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Recap: Memphis at Oklahoma City

The Oklahoman's Darnell Mayberry, John Rohde and Anthony Slater provided live coverage of the Oklahoma City Thunder's 107-97 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies basketball game via Twitter.

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@anthonyVslater 7:37 p.m. After one, Russell Westbrook is on pace for 20 assists and KD is on pace for 24 rebounds. Thunder will be fine if they get half that.

@DarnellMayberry 7:38 p.m. Thunder leads the Grizzlies 30-20 after one quarter.

@DarnellMayberry 7:44 p.m. So far, whoever Thabo guards is going off, first Gay and now Ellington.

@anthonyVslater 7:48 p.m. Memphis still doesn't have a turnover 16 minutes into the game. The Thunder have five.

@DarnellMayberry 7:50 p.m. Memphis doesn't turn it over much, but the Thunder still hasn't forced one and it's 7:47 left in the second quarter.

@DarnellMayberry 7:51 p.m. Y'all see Gasol put that elbow in Ibaka's chest?

@DarnellMayberry 7:52 p.m. Grown man move.

@anthonyVslater 7:55 p.m. Russell Westbrook (2 points) is the 11th leading scorer in this game. Quincy Pondexter (10 points) has the most.

@DarnellMayberry 7:58 p.m. Grizzlies' first turnover comes 19 minutes, 8 seconds into the game on a bad Jerryd Bayless pass.

@DarnellMayberry 8:00 p.m. Russell Westbrook is 1-for-7...and he's playing great on the offensive end!!

@RohdeOK 8:00 p.m. That's three 3s for Pondexter. Wide-open corner looks every time. Easiest 3 there is. #mightwanttoguardthatguy

@anthonyVslater 8:03 p.m. Memphis is outscoring the Thunder 30-15 in the second quarter. OKC shooting 6-17 in the period.

@RohdeOK 8:05 p.m. Durant had six rebounds in the first quarter and just grabbed his first rebound of the second period at 1:25. #thunder

@DarnellMayberry 8:08 p.m. The Thunder's best opening quarter of the season has been followed by arguably its worse.

@RohdeOK 8:09 p.m. OKC 10 of 19 FG in first quarter; 6 of 19 in the second while getting outscored 36-15. #thunder trails 56-45 at half.

@anthonyVslater 8:09 p.m. The Grizzlies ride a 36-15 second quarter to an 11-point halftime lead. Kevin Durant has 13 points and seven rebounds.

@anthonyVslater 8:09 p.m. Quincy Pondexter has a team-high 13 points off the Memphis bench. His season high is 14.

@DarnellMayberry 8:10 p.m. Grizzlies outscore the Thunder 36-15 in the second period to take a 56-45 lead into halftime.

@RohdeOK 8:11 p.m. Thunder trailed by 11 on Monday night, but this ain't Detroit.

@RohdeOK 8:13 p.m. Westbrook (1 for 8) and Martin (0 for 2) combined for four points in 34 minutes in first half. #thunder

@anthonyVslater 8:14 p.m. Kevin Martin was a non-factor in the first half. Two points and held without a field goal. Thunder need him to get going.

@DarnellMayberry 8:14 p.m. Those 36 second-quarter points by the Grizzlies are six more than the Thunder has allowed in any period this year.

@anthonyVslater 8:19 p.m. Memphis turns the ball over 14.2 times per game. Oklahoma City only forced one in the first half.

@RohdeOK 8:24 p.m. Memphis' leading scorer is Pondexter, who #thunder picked 26th in 2010 Draft then traded to NO for Aldrich, who was traded ...

@DarnellMayberry 8:33 p.m. Kevin Durant is waking up.

@RohdeOK 8:33 p.m. Grizzlies doing as they please right now. Zebo gets his paws on every missed shot. If he doesn't grab it, he keeps it alive. #thunder

@DarnellMayberry 8:33 p.m. But he can't stop turning it over.

@DarnellMayberry 8:35 p.m. That's 10 assists for Westbrook with 7:14 left in the third quarter.

