Thunder 114, Nets 93

29/12/2010 21:40:00

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Kevin Durant scored 27 points before taking the fourth quarter off and the Oklahoma City Thunder rolled past the error-prone New Jersey Nets 114-93 on Wednesday night.Oklahoma City forced a season-high 23 turnovers and bounced back from a loss in what´s becoming trademark fashion. The Thunder are 10-1 after a loss this season, meaning they haven´t had a losing streak longer than two games.Russell Westbrook added 17 points and seven assists through the first three quarters as all 12 players scored for Oklahoma City. Reserve James Harden had 11 points to reach double figures for the ninth straight game, and Nenad Krstic and Nick Collison added 10 apiece.Devin Harris and Brook Lopez each scored 19 points to lead New Jersey, which has lost its past three games by 51 points.After Durant got pulled earlier than usual in the first quarter, Oklahoma City´s bench put together a 12-2 run that put the Thunder ahead to stay. Harden hit a 3-pointer to finish the first quarter and also drove for a layup in the stretch, and Jeff Green´s two-handed dunk of an Eric Maynor alley-oop made it 33-26.Durant returned and had a two-handed, fast-break dunk and a 3-pointer in a burst of eight straight points that pushed Oklahoma City´s edge to 45-31 with 5:26 left before halftime. After that, the Nets never were closer than nine points.Serge Ibaka and Harden had bookend dunks on a string of nine straight points in the fourth that bumped the lead up to 100-75 with 7:08 to play. Soon after, the few remaining starters were off the floor for both teams.Oklahoma City piled up 23 points off of the Nets´ turnovers in a game that nowhere near as competitive as a triple-overtime thriller won by the Thunder in New Jersey on Dec. 1.NOTES: The Thunder provided free tickets to 250 Army privates from Fort Sill who were unable to go home for the holidays from the Lawton post. Another 50 soldiers were given tickets to Oklahoma City´s game last week against Phoenix. ... Harden and New Jersey´s Sasha Vujacic were called for a double technical foul with 9:54 left in the game after a scrum for the ball led to a jump ball. ... New Jersey rookie Ben Uzoh, an undrafted free agent out of Tulsa, tied his career high with six points and had a career-best five assists in the fourth quarter.