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OKC Thunder: First win a big relief

 
By Berry Tramel | Published: November 3, 2008    Comment on this article Leave a comment

For a team going nowhere except into the hearts of Oklahomans, the Thunder certainly needed a victory Sunday night.

The NBA doesn’t exactly produce must-win games in November. This isn’t college football.

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And it’s not like this death match against the T-Wolves will affect the playoff race. These Boomers won’t get within 20 games of the postseason.

But after a dudsville opener against Milwaukee, a home loss to Minnesota would have made everyone — players, fans, Thundershirt vendors — wonder exactly who this team could beat.

Iowa State and Texas Tech aren’t on the schedule.

But then Russell Westbrook ignited a rally late in the third quarter, and Nick Collison made a left-handed shot that would make Phog Allen proud, and Minnesota’s Ryan Gomes missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer, and Oklahoma City had its first NBA win under the Thunder flag, 88-85.

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