@anthonyVslater 8:36 p.m. Quiet first half for Tony Allen, but he's wrecking havoc defensively early in the second. Eddie Sutton's gotta love it.

@RohdeOK 8:38 p.m. Effort Memphis is playing with is every coach's dream. 18-6 in second-chance points; 13-6 in fast-break points; 11 off. rebounds.

@DarnellMayberry 8:39 p.m. Offense isn't the problem tonight. Defense is. BUT...Kevin Martin is being vastly underused.

@DarnellMayberry 8:42 p.m. Ken Mauer to the scorer's table: "Gentlemen, the ball hit the rim. I don't even need to review it. The ball hit the rim."

@DarnellMayberry 8:42 p.m. Referee Ken Mauer to the scorer's table: "Gentlemen, the ball hit the rim. I don't even need to review it. The ball hit the rim."

@DarnellMayberry 8:44 p.m. Every time the Thunder fools around with ANYBODY else other than Nick Collison on Zach Randolph, he kills OKC. EVERY TIME!

@anthonyVslater 8:46 p.m. Kevin Durant with 24 points late in the third, but OKC down nine. Thunder need his first 30-point game this year (and some) for comeback win

@RohdeOK 8:47 p.m. There's 74 games to go, but #thunder and Grizzlies going at it hard. This has quickly turned into a great rivalry.

@RohdeOK 8:49 p.m. Durant runs the point for #thunder; Memphis counters with Gay at the point to wear Durant down on defense.

@RohdeOK 8:50 p.m. Collison four fouls in nine minutes tonight. #thunder

@RohdeOK 8:52 p.m. Collison five fouls in nine minutes. #thunder

@DarnellMayberry 8:53 p.m. After three, the Grizzlies lead the Thunder 81-71.

@anthonyVslater 8:56 p.m. Russell Westbrook has more assists (11) than points (9) right now. Can't imagine that's happened too many times.

@DarnellMayberry 8:56 p.m. Thunder playing Chris Brown's "Don't Wake me up" going into the fourth quarter. Uh, wrong selection with OKC trailing 81-71.

@RohdeOK 8:57 p.m. Why is #thunder down 10? Durant one rebound since first quarter; Martin zero FGs; Westbrook 4/14 from field; 10 pts from the bench.

@anthonyVslater 8:57 p.m. Rudy Gay has killed the Thunder tonight, shooting 10-18 for 21 points. Fadeaway after fadeaway.

@anthonyVslater 9:02 p.m. That's a season-high 28 points for Kevin Durant. OKC's gonna need about 10 more.

@RohdeOK 9:08 p.m. That was #thunder's first missed FT 17/17.

@DarnellMayberry 9:08 p.m. Great, as soon as Collison gets a crack at Randolph he fouls out. Talk about a waste of 15 minutes.

@DarnellMayberry 9:18 p.m. Kevin Durant has 32 points, the first time this season he's scored at least 30. Took him nine games.

@RohdeOK 9:18 p.m. After making first 17 FTs, #thunder misses four straight.

@anthonyVslater 9:20 p.m. Russell Westbrook has a season-high 13 assists and Kevin Durant has a season-high 32 points. But the Thunder trail Memphis 97-89.

@DarnellMayberry 9:22 p.m. Wow, Marc Gasol!

@RohdeOK 9:22 p.m. Thunder could shoot 50 percent from field at home -- and LOSE. Think that's only happened once in five years here. #thunder

@DarnellMayberry 9:27 p.m. What makes the Grizzlies such a tough lineup for the Thunder? Quite simply, their best lineup forces OKC to play its worst.

@anthonyVslater 9:28 p.m. Kendrick Perkins and Zach Randolph get in a mini-tussle and get ejected. That had to be even odds in Vegas, right?

@DarnellMayberry 9:30 p.m. Doesn't matter, but Kevin Durant just grabed his 10th board. That's 32, 10 and five for KD tonight.

@anthonyVslater 9:33 p.m. Time to start taking the Memphis Grizzlies for real. That's two straight double-digit wins over Miami and Oklahoma City. Impressive.

@DarnellMayberry 9:33 p.m. Grizzlies win 107-97. Thunder defense did it in tonight.

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