Kevin Durant scored 32 points on 12-of-19 shooting to lead Oklahoma City to a 124-103 victory over the visiting Phoenix Suns that snapped the Thunder’s three-game losing streak in the NBA on Sunday.
Thunder guard Russell Westbrook finished with 21 points and 13 assists, while Enes Kanter and Dion Waiters came off the bench to score 21 and 19 points for Oklahoma City (4-3).
Durant added 11 rebounds, four assists and three steals, and hit six of seven free throws.
Elsewhere in New York, the New York Knicks spoiled what might have been Kobe Bryant’s last game at Madison Square Garden by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 99-95.
Bryant finished with 18 points, far off the 30.7 per game he had been averaging at the venue and fewer than half the 40 or more he managed on three occasions during a series of highlights in the arena. The man who replaced Bryant as the standout star of the league, LeBron James, overcame injury to lead Cleveland past Indiana. The 37-year-old Bryant, who hasn’t said if he will retire after this season, missed two shots and twice fouled Carmelo Anthony during New York’s 11-0 run that turned a three-point deficit into a 98-90 lead.
Anthony had 24 points while Jose Calderon, Robin Lopez and Langston Galloway all scored 14 points for the Knicks, who belatedly notched their first home win of the season.
Among other results, Detroit rallied in the fourth quarter to win an entertaining contest at Portland, and Miami was too strong for Toronto in the second half.
Cleveland beat Indiana 101-97, with Lebron James scoring 29 points while playing with a bruised quadriceps. .
Paul George scored 32 points for Indiana, which went scoreless for nearly four minutes after taking a 90-88 lead.
Detroit’s Andre Drummond had 29 points and an impressive 27 rebounds while Reggie Jackson scored a career-high 40 points as the Pistons beat Portland 120-103. Miami dominated the second half to beat Toronto 96-76.
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