Durant scores 34 as Thunder rout Lakers 112-79
Kevin Durant scored 34 points (11 during a 19-0 run in the third quarter), and the Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers 112-79.
The Thunder led by as many as 43 and never trailed, pulling away with a 26-4 run in the third quarter.
For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored 13 points (all 13 in the first quarter), and Jordan Clarkson went 1 for 9 from 3.
The Thunder shot 43.8% from the field and 32.4% from 3 to the Lakers’ 28.4% and 22.6%. They held the Lakers to 79 points and outscored them 32-9 on the fast break. The Thunder’s starters outscored the Lakers 42-19 in 15 minutes together.