Sunday, November 8, 2009

Thunder Silenced Despite Effort

The Oklahoma City Thunder gave fans at the Ford Center plenty to cheer about despite a heartbreaking loss to the defending NBA champion Las Angeles Lakers in overtime, 101-98.

Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha held the Lakers' star Kobe Bryant to a mere 9 of 22 from the field. However, the Lakers as a team shot 38 of 73 from the field and Bryant finished the overtime game with 31 points.

The Thunder played a tough game, but will not take the losing to the defending NBA champions as a moral victory, said Thunder head coach Scott Brooks. " I'm not into [having] close games, Brooks said after the game. "I understand that we played against the defending champions, but we are a good enough team. We battle and we fight."

The Thunder play their next game at the Ford Center tonight against the defending Eastern Conference Champion Orlando Magic who may be without Vince Carter.

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