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Oklahoma City Thunder Trounce Boston Celtics with Outstanding Performances From Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook

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(Photo : gettyimages.com) The Thunder's dynamic duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook headed the Western Conference Northwest top team to their 46 wins in 68 games played this season.

Oklahoma City Thunder routed the Boston Celtics with a 130-109 victory at the TD Garden on Wednesday night.

The Thunder's dynamic duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook headed the Western Conference Northwest top team to their 46 wins in 68 games played this season.

Durant scored a team-high 28 points and an assist to record another double-double game performance. He also had seven rebounds and two blocked shots, while Westbrook finished with 24 points, five assists, five boards and three steals.

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"We have confidence in each other defensively," Durant, who went 9 for 19 from the field and made 8 of 9 from the foul line in 29:51 minutes of playing time, said."We have to stay with each other. Offensively, the first and second units are doing a great job of finding each other and making the game simple."

The Thunder's reserves scored a combined 55 points during the 48 minutes of the match, while the host team's back-ups scored a total of 41 points.

Oklahoma City controlled mostly the entire game; the Celtics were outrebound with the visiting team grabbing a team combined 53 boards compared to Boston's 42. The Thunder gave the host team 14 fast break points, while they were limited to just 4 points.

Oklahoma City ended the first half leading with 66-55. The Thunder team established a 27-point lead in the third quarter with a 32-16 run to make it 98-71 with three minutes to go before capping the third period to a 108-81 lead.

In the final twelve minutes of the match, the Thunder team continued their dominance over the host team as the Celtics failed to get close as Oklahoma City pulled away with the win.

"It's hard to guard a team like that with two very good players, as in, Westbrook and Durant," Celtics starting guard Avery Bradley, who finished the game with 14 points, said.

Isaiah Thomas led Boston with game-high 29 points and Tyler Zeller added 16 points.

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