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Durant, Thunder invade Oakland to face Warriors

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02/06/2010 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kevin Durant is one of the top scorers in the NBA and will try to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their fifth straight win tonight against the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena.

Durant is averaging 29.7 points per game and recorded 30 in Wednesday's 103-99 victory at New Orleans in the opener of a three-game road trip. Durant, who is averaging 34.5 ppg in his last four contests, posted his 23rd consecutive game with 25 points or more.

Russell Westbrook had 26 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds and hit a crucial jumper with 13.7 seconds left for Oklahoma City, which has won four in a row and is 13-11 as the guest this season.

"I think we did a good job as a team by defending well, getting rebounds and hitting clutch shots," Westbrook said. "That's a good team over there. They did a good job of fighting back. I try to be aggressive, defend and try to help my team out."

The Thunder will also visit Portland on the road swing.

Golden State will try to put the brakes on a seven-game slide when they kick off a three-game homestand Saturday versus the Thunder, Mavericks and Clippers. It is 9-13 in Oakland this season and dropped every test on a three- game road trip, including a 110-101 setback at Dallas.

Monta Ellis posted a career-best 46 points on 17-of-23 shooting and Corey Maggette returned from a one-game absence due to a hip pointer to record 20 points and nine boards in defeat. C.J. Watson scored 14 points off the bench.

"That was a remarkable performance by Monta," said Warriors head coach Don Nelson, who is now just 11 wins away from breaking Lenny Wilkens all-time record. "He didn't have a great supporting cast, but he fought and kept us in the game and gave us a chance to win."

Ellis has scored 30-plus points in 20 of his past 35 games, and his 26.5 points is second among Western Conference guards, trailing only Kobe Bryant (27.9). He is one of only four Western Conference players averaging 20-plus points, four-plus rebounds and five-plus assists this season.

Nelson is the second-winningest coach in NBA history (1,322), trailing only Wilkens (1,332).

Oklahoma City has won the first two matchups of the season with Golden State and five of the previous seven meetings.

<< Hughes era begins as Clippers host Spurs
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The rodeo road trip continues this evening in Hollywood for the San Antonio Spurs, who will shoot for their 15th straight win over the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center. The Spurs will have to do it against a Clippers

<< Blazers hope to continue home dominance over Lakers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Portland Trail Blazers shoot for their 10th straight home win over the Los Angeles Lakers tonight, when the two Western Conference powers collide at the Rose Garden. Portland recorded its third straight overall win ove

<< Northwest heavyweights clash as Nuggets visit Jazz
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Utah Jazz can move up in the Northwest standings with a win over the division-rival Denver Nuggets tonight, when the two clubs square off at EnergySolutions Arena. Utah sits just three games behind the Nuggets for the

<< Resurgent Sixers face Rockets in south Texas
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Houston Rockets return home to the Toyota Center Saturday hoping to stop a Philadelphia 76ers team aiming for its season-high fourth consecutive win. Both teams are coming off wins on Friday. Aaron Brooks paced the Roc

<< Streaking Bucks host Pacers in Central Division clash
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Milwaukee Bucks shoot for a seventh straight home win Saturday when they face Central Division rival Indiana. The Bucks, who are one game out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, won on the road last ni

Spartans hope for return to win column in clash with Illini >>
Champaign, IL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Coming off their first conference loss of the campaign, the fifth-ranked Michigan State Spartans pull into Champaign for tonight's Big Ten clash with the Illinois Fighting Illini. A 67-49 setback at Wisconsin

Blue Devils come north to challenge Eagles >>
Chestnut Hill, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - For the second time in less than a month, the Duke Blue Devils and Boston College Eagles will meet on the hardwood, this time doing so at Silvio O. Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Duke, which

Bears and Aggies meet in Big 12 action >>
College Station, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams jockeying for position among the Big 12 elite collide in College Station this afternoon, as the 20th-ranked Baylor Bears battle the Texas A&M Aggies at Reed Arena. The Bears have won two s

Cyclones hope to end run of futility against 10th-ranked Wildcats >>
Ames, IA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Iowa State Cyclones have lost 18 straight games to top-25 foes and will attempt to end that skein this afternoon in Ames, as they play host to the 10th-ranked Kansas State Wildcats in Big 12 action from the Hilto

Kansas puts nation's longest home win streak on line >>
Lawrence, KS (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The nation's longest homecourt winning streak is on the line once again in Lawrence, as the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks play host to the Nebraska Cornhuskers in Big 12 action this evening at the Allen Fieldhouse.

Mayweather picked to beat De La Hoya
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- Golden Boy Oscar De La Hoya and his rival Floyd Mayweather Jr. arrived at the MGM Grand here Wednesday amid the pomp and pandemonium befitting two of the biggest stars in the sport who are about to duke it out for the WBC super welterweight crown this Saturday (Sunday in Manila).

As of Wednesday, MySportsbook.com closed its book with Mayweather a favorite to defeat De La Hoya at -170 (a $100 bet wins $70), while De La Hoya is a +140 underdog (a $100 bet wins $140).

Mayweather arrived at about 11:30 a.m. on a big truck with his face and a big "World's Best Pound-for-Pound" sign scribbled across the vehicle. He was accompanied by his entourage made up of rappers and his training team.

A crowd of close to 3,000 eager fans packed the MGM Grand lobby, with their cameras in tow, all trying to vie for position to get a good angle at Mayweather, who is acknowledged as the world's best fighter pound-for-pound.

Eric Gomez, Golden Boy Promotions vice-president, described the fan turnout as "amazing" and swore he had never seen anything quite like this event.

"The crowd was fantastic. Everybody was just too eager to see the two fighters," said ALA manager Michael Aldeguer, who was among those who waited at the lobby together with his ward Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista and AJ Banal.

De La Hoya made his own grand entrance at the hotel lobby at around 12:30 p.m. accompanied by GBP chief executive officer Richard Schaefer and trainer Freddie Roach.

The same group of fans who trooped to see Mayweather also lingered around to get a close look at De La Hoya, who has been secretly working out at a Las Vegas gym for days after arriving from his main training camp in Puerto Rico.

The golden boy then took part in a closed-door afternoon workout with Bautista and Banal. The two, along with Aldeguer and wife Christine, as well as an HBO crew were the only ones allowed inside the gym.

De La Hoya and Mayweather take part in today's final press conference before the official weigh-in this Friday.

Ring Magazine, the acknowledged bible of boxing, reported in its June 2007 issue that 12 out of 20 boxing experts it interviewed have favored Mayweather to defeat De la Hoya, with only 8 favoring the latter.

But Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao said in a recent interview with The Freeman's Emmanuel Villaruel that De La Hoya will win by unanimous decision over Mayweather.

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