Golden State at Oklahoma City

[Real Deal]

TIME: 8:00 PM ET

TV: NBALP

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OKLAHOMA CITY -- As the injuries pile up, the Oklahoma City Thunder have stayed ahead of any reckoning.

 

That could change after Russell Westbrook left Friday night's 110-87 win over Golden State with what the team said was a sprained right ankle.

 

"We'll just see how he feels tomorrow," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said.

 

James Harden scored 25 points, Kevin Durant added 23 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder completed a season sweep of the Golden State Warriors.

 

But the All-Star point guard left the game with 1:13 left in the third quarter with what the team said was a sprained right ankle. He didn't return.

 

But the Thunder improved to 23-7, the best record in the Western Conference, with their third win over the Warriors in 22 days.

 

Westbrook, who scored 18 points, was walking without a limp in the locker room afterward.

 

"It's part of the game. Our organization, we don't make excuses," Scott said. "You play through it. You can't do anything about it. We have a team full of guys who are capable of playing good minutes, solid minutes and hard minutes and they did."

 

The Thunder were without center Kendrick Perkins (right knee contusion) and guard Thabo Sefolosha (right foot pain). Earlier this season, they lost backup point guard Eric Maynor to a season-ending knee injury.

 

David Lee led Golden State with 23 points. Monta Ellis, who scored 48 points the last time the teams played, had 11 in this one. Ellis went down moments after Westbrook, with 17.1 seconds left in the third quarter. The Warriors said Ellis had a hyperextended right knee, but could have returned if the game hadn't been so lopsided.

 

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