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I remember going back to thank him for the time,
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- No matter how big the deficit, Kevin Durant always believes the Oklahoma City Thunder can come back. Cheap NFL Jerseys Deals . Its no wonder, considering the fantastic foursome leading the way. Russell Westbrook scored 31 points, James Harden added a career-high 30 off the bench and the Thunder roared back for a 115-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night. Durant also chipped in 30 points and Serge Ibaka contributed 18 points and a career-high 20 rebounds as Oklahoma City won its 14th straight at home despite trailing by 16 late in the third quarter. Even that deficit wasnt daunting for Durant. "We never think that way, especially at home. I always think that we can come back," he said. In its previous largest home deficit of the season, Oklahoma City stormed back from 14 points down against Denver on Feb. 19 and became the first team in NBA history with a 50-point scorer (Durant), 40-point scorer (Westbrook) and a third player with a triple-double (Ibaka). This time, Harden got in on the action to give the franchise its first trio of 30-point scorers since Tom Chambers, Dale Ellis and Xavier McDaniel did it in 1988. Down the stretch, Durant was pumping his fist and Westbrook was celebrating each 3-pointer as the Thunder reveled in the comeback. "I think we play better when we play with emotion on the defensive end, and I think they did that. This team, they leave everything on the floor," coach Scott Brooks said. "Its not always to perfection but they try. They try. Sometimes it takes a while for it to kick in." Marcin Gortat had a career-best 28 points and 11 rebounds to lead Phoenix, which built the largest lead for an opponent this season inside Chesapeake Energy Arena only to watch it disintegrate in an instant. Oklahoma City limited the Suns to two baskets over an 11-minute stretch, outscoring Phoenix 33-9 to eliminate a big deficit and take control. Westbrook had a steal for a right-handed, slam during a 16-2 burst that got the Thunder back in the game and his 3-pointer cut the deficit to 86-84 in the final minute of the period. Sticking with reserve guard Royal Ivey instead of playing with a centre, the Thunder took the lead for good on Durants layup in the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter and never looked back. "Its a good measuring stick. Theyre a good team, theyre the best team in the West," Grant Hill said. "We came out and we played well. We had the lead at halftime, going into the fourth. ... Itd be better if the game was three quarters but unfortunately its four and we just didnt have it there in the fourth." Jared Dudley had 17 points and a season-best 11 rebounds for Phoenix, which had six players in double figures while bidding for its first four-game win streak of the season. Channing Frye scored 13, and Steve Nash had 12 points and 13 assists but none in the second half. "We kind of let him do what he wanted to do in the first half," Westbrook said. "We tried to put a little pressure on him and put pressure on his passes in the second." After heading into the All-Star break with coach Alvin Gentry delivering a podium-pounding speech questioning whether his team was a "tease" or a real playoff contender, the Suns had rallied from double-digit deficits in each of their first three games to start March. This time, the tables were turned. Gentry said before the game that the key for the Suns bid to the playoff chances will be improving their 10-9 record at home. After the teams only road game in an eight-game stretch, he pointed out that Oklahoma City is 17-1 at home this season. "I thought we gave ourself a chance and we just werent able to close it out. On the road, thats all that you hope for," Gentry said. "You hope for a chance to be able to compete and put yourself in a position to where maybe making a couple of plays down the stretch youll be able to win the game." Nash had seven assists by the time Phoenix finished a 10-0 spurt to go up 24-11 after Gortats free throw with 3:56 left in the first quarter. Durant then sat down after picking up two fouls in 11 seconds, and the Suns went on to lead by as much as 15 in the opening period. Harden crouched over with three fingers extended on his right hand for an extended celebration after hitting back-to-back 3-pointers, then taunted Shannon Brown by saying "Boom" right in his face after dunking over him on a fast break. Brown responded right back with his own right-handed slam to end the first quarter with Phoenix up 34-25, hanging on the rim for an extra moment when he was done. Harden converted a three-point play off a finger roll against Brown early in the second quarter, and Brown came right back with two more right-handed slams before the tensions simmered down between the two reserves. Nash drove for a pair of layups during a 14-4 Phoenix run soon after halftime, and the Suns lead ballooned to 84-68 after Ibaka was called for goaltending on Dudleys layup try with 4:13 left in the third. Thats when Oklahoma Citys small lineup started paying dividends. "Its all about fighting and having each others backs. Thats what we finally did at the end of the third and the fourth quarter," Ivey said. "We decided we were going to play some defence." 