Don't Mess With Kevin Durant

On behalf of the Phoenix Suns and Suns fans everywhere I would like to extend our thanks to Henry Abbott of ESPN's True Hoop for pissing off Kevin Durant right before he played our team.

Durant responded by dropping 30 points on the Suns in 31 minutes including 5 for 5 from three point range. Good thing this was just preseason and we won't have to see Durant again until December 23rd and by then (hopefully) Kevin will have worked out his anger issues on some other teams.

As for the game, it was a snooze fest from the Sun's standpoints with Taylor Griffin getting a home town start in place of Grant Hill who really doesn't need any preseason floor time. Amare had a nice box score with 20 points on 7/15 shooting and 6 rebounds in 28 minutes. The only other Suns in double figures was Dudley who had 12 points in about 16 minutes.

The Suns basically got blown out of this game for three quarters only to put up a 26-9 fourth to force the dreaded preseason over time game. Before you get too excited about that defensive stand, lets not forget that the Suns played a combination of Powell, Dickau and other non-starters against the Thunder bench. 

In the overtime it was Tucker, Clark, Dickau, Griffin and Tucker that got beat 11-6 by Harden, White, Ollie, Harris and Weaver.

The best news is that no one got hurt.

The Suns are now in Portland for a Wednesday game against the Trailblazers and are 1-2 in the preseason (as if that matters).

Game and other links

• Game Recap: Oklahoma City Thunder 110, Phoenix Suns 105 (OT) - Welcome to Loud City
  This Thunder team came out of the locker room ready to play tonight. Perhaps energized by playing in front of their home fans for the first time, or maybe it was the two pre-season losses last week.
• Suns fall to Thunder despite amazing comeback| Valley of the Suns
  The Phoenix Suns lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime despite coming back from 20 points down in the final eight minutes.
• Durant scores 30 as Thunder beats Suns 110-105 - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
  As Kevin Durant watched his Oklahoma City teammates blow a 20-point fourth-quarter lead, he thought about lobbying to return to the game. Instead, he and coach Scott Brooks saw an opportunity for the Thunder bench players to learn a valuable lesson. And that proved to be the right move for Oklahoma City.
• Suns fall to Thunder despite amazing comeback| Valley of the Suns
  The Phoenix Suns lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder in overtime despite coming back from 20 points down in the final eight minutes.
• Suns fall in overtime to Oklahoma City | Phoenix Suns Community Blog - Fanster.com - Do you bleed deep purple?
  Kevin Durant scored 30 points in Oklahoma City's 110-105 overtime preseason win over the Suns.
• Q&A with Phoenix Suns forward Taylor Griffin | NewsOK.com
  Griffin adjusting to speed in NBA Former OU forward Taylor Griffin, selected 48th in the draft by the Suns, returned to his hometown Monday night.
• NBA fans caught in traffic | MyDesert.com | The Desert Sun
  Not all basketballs fans who attended Saturday's NBA exhibition game at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden caught every minute of the action.
• X’s & O’s of Basketball: Kobe Learns the Dream Shake from Olajuwon
  Watch out. Here comes the Kobe Shake