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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014
NBA
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Houston Rockets guard Pat Beverley (2) shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Oklahoma City on Tuesday.
Durant, Westbrook lead Thunder past Rockets
OKLAHOMA CITY Kevin Durant scored 42 points to help the Oklahoma City Thunder defeat the Houston Rockets 106-98 on Tuesday night.
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Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook scored 24 points and got the best of nemesis Patrick Beverley. During last year's playoffs, Beverley dived for the ball and ran into Westbrook's right knee as a timeout was being called, causing the injury that ended Westbrook's season and cost him about half of this season. It was their first meeting since the incident.
Serge Ibaka had 12 points and 16 rebounds for the Thunder, who had lost two straight.
Former Thunder guard James Harden scored 28 points, Chandler Parsons scored 19 and Dwight Howard had nine points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets. Houston had won five straight, including victories over Miami, Indiana and
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Midway through the second quarter, Harden and backup Oklahoma City point guard Reggie Jackson had to be separated.
The chippiness started early in Tuesday's game. Beverley swiped the ball away from Westbrook after a timeout with 6:10 left in the first quarter. Beverley and Westbrook had to be separated, and Beverley issued a technical foul. Beverley and Westbrook got tangled up again about a minute later.
Westbrook spent the rest of the second quarter dominating Beverley. Westbrook blew past him for a layup, then lost him on a screen and made a 3-pointer to put the Thunder up 49-32. Westbrook drew Beverley's third foul on a 3-point attempt with 2:50 in the first half.
Westbrook scored 11 points in the final 6:19 of the quarter to help the Thunder take a 56-41 lead at the break. Oklahoma City held Houston to 35 percent shooting in the first half.
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Howard committed his third and fourth fouls in the first two minutes of the third quarter, and Beverley committed his fourth with 8:52 left in the third as the Thunder maintained control.
Houston rallied, and a 3-pointer by Francisco Garcia and a dunk by Omer Asik cut Oklahoma City's lead to 77- 72 early in the fourth. Durant answered with five straight points to put the Thunder back in control.
Oklahoma City led by 18 at one point in the third quarter, but the Rockets chipped away late in the period and trailed 77-67 heading into the fourth.
The game remained chippy. Garcia got hit in the face by Durant, drawing a technical. Harden hit a 3-pointer with Derek Fisher in his face to trim Oklahoma City's lead to 97-92 with 2:23 to go.
Westbrook drew Beverley's fifth foul on a 3-point attempt, drawing a cheer from the crowd. Westbrook drained all three free throws to put the Thunder up 102-94 with 1:31 to play.
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TCU's Kyan Anderson pulls a shot back in front of Baylor's Isaiah Austin during an NCAA college basketball game in Fort Worth, Texas, on Feb. 12.
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
NCAA says no to Baylor's 'Sic 'Em Bears' uniforms
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baylor is causing another stir with its uniforms at the Big 12 tournament.
Adidas that have "Sic 'Em Bears" on the front. The NCAA said only the school name or traditional nicknames like "Bears" are allowed on the front of game uniforms.
The NCAA told the school Wednesday that it wouldn't be allowed to wear new uniform designs from
traditional names and nicknames. Baylor made a splash at the Big 12 tournament a couple years ago with its neon yellow uniforms. A school spokesman said the seventh-seeded Bears had chosen white for their first-round game against No. 10 seed TCU on Wednesday night.
Adidas unveiled their "March Madness" uniforms last week. Other schools wearing them, including top-seeded Kansas, stuck with
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