Oklahoma City Blows Out Cleveland

Thunder post biggest margin of victory this season with 106-77 win against Cavs.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 12:05 pm

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Dec 12, 2010 8:39 PM CDT

Grant Belcher
Oklahoma Sports Staff Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY – When LeBron James was still on the Cavaliers, it was almost as if the circus was in town when he visited an opposing arena.

James has moved on, but fans in Oklahoma City were still treated to a circus as the Thunder blew out Cleveland 106-77 on Sunday.

OKC used a variety of dazzling dunks, highlight reel passes and buzzer beaters to rout the helpless Cavs, who have lost eight straight.

The 29-point margin of victory is the Thunder’s highest this season, and it allowed all of OKC’s starters to rest the entire fourth quarter.

Oklahoma City jumped out early and never looked back, leading by 14 at the end of the first quarter.

Kevin Durant led the Thunder with 25 points, but the scoring load was widely distributed.

Twelve Thunder players scored in the game as the team shot 53 percent from the floor and held Cleveland to just 34 percent shooting.

Jeff Green and James Harden added 19 each for OKC and Russell Westbrook put up his second-straight double-double with 14 points and 11 assists.

Even center Byron Mullens, who was called up from the NBDL’s Tulsa 66ers before the game, registered five points and five boards in just seven minutes.

The win was the third straight for the Thunder, who played the first of four straight games at the Oklahoma City Arena.

OKC will host the Houston Rockets on Wednesday with a 7 p.m. tipoff in Oklahoma City.