Durant drops 31 as Thunder beat Kings 113-103

The Oklahoma City Thunder won their 10th straight game, but not before nearly blowing a 24-point lead. OKC's starters had to be brought back into the game after appearing to have taken the rest of the night off in the fourth quarter to preserve a 113-103 win. Kevin Durant led all scorers with 31 points and Sacramento's Isaiah Thomas came off the bench to score 26 (two shy of a career high), with 23 coming during a furious rally in the fourth quarter when he hit nine of his team's 10 made baskets. Oklahoma City (19-4) had five players in double figures in addition to Durant's 31. Serge Ibaka and Kevin Martin each had 18. Ibaka also grabbed 11 rebounds. Thabo Sefolosha had a season-high 15 points and Russell Westbrook added 13 points and 13 assists for his ninth double-double of the season. The Kings (7-15) also finished with five men in double figures but none of them could equal what Thomas did by himself in just the fourth quarter. Tyreke Evans came closest with 21, Jason Thompson dropped in 15, Aaron Brooks added 13 and DeMarcus Cousins was back in the lineup after his one-game suspension. He scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds. The Kings outscored Oklahoma City 61-52 in the second half but it wasn't quite enough to dig out of a 61-42 hole the Thunder dumped them into in the first half with a big 22-4 run.