Durant Leads Thunder to Victory Over Knicks + Bulls Squeak Past Injured Lakers Abner Jackson III Monday, February 10, 2014 Scoreboard, The Game Photo Credit: www.newson6.com Kevin Durant scored 41 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the New York Knicks 112-100. Durant had 10 rebounds, 9 assists, 1 assist away from recording a triple-double. Reggie Jackson had 19 points and 6 assists for the Thunder and Serge Ibaka scored 16 points, had 9 rebounds and 3 assists for the Thunder. Raymond Felton and Amare Stoudemire led the Knicks in scoring with 16 points each, Felton had a team-high 7 assists. Knicks Star Carmelo Anthony had a horrible night, making only 5 out of 19 shots for 15 points, to go along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists. The Knicks had six players in double-figures, but it wasn’t enough for a win. And the Knicks have lost four of their last five games. The Thunder improve to 41-12 with the best record in the West and the Knicks are 20-31, two games behind the #8 seed in the East. Photo Credit: www.suntimes.com The Chicago Bulls barely held on to a 19-point lead to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-86. Joakim Noah had 20 points,13 rebounds and 3 blocks, all game-highs for the Bulls. Taj Gibson had 18 points and 6 rebounds for the Bulls and Kirk Hinrich had 17 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds for the Bulls. Chris Kaman came off the bench to score a game-high 27 points and a team-high 10 rebounds in 27 minutes of action for the Lakers. Kendall Marshall came off the bench for the Lakers with 13 points and a game-high 11 assists. The Lakers were missing Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Jordan Farmar, Jodie Meeks, Nick Young and Xavier Henry all out due to injuries. The Bulls improve to 24-25 and the Lakers are 18-32; both teams have been battling injuries most of the season.
