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OKC Thunder: For Durant, a night to forget

 
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The front-row fan hollered at the face of the franchise.

"Durant!”

Waiting for play to resume after a timeout, Kevin Durant turned and steeled his eyes on the Ford Center faithful.

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"Kick some ... ”

Hold it, buster! This is a family newspaper. We can’t print what the fan said, but we can give you a hint. It’s another word for derriere that rhymes with pass.

You get the gist.

Perhaps Durant didn’t.

On a night that Oklahoma City will long count as glorious, Durant had a game that was anything but. He had an utterly forgettable first half, missing every shot he attempted, scoring no points, rolling up fouls and turnovers but not much else.

His woeful start helped sink the Thunder into a halftime hole from which it never recovered.

Milwaukee 98, Oklahoma City 87.

This was not how this night was supposed to go. Oklahoma City was supposed to usher in the NBA, and the Thunder was supposed to win the game.

This was not the happy beginning with the even happier ending.

Not for Oklahoma City. Not for the Thunder.

Certainly not for Durant.

"It felt good to me,” he said of his first-half stroke that failed to connect. "I’ve just got to be more prepared next game and be more focused at knocking those shots down.”

Durant finally scored with 11:13 left in the third quarter.

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