Oklahoma City, OK (Sports Network) - Kevin Durant led all scorers with 35 points, grabbed six rebounds and dished out six assists, as the Oklahoma City Thunder earned a 127-108 win over the Washington Wizards at the Ford Center.
Russell Westbrook chipped in with 26 points and seven assists, while James Harden added 25 points off the bench for Oklahoma City, which was able to regroup after suffering a 108-94 setback at Orlando on Wednesday. Jeff Green contributed with 19 points and 14 boards, and Thabo Sefolosha netted 16. The Thunder have won four of their last six overall.
Caron Butler had a team-leading 24 points and Gilbert Arenas finished with 23 points, eight assists and three steals for the Wizards, who ended a six-game losing streak with a 108-91 victory over Cleveland on Wednesday. Washington has won only three of its first 11 games in the early going this season. Brendan Haywood had a game-high 16 rebounds to go along with 14 points.
Oklahoma City was ahead 32-29 after the opening 12 minutes, and despite Arenas' layup at the tail end of the half, stretched its lead to 62-55 at the intermission.
An Arenas three-pointer 3 1/2 minutes into the third got the Wizards to within a point, 66-65, but the Thunder answered with six straight points -- four by Durant -- to go back in front by seven. Oklahoma City led by a 95-86 score after three quarters.
The Thunder were up by as many as 17 after a Harden dunk at the middle point of the fourth quarter. Washington was able to cut the deficit to single digits at 115-107 after Earl Boykins made a layup with three minutes remaining, but Oklahoma City was too tough down the stretch as they quickly went back up by double-digits.
Game Notes:
The Wizards and Thunder split a pair of meetings last season and despite the loss, Washington has won five of the last seven in the series...Boykins ended with 11 points.