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OKC open three game gap
Utah Jazz's Derrick Favors (15) goes to the basket as MiamiHeat's LeBron James (6) defends during the second half ofan NBA basketball game Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Salt LakeCity. The Jazz won 94-89. (PHOTO: AP)
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February 10, 2014

OKC open three game gap

Western Conference – The Oklahoma City Thunder have made some headway in putting some between themselves and their nearest competitors in the West with a leading record of 41-12.

The Thunder had a reasonable week, starting with a 86-77 triumph over the Memphis Grizzlies (27-22) as Kevin Durant scored 31 points to go with his 8 assists and 8 rebounds. An unexpected setback was suffered on Thursday night as they went down 103-102 to a strong team effort from the Orlando Magic. They bounced back strongly however, seeing off the New York Knicks 112-100 on Sunday.

In a possible finals match-up come postseason, third-ranked Portland Trailblazers (36-15) were involved in an overtime thriller with Eastern pacesetters the Indiana Pacers. George Hill had 37 points, nine assists and 8 rebounds to help a Lance Stephenson-less Indiana outlast the Blazers 118-113 in overtime.

Memphis meanwhile, find themselves out of the play-off spots as the Dallas Mavericks (30-21) hold down eighth spot for the time being. Incidentally, amid a four-game winning run heading into a Sunday’s match-up with Boston Celtics, the Mavericks also saw off the Grizzlies with Dirk Nowitzki scoring 26 to help the Texans to a 110-96 win.

Fellow Texans, the San Antonio Spurs (37-14) recovering from Thurday’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets, held off the Charlotte Bobcats 104-100.

Blake Griffin continued his brilliant play as of late, scoring 30-plus points in three consecutive games. That included a 36-point, 8-rebound game to inspire the LA Clippers (35-18) to a 118-105 win over the Toronto Raptors.

Knicks fighting back

Eastern Conference – For a team that was doing woefully not so long ago, the New York Knicks (20-31) have done well to pull themselves up to within two games of the play-off spots, although still showing a worrying capacity to capitulate to average teams.

They had no such problems on Saturday however, as Carmelo Anthony scored 31 points to help a 117-90 rout of the Denver Nuggets.

It is the same old story for the big guns of the East however, as Indiana holds top spot with a record of 39-10, closely followed by the Miami Heat and their 35-14 record. The Heat, however, suffered a shocking 94-89 defeat to the woeful Utah Jazz as Lebron James had an uncharacteristically poor 13-point game. This was an the low of their week, which followed the high of beating the LA Clippers 116-112. James had an impressive 31 points and 12 assists in that game, and Ray Allen came through in the clutch with 11 fourth-quarter points to seal the win.

The Toronto Raptors (26-24) and the Atlanta Hawks (25-24) remain the only other two teams above .500 percentage with the Washington Wizards and the Chicago Bulls hovering in and around the mark.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) is fouledby New York Knicks guard Raymond Felton (2) as he drivesbetween Felton and guard J.R. Smith (8) in the fourth quarterof an NBA basketball game. (PHOTO: AP)

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