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Houston (0-1-2) had the better of the play in the opening frame, with striker Brian Ching looking dangerous before being subbed out with an apparent rib injury about five minutes before the break. PHILADELPHIA -- They braved the November cold and the whipping winds to line up outside the Wells Fargo Center Friday morning in tribute to a legend. Old men in cowboy hats and canes, young men, fathers with children, and businessmen in suits standing alongside construction workers in mud-caked boots taking some time from their jobs to pay their respects. Mourners began arriving around 9 a.m. local time for the public memorial viewing of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier. The two-day affair, put together by Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in co-operation with Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider, is expected to draw 15,000 fans. Frazier was laid out in the middle of the arena in a white, closed casket, as per his will, with his trademark black cowboy sitting atop and a white blanket that said, "Heavyweight Champion of the World, Smokin Joe Frazier -- Your friend, Jake." To the left of the casket was an original fight poster of Fraziers first epic fight against Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971, and an encased American flag. To the right was an autographed portrait of Frazier. Fridays public memorial is to run through 5 p.m., Eastern time. Saturdays hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. ET. Private funeral services for Frazier will be held Monday at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, on 2800 West Cheltenham Ave., in Philadelphia. Ali is scheduled to arrive, as well as former heavyweight champions Larry Holmes and Mike Tyson. Welterweight world champion Floyd Mayweather is donating money to incur some of the costs of the services. George Foreman, another old Frazier nemesis, will not be able to make it, but has offered to help pay for some of the funeral expenses. Almost every passing mourner, it seemed, had either met Frazier personally or had an indelible recollection of the Hall-of-Fame fighter. Some stopped to take pictures with the casket, with glistening gold handles and embroidery on the sides. Others took shots in front of Fraziers portrait, and still others took camera phone shots of the casket and the memorial blanket lying on top. "I met Joe through my father, who trains fighters," Samantha Ramey said. "I was walking by him one time, he asked me to take a picture with him, and I turned and told him I should be the one asking to take a picture with you. Joe had that smile, that championship smile. When I met him, he made me feel like I knew him his whole life. Thats the kind of man he was. He strolled around with a cane annd that cowboy hat. wholesale jerseys. ." Peter Lyde, Fraziers son-in-law, let out a laugh when he recalled the first time he thought about asking Fraziers daughter, Jacqui, out. Lyde knew the Frazier family through Fraziers nephew, Rodney. One time after a fight in New York City, the Fraziers convened in a hotel suite, Lyde recalled, when a photographer hugged Jacqui a little too tight for the former champs taste. "Its festive and everyone is having a great time, then all of a sudden you hear this booming voice say, Hey you, get your hands off my daughter, and everyone stood still, because Joe was still imposing," Lyde recalled. "Joe had that voice, the rare times he was mad, that could cut through a room. The man was a true modern gladiator. Im six-foot-nine and Joe scared me so bad I waited two years to ask Jacqui out before she became my wife." South Philadelphian Joe Pultrone came to the memorial with his nine-old son, Santino. Pultrone knew Frazier through the music business and sometimes travelled with Frazier. He was fighting back strong emotions. "What Ill remember most about Joe is how he treated everyone with mutual respect, it didnt matter who it was," Pultrone said. "Id get these calls in the middle of the night with that raspy voice, Lets go road dog, and the next thing you knew, I was with Larry Holmes and Gerry Cooney at some clothing place getting fitted." But its the common fan that Frazier seemed to relate to the best. Buck Estel, a 54-year-old avid boxing supporter from Maple Shade, N.J., was decked out in Philadelphia Eagles gear. It was Estels way of honouring the way Frazier personified Philadelphia, even though Smokin Joe was born in Beaufort, S.C. Estel was one of around 50 mourners who went up and sat in the Wells Fargo Center stands, looking down on the white casket for a few more minutes after paying their respects. He met Frazier for the first time a few years ago in an Atlantic City casino. "After I met him, I had to go back to him three more times," Estel said. "Joe was just a real person. He took the time to talk to me and everyone around us. I remember going back to thank him for the time, and like a little kid, calling my wife later telling her I met Joe Frazier. This city needs to build a statue to him and put that in front of the art museum. "The city should have embraced Joe a little more, but Im happy theyre doing this for him." ' ' '


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