"I’m a young guy just trying to find my way in this league,” Durant said. "I’ve got a long way to go. For him to stop me and tell me that it felt good.”
"It was just the rhythm of the game,” said coach Scott Brooks. "We were up. We were building a lead. I was going to stay with (Maynor) as long as everything was under control. He did a great job of that in the fourth quarter.”
"They’re just in a box in my closet right now,” Durant said. "Once I figure out my house situation, and I buy a house out here, I’ll have a room for (the shoes) and set them up there.”
Durant hasn’t committed to purchasing a home in Oklahoma City but said he might begin looking "either next summer or this summer.”
"It was tough,” said veteran guard Rafer Alston. "It reminded you of your days when you just started playing basketball when you were young. You’d rush to a game, get out of the car and run right out on the court.”
The weirdest delay Alston has experienced? "Someone ran into the wing of the plane and the wing cracked,” Alston said. "We couldn’t fly and had to stay there until they could get us another plane.”
"We played good basketball those two games that we lost,” Brooks said. "It was unfortunate. A bounce here or a bounce there, that’s the fine line between winning and losing in this league. I have nothing but great things to say about our effort these last three games.”
Sports Illustrated is scheduled to write a story on Durant and the Thunder that most likely will run in this week’s issue. Chris Ballard of SI attended Friday’s game in Dallas after watching the Thunder play San Antonio Wednesday in Oklahoma City.
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