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Keeping an eye on the NBA and Seattle's efforts to get back into the game
Friday, November 16th, 2007
Posted by Eric Williams @ 10:37:12 pm

1 -- Seattle rookie Kevin Durant’s first game winner as a Sonic. Heading into the second overtime Durant had not scored since the 6:51 mark of the third quarter. But Durant had five points in the second overtime, including the clutch, 3-pointer from the top of the circle over fellow rookie Al Horford to give the Sonics a 126-123 double-overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks.

41 -- The amount of points Damien Wilkins scored in his homecoming to Atlanta. With father Gerald Wilkins watching, along with several family and friends, Wilkins put on a show, finishing 15-of-20 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from the 3-point arc. Wilkins also was 7-of-10 from the free-throw line

13 -- The number of turnovers Seattle had in 58 minutes. Not bad considering Seattle came in averaging 19.7 turnovers a contest.

39 -- The Number of points Atlanta’s Joe Johnson had. Every time the Hawks needed a bucket, the all-star guard delivered.

3:46 -- The time Bremerton native Marvin Williams fouled out in the second overtime. Williams finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and four assists. But the play was big because Williams is one of Atlanta’s better defenders, and the Hawks had to go small down the stretch with Tyronn Lue and Salim Stoudamire at the guard spots, which gave Seattle an advantage on the boards.

Boxscore -- Check it out here.

Durant watch -- After eight straight losses Durant was again smiling in the locker room afterwards, as he notched his first game winner of his pro career.
“I seen the clock and I knew I had to shoot it,” Durant said in the locker room afterwards. “I was happy, man. It was two overtimes and I knew guys were tired, but I knocked it down and we’re ready to go to the next trip.”

Listen to the entire Durant conversation here.

Overheard -- “Durant pounded his chest at the scorer’s table after that last-second dagger yelling, “What in the (bleep) did I tell y’all,” to the folks on hand at Philips Arena as the buzzer sounded. He was mobbed by his teammates.

Did you see that? -- Running a picture-perfect 3-on-1 break, Damien Wilkins hit Chris Wilcox with a bounce pass coming down the left side of the line, and Wilcox glided in for the one-handed jam, bringing some oohs from the crowd.

Final take -- At two games, Seattle has its first winning streak of the season and heads to Charlotte with confidence that they can execute at the end of games.

In particular, Carlesimo has his players in more clearly identified roles. The players know what to expect and who is going to play at certain parts of the game, and they know who is going to take the shots at the end of games.

And Seattle is being more aggressive going to the basket at the end of games, which allows them to get some easy points. Seattle was 26-of-31 from the foul line tonight.

Listen to Carlesimo talk about the game here. Wally Szczerbiak explains the final play here. And Damien Wilkins talks about performing well in front of his family and friends.

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COMMENTS:

ttownport @ 08:40 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Email
GREAT game! Now that Damien has scored 40, he knows its possible... he can do it again. What I liked about this game is the team play. If you look at the box score, everyone got involved. That 3 pointer... incredible.
iqbal70 @ 09:00 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Email
If Wilkens can become a reliable scorer at SF that would take a huge burden off Durant and really open up the offense.
thohul @ 09:02 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Just wait until KD learns to pass out of the double team, and the rest of the players learn to play without the ball. It was nice to see Gelabale opening up space with his slashes, it opens up lanes for team mates as well. Interesting team that will only get better with time spent in the company of their team mates. Defense will determine how far this team goes, especially interior defense.
ttownport @ 10:07 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Email
Our points and rebounding in the paint are up from last year. Thats a good start. It looks as though Wilcox is getting on the boards better. I think he is understanding that it HAS to be a big part of his game.
docpepsi @ 12:07 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Email
Wow! Only 10 games into his career and KD hits a game winning 2OT 3 pointer to win it! 41 from Wilkins, who knew he had that in him? Never would have known if Allen and Lewis were still here.
ttownport @ 13:49 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007 Email
I think the mixture of a great family bloodline and training with Ray helped prepare Damien. He is still young and hasn't ever played a full season as a starter so he is going to make mistakes. He will get more consistant over time.
marksa @ 14:42 - Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Damien can score the problem is he is somewhat of a black hole when it comes to ball movement. When he first made the team he was a scrappy defender who chipped in offensively, then he got Ray Allen disease and forgot about defense and just looks for his shot.

Hopefully he can provide some scoring while defending the opposing teams best scorer and passing the ball something Gelebale would do nicely.

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