Recap: Thunder at Rockets

The Thunder defeated the Rockets 124-94 in Houston. Darnell Mayberry, John Rohde and Anthony Slater provided live coverage via Twitter.

Modified: December 29, 2012 at 5:59 pm • Published: December 29, 2012

tting much better looks tonight than in OKC.

@DarnellMayberry 7:24 p.m. Where is the defense?

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:25 p.m. A dusting of boos for Kevin Martin? Weak.

@DarnellMayberry 7:26 p.m. Light boos for Kevin Martin as he checks in with 4:08 left in the first quarter and as he dribbles. What did he ever do to these fans?

@DarnellMayberry 7:31 p.m. Westbrook hustled back after hitting the floor. Great sign...Then he lost his man after he caught up to him and gave up a layup.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:32 p.m. Harden with fouls on consecutive possessions, a reach (he protested) on Westbrook and a charge. Lin back in.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:33 p.m. Patrick Patterson checked in after missing almost two weeks. Rockets initially thought he'd be out much longer.

@anthonyVslater 7:35 p.m. Russell Westbrook and Jeremy Lin both with five assists in the first quarter.

@DarnellMayberry 7:36 p.m. After one, the Thunder leads the Rockets 31-26. Russell Westbrook leads the way with eight points and five assists.

@anthonyVslater 7:36 p.m. RT @DarnellMayberry: After one, the Thunder leads the Rockets 31-26. Russell Westbrook leads the way with eight points and five assists.

@anthonyVslater 7:37 p.m. James Harden is 5-for-23 shooting in five quarters against the Thunder this season.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:38 p.m. OKC leads 31-26 after 1. Rockets 1 of 7 on 3s, Harden 2 of 7. Westbrook with 8p, 5a, Martin hits pair of 3s.

@DarnellMayberry 7:39 p.m. Jeremy Lin looks awful

@okcthunder 7:41 p.m. #Thunder closes Q1 on 12-2 run, leads @HoustonRockets 31-26. Russell Westbrook w/ 8 pts/5 asts. Thunder.nba.com. #FoxSportsOKlahoma

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:46 p.m. Harden would have picked up 3rd foul, but Collison was in restricted area. OKC by 5. Morris keeping Hou in game, is 5 of 6 for 14 in 11 min.

@DarnellMayberry 7:46 p.m. @JacobWoodyard He hasn't played well this season, and Jackson has more upside.

@anthonyVslater 7:47 p.m. Marcus Morris looks good. He's 5/6 shooting for 14 first half points. Career-high is 19.

@DarnellMayberry 7:48 p.m. James Harden has one guy chanting M-V-P for him as he stands at the foul line.

@DarnellMayberry 7:48 p.m. Westbrook is killing.

@DarnellMayberry 7:51 p.m. I wouldn't mind seeing K-Mart and Harden get into a one-on-one battle right now. It'd be fun. Don't think either can guard the other.

@DarnellMayberry 7:52 p.m. @udvets You have no idea what you're talking about.

@DarnellMayberry 7:54 p.m. I'm noticing James Harden griping at his teammates each time they make a mistake more than he ever did before.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:54 p.m. Rockets within six, had cut lead to 2. KD laying in weeds. He's 1 of 6 for 5 pts w 5:27 left in h. Over/under for KD scoring, how about 26?

@anthonyVslater 7:54 p.m. Marcus Morris with a game-high 16 points in 15 minutes. Outscoring KD by 11. But OKC still leads 48-42.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:57 p.m. Westbrook flies through Hou defense on consecutive drives. Durant set screens on Lin, Westbrook to rim before help picks him up. Aldrich in.

@DarnellMayberry 7:57 p.m. Russell Westbrook and Kevin Martin are carrying the load offensively right now for the Thunder. They've combined for 29 of OKC's 52 points.

@Jonathan_Feigen 7:58 p.m. Rockets have assigned Royce White to the NBA Development League, source said.

@DarnellMayberry 7:58 p.m. @leah_bh That's because he's taken a bunch of bad shots.

@DarnellMayberry 7:59 p.m. There's the obligatory Cole Aldrich offensive foul.

@DarnellMayberry 8:00 p.m. @Dawhitemamba5 Cool. Tell her I said hello.

@DarnellMayberry 8:01 p.m. @leah_bh That only happened in blowouts. So you'd better hope not. Lol

@DarnellMayberry 8:02 p.m. @D_D_Bass What up. Hope you're enjoying your new gig.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:03 p.m. At this point, D-League assignment is best way for Royce White to become an NBA player. Can get much more work there.Has worked for others.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:03 p.m. White has been working at Toyota Center this week. The D-League assignment is part of the plan to get back.

