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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Kevin Durant is learning to be patient if he gets off to a bad start shooting. Durant showed the new approach Wednesday night, scoring 32 points, despite missing six of his first seven shots, as the Oklahoma City Thunder remained undefeated with a 98-95 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies. "You know, I think Im maturing as a player," Durant said. "Last year, if I got off to a slow start, I would have let it affect me. But I try to keep my composure and believe in myself and know I worked hard." The shots started falling after the inaccurate start, as Durant made nine of his next 10 before converting the clinching free throws with a second left. "I started off terrible," Durant said. "I thought I was going to have a really, really bad game after the first shot I took. It didnt even touch the rim. But I just stayed with it and continued to believe in myself." James Harden finished with 20 points, while Kendrick Perkins added 10 for Oklahoma City. However, point guard Russell Westbrook had an awful offensive night, finishing with only four points, all on free throws while misfiring on 13 shots from the field. He and Durant also had to be separated after shouting at each other during a second-quarter timeout, The Oklahoman reported on its website. Westbrook wasnt available for comment after the game. He made a pair of free throws with four seconds left before Memphis Zach Randolph connected on a three-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining to cut it to 96-95. "I think you come to expect the game to be as physical as this game was when you come to play against Memphis," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It was a heck of a game. I thought both teams gave everything they had. .Every possession was difficult to get off a good shot because both teams were competing on that end of the floor." Randolph finished with 24 points, while Rudy Gay scored 19 and Marc Gasol added 16 points. Each had 12 rebounds, as Memphis held a 49-41 advantage on the boards. Jeremy Pargo, filling in for point guard Mike Conley, who aggravated a left ankle injury in the games early stages, had 15 points and seven assists, while committing only one turnover. "He played with a lot of confidence, and thats great. We need that," Gasol said. "He is very aggressive. I think hes going to get better, too, as far as reading the game and knowing whats going on offensively and defensively." The game was an early matchup between two of the Wests young up-and-coming teams, who met in last seasons conference semifinals, won by the Thunder in seven games. And at times the atmosphere had the physical play and intensity of a playoff game. The jostling under the basket was rough, and the reaction of players to calls and no-calls was indicative of post-season play rather than an early contest. "It was like a playoff game. Their fans were loud," Harden said. "...We knew it was going to be a tough battle. We came out here and fought and did everything we needed to do to win." Memphis missed 12 shots before Randolph made the Grizzlies first field goal with 4:04 left in the first quarter. Oklahoma City continued to lead through the second quarter despite Durant continuing to misfire until the final minutes of the half. He had 13 at the break, including hitting all six of his free throws. Harden added 10 for the Thunder. Meanwhile, Westbrook missed all five of his first-half shots and didnt record a point. But despite Memphis poor shooting and the loss of Conley to the ankle injury just over a minute into the game, Oklahoma Citys lead at intermission was only 54-49. Pargo, a rookie, who played two seasons in the Euroleague after playing at Gonzaga, continued to pester Westbrook and Memphis put together a 12-6 run to open the second half for the Grizzlies first lead at 61-60 on Randolphs fadeaway with 6:33 left in third. The teams remained close the rest of the third period with Oklahoma City carrying a 72-70 lead into the final quarter as Durant tallied 10 in the period. "In the first three quarters, we had some good opportunities," Harden said. "(Brooks) said to stick with it and keep shooting open jump shots. We got some to fall." Memphis took a 76-75 lead on a 15-foot shot by Randolph with 9:40 left, but Oklahoma City began connecting on 3-pointers to compose a 14-1 run. Daequan Cook had two long-range shots in the rally, while Durant and Harden had one apiece, Hardens giving the Thunder its biggest lead of the game at 89-77 with 5:23 left. The Thunder shot 10 of 25 from outside the arc, while Memphis was only 2 of 16. "We dont make threes; we are not a good 3-point shooting team," Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. "We would love to have a couple of guys that could make threes consistently, but we dont." Randolph scored six straight Memphis points to whittle away at the Thunder advantage after the 3-point shooting barrage. Gays 12-foot baseline jumper pulled Memphis within 92-90 with 58 seconds left, but Durant answered with a 15-foot jumper of his own and the Thunder held on. NOTES: Last years conference semifinals solidified the similarities between the two teams. Durant noted that both are small-market teams with young players in key roles. But Thunder coach Scott Brooks said the seven-game series doesnt translate into a rivalry yet. "Both teams grew up in that series," Brooks said before the game, adding: "I think its probably too early. In rivalries, it takes years of playoff battles. Its one great playoff battle for sure." While the Thunder won the semifinal playoff series, Memphis was 3-1 against Oklahoma City during the regular season. .Durant has recorded at least 30 points in the first three games, the only player to do that the past two seasons. 