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Recap: Thunder at Timberwolves

The Thunder faces the Timberwolves at the Target Center in Minneapolis on Thursday night. Here's a recap of Darnell Mayberry, John Rohde and Anthony Slater's live coverage of the game on Twitter.

Published: December 20, 2012 Comment on this article

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C flirting with it already with 5:24 left in the first quarter

@DarnellMayberry 6:31 p.m. Reggie Jackson no in the game for the Thunder.

@DarnellMayberry 6:35 p.m. Kevin Durant just got hit upside the head.

@DarnellMayberry 6:42 p.m. Two fouls on KD in the first quarter.

@DarnellMayberry 6:43 p.m. Wolves 30, Thunder 18 after one quarter.

@DarnellMayberry 6:46 p.m. RT @RALee1985 @DarnellMayberry I don't know who was worse OKC or Officials (I'd leave the refs out of this if I were you. Thunder stunk.)

@DarnellMayberry 6:50 p.m. Story of the game for the Thunder: nobody can guard anybody.

@anthonyVslater 7:02 p.m. Kevin Durant 5/7 for 11 points. Rest of the Thunder 6/21 for 18. OKC in a rare double-digit hole. Minnesota up 40-29.

@DarnellMayberry 7:10 p.m. The Thunder has 14 made field goals. Kevin Durant has seven of them.

@anthonyVslater 7:12 p.m. Nikola Pekovic (18 points and 3 boards) and Alexey Shved (7 points and 8 assists) killing OKC in the first half. Minnesota up 49-39.

@anthonyVslater 7:18 p.m. Minnesota up 53-44 on the Thunder at halftime. Durant with 15 points. Serge with 12 and 6. Westbrook shooting 3/11.

@DarnellMayberry 7:20 p.m. 53-44, Wolves at the half. It took a Serge Ibaka corner 3 to beat the second quarter buzzer to make it that close.

@anthonyVslater 7:21 p.m. Kevin Love has 14 points, five rebounds and six assists at halftime. #TripleDoubleAlert

@DarnellMayberry 7:21 p.m. @jordanjohnson23 No. I'm sitting at the other end by the Wolves bench.

@DarnellMayberry 7:24 p.m. Eric Maynor is the only Thunder player on the high side of the plus-minus at +1. Go figure.

@anthonyVslater 7:43 p.m. Kevin Durant is 21/36 shooting for 59 points in his past 6+ quarters. On fire.

@DarnellMayberry 7:53 p.m. How KD guards Love on the low block will be key here. If he can, this could be a good lineup for OKC.

@anthonyVslater 8:01 p.m. Kevin Durant with 23 points, Russell Westbrook with 21 points. Remember, the Thunder is 11-1 with both score 20 or more.

@DarnellMayberry 8:01 p.m. Wolves 76, Thunder 69 through three.

@DarnellMayberry 8:02 p.m. Kevin Durant has 23 points. He had 23 through three quarters last night, too, and he finished with 41. Seems needed if OKC is to win this.

@anthonyVslater 8:03 p.m. Alexey Shved averages 4.2 assists and has never had more than eight in a game. Tonight, he's got 12 through three quarters. Killing OKC.

@anthonyVslater 8:07 p.m. Ricky Rubio looks about 15% healthy. Can barely dribble.

@anthonyVslater 8:10 p.m. Russell Westbrook nearing quadruple-double range: 23 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 8 turnovers.

@anthonyVslater 8:17 p.m. Without Kevin Martin, the Thunder bench has been outscored 18-7. Martin averages nearly 16 per game.

@anthonyVslater 8:24 p.m. J.J. Barea with 18 off the Minnesota bench, single-handedly outscoring OKC's second unit by 11. T'Wolves up 92-81.

@anthonyVslater 8:29 p.m. Russell Westbrook quadruple-double update: 26 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 9 turnovers. Three minutes left.

@DarnellMayberry 8:31 p.m. Wolves lead the Thunder 96-87 with 2:24 remaining. Durant just picked up a tech for slamming the ball after a questionable charge call.

@anthonyVslater 8:35 p.m. @TOBrien888 Probably changed the fault of one of them. And I'm not sure if TO's counts in official triple-double count. Probably not.

@anthonyVslater 8:35 p.m. @kioJTG Barea has killed them his whole career, wherever he's been.

@anthonyVslater 8:44 p.m. The Thunder's 12-game win streak is over. It was the franchise's longest since moving to OKC. Minnesota wins 99-93.

@DarnellMayberry 8:45 p.m. Final score: Wolves 99, Thunder 93. Minnesota snaps OKC's 12-game winning streak and drops the Thunder to 21-5. Durant has 33. Westbrook 30.

@anthonyVslater 8:47 p.m. Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 63 points on 49 shots. OKC's other seven players combined for only 30 points on 33 shots.

@anthonyVslater 8:52 p.m. Former #OKstate star James Anderson is trying to revive a once promising NBA career: bit.ly/UUGrFb

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