Thunder Snap Spurs Streak
- After 20 straight games with victories (many of them easy) the San Antonio Spurs finally tasted the bitterness of defeat at the hands of the young Oklahoma City Thunder. This easy victory by the Thunder also eased skepticism that the they were too young to win it all.
- Kevin Durant lead the Thunder with 22 points, while Thabo Sefolosha contributed 19 points. Superstar point guard Russell Westbrook added 10 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds. Tony Parker and Stephen Jackson lead the Spurs with 16 points each, but the Spurs shot 39.5% from the field, which isn’t terrible, but they also took 12 less shots than the Thunder.
- The series, which is now at 2-1, moves onto play on Saturday at 8:30. The Thunder will try to even the series, while the Spurs will look to extend their lead and move onto the NBA finals.
More Stars fall in France
- A few days after her sister Serena fell at the French Open, Venus Williams was also defeated. Continuing a trend in Paris of big named Americans losing on the clay courts of Roland Garros. Williams lost to the #3 player in the world Agnieszka Radwanska (if that names sounds new to you, it should, even this writer hadn’t heard of her).
- On the men's side, John Isner fell in another marathon match. Two years after after his epic matchup against Nicolas Mahut. The fifth set against Mahut lasted 138 games over two days and more than 8 hours. On Wendesday played Paul Henri Mathieu of France for 34 games in the 5th set, for two and a half hours, in a relative sprint.
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