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The Ottawa franchise group officially unveiled its new name and logo Saturday amid much fanfare, a year before the team will take to the field at a brand new stadium at Landsdowne Park. nike roshe run zapatillas .ca! Kerry, What Arron Asham did last night (even by his own admission) was classless. When a player does something like that (example: riding the stick after a goal, doing the heavyweight championship belt gesture after a fight), whats the line between letting it go and hitting them with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty? Cory Bartlett,Toronto ----- The Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalty is generally assessed in an attempt to prevent disorderly conduct and would apply to players who use profane or abusive language or gestures directed at any person. PHILADELPHIA -- Gio Gonzalez continued to dominate hitters and the Washington Nationals continued to frustrate the Philadelphia Phillies. Gonzalez allowed three hits over six innings and Ian Desmond homered and drove in both runs to lead the Nationals to a 2-1 victory Monday night. Gonzalez (6-1), a former Phillies farmhand, struck out seven of the first nine batters and finished with nine strikeouts. That upped his total to 35 over his last four starts, all wins, in 25 innings. "Even though they have a couple of guys down, they have a great lineup," Gonzalez said, referring to injured Philadelphia All-Stars Chase Utley (knee) and Ryan Howard (Achilles). "You have to pitch them smart. I tried my best to keep the ball down." Bryce Harper had two hits for Washington, which had to escape a jam in the ninth to earn the win. "Getting the outcome wasnt easy," Washington manager Davey Johnson said. Sean Burnett came in with one out in the ninth after Nationals closer Henry Rodriguez allowed runners to reach second and third to earn his second save in as many chances. Rodriguez began the ninth looking for his 10th save in 13 chances, but was lifted after facing three batters and getting one out. He gave up a leadoff walk to John Mayberry Jr. and a single to Mike Fontenot after getting Freddy Galvis to fly out to right. Johnson lifted Rodriguez after a wild pitch allowed Fontenot to reach second. "Henry can be exciting sometimes," Johnson said. "Sometimes he tries to do too much." Mayberry scored on Ty Wiggintons sacrifice fly off Burnett, snapping an 18 2-3 innings scoreless drought and bringing the Phillies within 2-1. Hector Luna, batting for leadoff hitter Juan Pierre, walked to put runners on first and second for Placido Polanco. Burnett got Polanco to line out to second to preserve the victory. "We couldnt get it done," Philadelphia manager Charlie Manuel said. Philadelphias Kyle Kendrick (0-4), making his second start in replace of injured right-hander Vance Worley (elbow), allowed two runs and five hits while striking out four and walking two in six solid innings. "I just wanted to keep us in the game as long as I can," said Kendrick, who retired the final 11 batters. But Philadelphia managed just six hits off Gonzalez, right-hander Craig Stammen, Rodriguez and Burnett. It was the third straight loss for the Phillies, who have dropped four of five to Washington this season and 12 of the last 15 meetings overall. The Phillies are 4 for their last 31 with runners in scoring position. "We need some guys to get hot and start hitting the ball for us," Manuel said. "Guys have to pick one another up." Polanco said its a matter of Philadelphias hitters relaxing. "When you relax, you play how you play," he said. "When you have pressure, you try too hard." This was the first game between the teams since the Phillies ddefeated Washington on May 6 when Philadelphia left-hander Cole Hamels intentionally hit Harper in the first inning of a nationally televised game.dddddddddddd Hamels was suspended five games for the incident for admitting to reporters afterward of his intent to send a message to the 19-year-old rookie. The play sparked a firestorm, with Washington general manager Mike Rizzo receiving an undisclosed fine for lashing out at Hamels in a Washington Post story by calling him "gutless" and "classless." Harper received a smattering of boos throughout the evening Monday, but there were no incidents. Desmond belted the first pitch he saw in the second inning over the wall in centre to give the Nationals a 1-0 lead. It was Desmonds sixth homer of the season and third in six games. "He can hit homers," Johnson said. "He has as much power as anybody on the club." Said Desmond, "I dont know whats happening. Im blocking it all out." Kendrick saved himself a run in the third inning with an acrobatic tag of Jesus Flores at home plate as Flores was attempting to score from third after Kendricks pitch in the dirt got past catcher Carlos Ruiz. Washington went ahead 2-0 in the fourth on Desmonds RBI single to left that scored Harper. The Nationals could have broken the game open after loading the bases with one out. But Kendrick struck out Rick Ankiel and got Flores to ground out to third. The Phillies threatened in the third, loading the bases with two outs after singles by Pierre and Polanco and a walk to Shane Victorino. But Gonzalez got Hunter Pence to ground out sharply to shortstop. And Philadelphia missed an excellent opportunity to score in the sixth when Victorino followed Polancos leadoff walk with a double down the left-field line, putting runners on second and third with no outs. But Polanco broke for home on Pences lineout to centre -- a stellar diving grab by Ankiel -- and was unable to score on a potential sacrifice fly. Polanco then was thrown out at home trying to score on Ruizs groundout before Mayberrys flyout to right ended the inning. "That hurt us," Manuel said. "We cannot afford to not score our runs." Polanco returned to the lineup for Philadelphia after missing the last four games with an injured left ankle. Polanco did make one appearance during that stretch, pinch-hitting in Saturdays loss to Boston. Notes: Phillies SS Jimmy Rollins missed Mondays game after his wife, Johari, gave birth to their first child -- a girl -- on Sunday night. ... Worley visited renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews on Monday for a second opinion on his injured right elbow. ... The Phillies crowd of 43,787 on a rainy night was the 226th consecutive regular-season sellout and 242nd in a row counting post-season play. ... Washington RHP Jordan Zimmerman (2-4, 2.58) is scheduled to face Phillies RHP Roy Halladay (4-3, 3.22) at 7:05 Tuesday. Halladay is 9-0 in his last 10 starts against the Washington franchise. cheap nfl jerseys cheap soccer jerseys ' ' '
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