Kevin Durant Scores 51 Points; Thunder Beat Nuggets In Overtime

Denver got 56 points from their bench, as they kept the Nuggets in the game by pushing the pace whenever Oklahoma City’s starters were off the floor.

Oklahoma City, meanwhile, struggled with Durant and Westbrook out of the game, as their reserves were almost run off the court by the Nuggets second unit.

The tempo of the game favored Denver, who plays at the NBA’s fastest pace, but it remains to be seen whether they’ll have enough firepower to trade baskets with Oklahoma City over four quarters.

When we last saw Russell Westbrook, he was searching for his first dunk of the game. Unfortunately for him, Kenneth Faried had other ideas, stuffing the young guard at the rim. But Westbrook doesn’t give up too easily, so it was only a matter of time before he got one.

We didn’t have to wait long for him to throw down a vicious dunk. This time, Faried wasn’t around to contest him, leaving Westbrook with an open runway to take flight. And take flight he did.

It wasn’t quite a vicious block, but Faried went up high to keep Westbrook from dunking. A GIF of the block is after the jump.

Both these two can get up, creating quite the battle under the hoop.