Thunder 114, Jazz 93

Observations, news and notes from Wednesday night’s game……

* Good win by the home team. Even without Carlos Boozer, Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles in uniform for the Jazz.

* Make that 1-20 against teams with winning records. 

* Can you believe the Thunder never trailed after taking a 4-2 lead?

* Nenad Krstic is getting comfortable, confident and becoming a threat.

“(My confidence) is still growing,” Krstic said. “It’s just the beginning. I just started playing like 10 days ago so it’s really growing and growing. Every game I feel more comfortable and I think confidence is going to come too.”

* Jeff Green broke out of a four-game slump, dumping in a team-high 23 points on 8-for-13 shooting with eight rebounds. He hadn’t scored more than 15 points in the past four games and was shooting just 32.6 percent from the field over that span.

* With six tonight, Kevin Durant has now turned the ball over 24 times in the past four games.

* Scott Brooks jokingly said after the game that he needs to fire the team’s make-believe turnover coach. Ordinarily, 19 turnovers leading to 25 points will lose you a ball game.

* Going 33-for-38 from the foul line will tend to win you a lot of ball games.

* The Thunder continued its recent trend of pounding opponents on the boards, out-rebounding Utah 48-26 tonight.

* It’d be great to see more performances like this out of Russell Westbrook on a more consistent basis — 22 points, 8-for-14 from the field, seven assists, three steals and ONE TURNOVER!