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Durant Hurt But Sonics Rout T-Wolves
Wally Szczerbiak and rookie Jeff Green each scored 18 points, and Seattle overcame the loss of Kevin Durant to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-90 on Saturday night. The Sonics played the final three quarters without Durant, their leading scorer. The second pick in the 2007 draft, who is averaging 20.2 points, sprained his left index finger near the end of the first period. X-rays were negative, but Seattle held Durant out as a precaution. With 9.2 seconds left in the first period, he came off the floor to the Sonics' bench holding his hands together. "I just ran into somebody and sprained my finger. It was kind of hurting more than it usually does," Durant said. "I hit it in every game and the pain usually stops, but tonight it started throbbing and swelling up a little bit. I wanted to play, but our trainer just wanted me to sit out for the rest of the game." Via Seattle Post-Intelligencer Oklahoma City, Minnesota Timberwolves Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Blazers Win 12th Straight
The streak matches Portland's best run since winning 12 in a row during the 2001-02 season, the team's second-longest stretch. Portland's longest streak was 16 games in the 1990-91 season. Portland Trail Blazers, Minnesota Timberwolves Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets T-Wolves' Ratliff Out Six Weeks After Knee Surgery
Dr. James R. Andrews of the Alabama Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center in Birmingham, Alabama, performed the operation. Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Timberwolves Dec 2007 Archive
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An injury to the team's franchise player overshadowed a nice win by the SuperSonics.
Brandon Roy scored 22 points despite not playing the second quarter, and the Portland Trail Blazers got their league-leading 12th straight victory Friday night by beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 109-98.
Minnesota Timberwolves' center Theo Ratliff underwent successful arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Wednesday and is expected to miss another six weeks.