@anthonyVslater 8:04 p.m. Early triple-double alert: Russell Westbrook has 16 points, five assists and four rebounds before halftime.

@DarnellMayberry 8:07 p.m. Hasheem Thabeet has at least one heckler in every arena. Must be incredibly hard for him to stay positive through so much overt negativity.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:07 p.m. KD has joined the party. Has 9 points in 2 minutes. Thunder on 10-0 run, lead by 12 with 1:27 left in half.

@DarnellMayberry 8:08 p.m. Meanwhile, Cole Aldrich has three fouls in three minutes. Russell Westbrook just winked at his bench after initiating that last one.

@DarnellMayberry 8:10 p.m. Thabo Sefolosha is doing an excellent job guarding James Harden

@DarnellMayberry 8:12 p.m. At halftime, the Thunder leads the Rockets 68-50.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:12 p.m. OKC ends half on 16-0 run, leads 68-50. Rockets fell apart in pretty much every way. Westbrook with 19, KD 16. Harden is 4 of 12 for 14.

@anthonyVslater 8:14 p.m. The Thunder get 48 combined first half points from KD, K-Mart and Westbrook. OKC up 68-50 on Houston.

@DarnellMayberry 8:15 p.m. @tblackmoncsn @D_D_Bass Hello.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:16 p.m. I'm told the Rockets will be announcing White's D-League assignment soon. It is part of a plan with him to work him back, so he is on board.

@okcthunder 8:17 p.m. KD/Russ/KMart combine for 48 points as #Thunder builds 68-50 halftime lead on @HoustonRockets #FoxSportsOKlahoma #ThunderRadioNetwork

@anthonyVslater 8:24 p.m. KD started the half 1/8 shooting, closed 3/3. Helped spark OKC's 16-0 run to end the half.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:32 p.m. With OKC up 19, crowd nice and quiet so that if the Thunder start talking trash to former teammates they can listen in.

@DarnellMayberry 8:34 p.m. If this holds, only question will be who'll get Cole Aldrich's obligatory putback dunk now that he's playing for the other team?

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:34 p.m. Just 2 of the Rockets' past 7 shots hit the rim. The other five were blocked in another 10-0 OKC run. Thunder up 23.

@anthonyVslater 8:40 p.m. The Thunder is on a 32-8 run right now. Two-point lead has ballooned to a 26-point blowout.

@DarnellMayberry 8:40 p.m. @discoverymrb That's the last guy's shot I'm going to critique. Know what I mean?

@DarnellMayberry 8:42 p.m. @communistjew I'd say so.

@DarnellMayberry 8:43 p.m. Flop alert: James Harden. Leg kick.

@anthonyVslater 8:47 p.m. @DenneySports Thunder is singular

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:48 p.m. With Rockets cutting lead to 22, Scott Brooks jumps up to call time out. Taking no chances. Actually, I think he needed to stretch his legs.

@DarnellMayberry 8:48 p.m. @LadyHeat1 He's always done that.

@DarnellMayberry 8:48 p.m. @michael_whyte I never said he wasn't.

@DarnellMayberry 8:50 p.m. When a 6-10 guy steps into a 3 like Kevin Durant just did, what on earth do you do with that?

@RohdeOK 8:50 p.m. RT @TomKeeganLJW: @RohdeOK, When Jason Sudeikis and gal pal Olivia Wilde intro'd to crowd, Sudeikis feigned reading your Self book.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:52 p.m. When Durant was 1 of 6 with 5 min left in 1st half, I put over/under in his scoring at 26. He sits with 26; 59.1 left in 3rd, OKC up 24.

@DarnellMayberry 8:55 p.m. After three, the Thunder leads the Rockets 96-74. Rockets allowed 98 through three last night at San Antonio. The difference is they had 92.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:56 p.m. OKC up 96-74 after 3. Douglas provides entirely meaningless highlight at buzzer. Rockets were blown out before hit a wall, but hit it now..

@anthonyVslater 8:56 p.m. Russell Westbrook with 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists through three quarters. Thunder up 96-74 on Houston.

@Jonathan_Feigen 8:59 p.m. Morris finishes a drive, has his career high with 21. Rockets still collecting turnovers, have 19. Season high 24 was last night.

@Jonathan_Feigen 9:07 p.m. Lin shaken up, struggles to the bench.

@DarnellMayberry 9:26 p.m. Final score: Thunder 124, Rockets 94

@okcthunder 9:28 p.m. #Thunder scores season-high 124 points. Westbrook 28 of then, Durant 26. 124-94 over @HoustonRockets postgame now on #FoxSportsOKlahoma