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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2014-15 GAME NOTES GAME #50 HOME GAME #22 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER vs. NEW ORLEANS PELICANS (25-24) (26-23) CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA ٠ (7:00 PM (CST ٠ FEBRUARY 6, 2015 ٠ FRIDAY …2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS .. … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PROBABLE STARTERS … … NO DATE OPP W/L **TV/RECORD No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro 1 10/29 @ POR L, 89-106 0-1 2 10/30 @ LAC L, 90-93 0-2 23 Dion Waiters F 6-4 225 12/10/91 Syracuse/USA 3 3 11/1 vs. DEN W, 102-91 1-2 4 11/3 @ BKN L, 85-116 1-3 9 Serge Ibaka F 6-10 245 09/18/89 Ricoh Manresa/Republic of Congo 6 5 11/4 @ TOR L, 88-100 1-4 6 11/7 vs. MEM L, 89-91 1-5 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 255 07/20/93 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 2 7 11/9 vs. SAC W, 101-93 2-5 21 Andre Roberson G 6-7 210 12/04/91 Colorado/USA 2 8 11/11 @ MIL L, 78-85 2-6 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA/USA 7 9 11/12 @ BOS W, 109-94 3-6 10 11/14 vs. DET L, 89-96 3-7 11 11/16 vs. HOU L, 65-69 3-8 …… OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES … 12 11/18 @ UTA L, 81-98 3-9 13 11/19 @ DEN L, 100-107 3-10 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 11 14 11/21 vs. BKN L, 92-94 3-11 15 11/23 vs. GSW L, 86-91 3-12 35 Kevin Durant F 6-9 240 09/29/88 Texas/USA 8 16 11/26 vs. UTA W, 97-82 4-12 15 Reggie Jackson G 6-3 208 04/16/90 Boston College/USA 4 17 11/28 vs. NYK W, 105-78 5-12 18 12/2 @ NOP L, 104-112 5-13 7 Grant Jerrett F 6-10 232 07/08/93 Arizona/USA R 19 12/5 @ PHI W, 103-91 6-13 3 Perry Jones F 6-11 235 09/24/91 Baylor/USA 3 20 12/7 @ DET W, 96-94 7-13 11 Jeremy Lamb G 6-5 185 05/30/92 Connecticut/USA 3 21 12/9 vs.MIL W, 114-101 8-13 22 12/11 vs. CLE W, 103-94 9-13 33 Mitch McGary F 6-10 255 06/06/92 Michigan/USA R 23 12/12 @ MIN W, 111-92 10-13 2 Anthony Morrow G 6-5 210 09/27/85 Georgia Tech/USA 8 24 12/14 vs. PHX W, 112-88 11-13 25 12/16 @ SAC W, 104-92 12-13 5 Kendrick Perkins C 6-10 270 11/10/84 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)/USA 12 26 12/18 @ GSW L, 109-114 12-14 8 Ish Smith G 6-0 175 07/05/88 Wake Fores t/USA 5 27 12/19 @ LAL W, 104-103 13-14 28 12/21 vs. NOP L, 99-101 13-15 29 12/23 vs. POR L, 111-115 13-16 … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF … 30 12/25 @ SA W, 114-106 14-16 31 12/26 vs. CHA W, 98-75 15-16 32 12/28 @ DAL L, 107-112 15-17 HEAD COACH Scott Brooks (UC Irvine) 33 12/31 vs. PHX W, 137-134 16-17 ASSISTANT COACHES Rex Kalamian (Cal Poly Pomona) 34 1/2 vs. WAS W, 109-102 17-17 35 1/5 @ GSW L, 91-117 17-18 Robert Pack (USC) 36 1/7 @ SAC L, 83-104 17-19 Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 37 1/9 vs. UTA W, 99-94 18-19 38 1/15 @ HOU L, 101-112 18-20 Mike Terpstra (Northwest Nazarene University) 39 1/16 vs. GSW W, 127-115 19-20 Darko Rajakovic (BK University, Serbia) 40 1/18 @ ORL W, 127-99 20-20 41 1/20 @ MIA W, 94-86 21-20 DIRECTOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Dwight Daub (Evansville) 42 1/21 @ WAS W, 105-103 22-20 DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL SERVICES Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) 42 1/23 @ ATL L, 93-103 22-21 ATHLETIC TRAINER Joe Sharpe (Old Dominion) 44 1/25 @ CLE L, 98-108 22-22 45 1/26 vs. MIN W, 92-84 23-22 46 1/28 @ NYK L, 92-100 23-23 . RECORDS …….. RECORDS BY MONTH/DAY … 47 1/31 @ MEM L, 74-85 23-24 48 2/2 vs. ORL W, 104-97 24-24 RECORD HOME ROAD OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR 49 2/4 @ NOP W, 102-91 25-24 0-2 5-10 11-5 7-7 2-0 -- -- 50 2/6 vs. NOP FSO OVERALL 25-24 (.510) 14-7 (.667) 11-17 (.393) 51 2/8 vs. LAC ABC 52 2/9 @ DEN FSO WESTERN 13-16 (.448) 8-5 (.615) 5-11 (.313) 53 2/11 vs. MEM FSO SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 54 2/19 vs. DAL TNT 55 2/21 @ CHA FSO EASTERN 12-8 (.600) 6-2 (.750) 6-6 (.500 ) 4-5 2-2 3-5 5-4 2-3 8-4 1-1 56 2/22 vs. DEN NBA-TV/FSO 57 2/24 vs. IND FSO STREAKS Won 2 Won 7 Won 1 58 2/26 @ PHX TNT/FSO 59 2/27 @ POR ESPN/FSO 60 3/1 @ LAL ABC … INFORMATION … 61 3/4 vs. PHI FSO 62 3/5 @ CHI TNT INJURY REPORT: Kevin Durant is questionable (sprained left great toe) 63 3/8 vs. TOR FSO 64 3/11 vs. LAC ESPN/FSO 65 3/13 vs. MIN FSO PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Serge Ibaka: Surge Ee-BAK-a 66 3/15 vs. CHI ABC Anthony Morrow: MORE-roe 67 3/16 @ DAL FSO 68 3/18 vs. BOS FSO Andre Roberson: ROB-er-sun 69 3/20 vs. ATL FSO 70 3/22 vs. MIA FSO 71 3/24 vs. LAL TNT SCOTT BROOKS PREGAME 105 minutes prior to the game at HOME and 90 minutes 72 3/25 @ SA ESPN/FSO MEDIA AVAILABILITY: prior to the game on the ROAD 73 3/28 @ UTA FSO 74 3/29 @ PHX NBA-TV/FSO 75 4/1 vs. DAL FSO RECENT TRANSACTIONS: 2/3/15: Signed forward Nick Collison to a multi-year 76 4/3 @ MEM FSO contract extension 77 4/5 vs. HOU ABC 78 4/7 vs. SA TNT/FSO 2/3/15: Assigned forward Mitch McGary to the Oklahoma 79 4/10 vs. SAC FSO City Blue of the NBA D-League 80 4/12 @ IND FSO 81 4/13 vs. POR NBA-TV/FSO 1/26/15: Recalled forward Grant Jerrett from the 82 4/15 @ MIN FSO Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA D-League **All games can be heard on 98.1 FM, the Sports Animal ………… …… ……… ……… … RECENT GAMES …… …… …...…………………. Game #49 Oklahoma City 102 New Orleans 92 Smoothie King Center 2/4/15 SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Thunder 31 20 26 25 102 Pelicans 29 28 19 15 91 THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER PELICANS PELICANS PELICANS High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Evans/Gordon – 7 Westbrook - 45 Adams - 9 Westbrook - 6 Davis - 23 Davis - 8 GAME HIGHLIGHTS: • The Thunder overcame an 11-point deficit in the third quarter, outscoring the Pelicans by 22 points the rest of the way. In the fourth quarter, OKC limited the Pelicans to 15 points on 23.1% shooting (6-26 FGs). • Russell Westbrook tied a career-high with 45 points on 18-for-31 shooting, including a career-best 19 points in the first quarter. • The Thunder’s defense forced New Orleans into 38.9 percent shooting and in the second half, allowed just 34 points. • The game featured 20 lead changes and 15 ties as neither team led by more than 11 points. • The Thunder outscored the Pelicans 66-46 in the paint and 27-8 in fast break points on the night. Game #48 Oklahoma City 104 Orlando 97 Chesapeake Energy Arena 2/2/15 SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Magic 22 28 17 30 97 Thunder 29 32 21 22 104 THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER MAGIC MAGIC MAGIC High Scoring High High Assists High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Rebounds Westbrook - 25 Westbrook - 11 Westbrook - 14 Oldapio - 22 Gordon - 8 Oladipo/Harris - 4 GAME HIGHLIGHTS: • The Thunder went on a 9-0 run to start the second half, holding Orlando scoreless for the first 5:19 of play as it extended its lead and carried that momentum to the final whistle. In the second half, the Thunder lead grew to as many as 22. • Russell Westbrook recorded his tenth career triple double with 25 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists to go with four steals. At halftime, Westbrook recorded a double-double. It was just the second time Westbrook had accomplished the feat in his career. • Five players scored in double figures for the Thunder, as the team shot 49.3 percent from the field and recorded 25 assists. • Dion Waiters scored the most points since joining the Thunder, registering 24 points on 9-for-15 shooting. • The Thunder racked up 16 fast break points in addition to scoring 24 points off of 14 Magic turnovers. Game #47 Oklahoma City 74 Memphis 85 Fed Ex Forum 1/31/15 SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 3 4 FINAL Thunder 20 20 22 12 74 Grizzlies 25 20 23 17 85 THUNDER THUNDER THUNDER GRIZZLIES GRIZZLIES GRIZZLIES High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists High Scoring High Rebounds High Assists Durant - 15 Ibaka - 10 Westbrook - 5 Randolph - 21 Randolph - 18 Gasol – 5 GAME HIGHLIGHTS: • The Thunder hung tight for most of the game, but scored just 12 points in the fourth quarter and shot 34.6 percent from the field on the night.