot Kevin Durant comes down the floor and draws the foul. Makes both free throws.
Thunder timeout.
2nd Quarter (8:50) Kris Humphries knocks down the 18-foot mid-range jumper.
2nd Quarter (9:26) Steven Adams posterized Kevin Seraphin and draws the foul. Missed the free throw.
Wizards 34 Thunder 26
Thunder timeout.
2nd Quarter (10:10) After some sloppy play on both sides Kevin Seraphin draws the foul. Makes 1 of 2 free throws.
2nd Quarter (11:46) Kris Humphries draws the foul and makes both free throws.
Kevin Durant leads Thunder with 7 points.
Nene leads Wizards with 9 points and 2 rebounds.
Wizards 31 Thunder 26
END OF 1ST QUARTER
1st Quarter (0:00) John Wall hits the buzzer-beater three-pointer. The D.C. crowd is pumped!!!
1st Quarter (0:26) Kevin Seraphin crashed the offensive glass and gets the putback layup.
1st Quarter (0:35) Kevin Durant shoots over his defender and knocks down an 18-foot jumper.
1st Quarter (0:51) Rasual Butler draws the foul and makes both free throws.
1st Quarter (1:05) Anthony Morrow grabs the offensive rebound and hits the layup.
1st Quarter (1:45) Kevin Durant sets up Kendrick Perkins for a close range shot.
1st Quarter (1:57) Otto Porter Jr. draws a foul and makes 1 of 2 free throws.
1st Quarter (2:31) Dion Waiters hits another jumper, assisted by Russell Westbrook.
1st Quarter (2:46) Marcin Gortat makes the layup assisted by John Wall.
1st Quarter (3:00) Dion Waiters knocks down his first shot.
Wizards 21 Thunder 16
Thunder Timeout
1st Quarter (3:18) Rasual Butler gets the steal and John Wall sets up Butler for the transition dunk.
1st Quarter (3:40) Rasual Butler knocks down a three-pointer off an in bounds pass.
1st Quarter (4:02) Steven Adams missed an easy lay in but he tipped in his own miss.
1st Quarter (4:41) Kris Humphries misses his baseline jumper but Marcin Gortat gets the tip in.
1st Quarter (5:28) Russell Westbrook races down the floor and draws a shooting foul. Makes 1 of 2 free throws.
1st Quarter (5:32) Paul Pierce makes a nifty move and draws the foul. Makes both free throws.
1st Quarter (5:45) Russell Westbrook makes both free throws.
Wizards 13 Thunder 11
Wizards timeout
1st Quarter (5:54) Russell Westbrook drives to the basket and draws the foul on Bradley Beal.
1st Quarter (6:15) Kevin Durant makes a close range shot and draws the foul. Makes the free throw.
1st Quarter (6:45) Nene remains active and draws the foul. Makes both free throws.
1st Quarter (7:07) Serge Ibaka knocks down a 10-footer.
1st Quarter (7:35) Bradley Beal knocks down his first three-pointer of the game.
1st Quarter (8:52) Nene gets another easy dunk. Assisted by John Wall.
1st Quarter (9:10) Kevin Durant makes a strong move and gets fouled by Nene. Makes both free throws.
1st Quarter (9:18) Nene makes a strong move to the basket and draws the foul. Makes the and-one free throw.
1st Quarter (10:15) Paul Pierce with a dunk assisted by Nene. Blast from the past.
1st Quarter (10:45) Russell Westbrook drives hard to the basket and finishes with a layup.
1st Quarter (11:06) Steven Adams follows with a layup assisted by Russell Westbrook.
1st Quarter (11:25) Nene starts it off with 15-footer for the first basket of the game.
Thunder and Wizards are under way!!!
10 minutes till tip off!!!
30 minutes till the Thunder and Wizards tip off!!!
Wizards starters: PG: John Wall, SG: Bradley Beal, SF: Paul Pierce, PF: Nene, C: Marcin Gortat
Thunder's starters: PG: Russell Westbrook, SG: Andre Roberson, SF: Kevin Durant, PF: Serge Ibaka, C: Steven Adams
The Thunder has struggled on the road with a 9-13 record, including four losses in their last six games away from Oklahoma City. However, on this East coast trip, they have won their first two games against the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat.
Oklahoma City was able to beat the Wizards in early January but that was at home, and it was a game that came down to the wire. Now that it’s at the Verizon Center in D.C., the Wizards have the upper edge. Washington has the third best home record in the league at 18-5. Only the Portland Trail Blazers have more wins (19) on their home court. Washington has won nine of their last 11 games at home, so it should be a tough battle for the Thunder.
In 13 career games against the Washington Wizards, Kevin Durant averages 30.2 points per game, which is the third highest point per game average of his career against any team in the league. Durant loves playing against his hometown team which only fires the rumors of his potential free agent landing spot in two years.
Not only is Oklahoma City a powerful offense because of their two-headed monster of Durant and Westbrook, but they are a very good defensive team. The Thunder forces 17.4 turnovers per game and turning those turnovers into 19.6 points per game. A lot of their offense is one-on-one isolation but they do a great job of creating turnovers and turning them into easy points.
Washington’s big men have been anchoring this team as they’ve won seven of their last ten games. Marcin Gortat, Nene, and Kevin Seraphin are carrying the bulk of the scoring load and are efficient in doing so. In the last seven games Gortat is averaging 69 percent shooting from the field, Nene 51 percent, and Seraphin 69 percent. John Wall has done a great job setting them up for easy baskets and they are capitalizing.
Washington has been playing good ball and are five games behind the red hot Atlanta Hawks for the number one seed in the Eastern Conference. The biggest reason for their rise in the conference is their defense. The Wizards are top-three in the league in defensive field-goal percentage (44.0) and points allowed (96.9).
Oklahoma City defeated the Miami Heat Tuesday night getting them over the .500 mark for the first time this season. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook are healthy and back in the fold, which is good news in regards to a playoff push, The Thunder are now three games out of the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (21-20) will head to D.C. to face the Washington Wizards (29-13) for the second and final meeting of the season. The Thunder was able to pull out a 109-102 victory on their court back in early January.