AP Photo BOX SCORE Kobe Bryant has gushed about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the Thunder in general over the past year after the terrific six-game opening round series. After this one, he may

Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE Does everyone feel at least a little bit better about a potential Thunder-Nuggets playoff series now? OK, so it doesn’t necessarily have to mean anything that Oklahoma City

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE Nice to finally have that out of the way. Officially, the Thunder are 2010-11 Northwest Division champions for the first time since 2004-05 when the team wasn’t here. Said

AP Photo BOX SCORE I had seen this story before. At least I thought I had. The Thunder held a nice first half lead behind a hot start from Kevin Durant, was playing terrific

Mark Terrill/AP Photo BOX SCORE All I could say for the last four minutes of this game was, “I can’t believe the Thunder is going to lose this game.” I was sort of saying

Sam Forencich/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE Beating a team four times in a season is tough. Especially if they’re good. Especially if it’s on their home floor. Especially with a building full of very angry

Christian Petersen/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE Don’t look now, but the Thunder played a fringe playoff contender on the road the way a top-four seed should in taking care of business Wednesday night in Phoenix.

Layne Murdoch/NBAE/Getty Images BOX SCORE I definitely had my lede written with 13 seconds left in the game. I was all settled in, typing away at this thing. The Thunder were up by six