Oklahoma City Thunder: Eight minutes of 'wow' basketball sank the Golden Oldies

That was 15 fast-break points in 51/2 minutes.

“Easy points,” is how Westbrook described them, on a night when he scored 27 in the first half and left the Lakers shaking their heads.

“He just went crazy on us,” said L.A. coach Mike D'Antoni. “They are a great shooting basketball team and they hit a hot quarter.”

And left the Lakers at 9-11. The Lakers were short-handed, with Steve Nash and Pau Gasol out, but those grizzled vets will only make the Lakers older.

What? Nash is going to slow Westbrook?

Duhon looked like Ramon Sessions, the point guard the Lakers imported late last year to deal with the likes of Westbrook, and that got L.A. nowhere.

The Thunder now has beaten the Lakers seven times in nine meetings in the calendar year 2012, including the five-game triumph in the Western Conference semifinals last May.

L.A. went out and got Dwight Howard and Nash to combat the Thunder. Howard was a monster Friday night, with 23 points and 18 rebounds, and Kobe, 35 points on 11-of-24 shooting, continues to defy the age gods.

But otherwise, the Lakers just look old and worn out.

The Boomers look young and fresh. Thunder hands are active and feet are lively.

The Lakers knew the feeling. But not now.

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