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The lakers seven game winning streak comes to a screeching halt that because the phone dirt comes out and does what it fifty -- on Wednesday night same result they wire to wire victory for the home team predicated. Right at the top grant with great defense.

get tired of saying that it -- defense defense defense and you talk about getting back to the basics for the Oklahoma City Thunder that means getting back to defense had no better time like the -- and against the defending champions to see if -- defense it's up to par. With -- level of -- of the NBA it certainly it was tonight and no better way this senate killed it by seeing all of their four time NBA champion of perennial All-Star Kobe Bryant who suffered through. Eleven shooting night only eleven point two it's. One shot in the third quarter to -- the -- what we've been a witness to this all season long good job. Again all of the world what did apply. Down in with a blanket effect on the out on the part of the Oklahoma City Thunder defense. You saw what we brought that's not always thought -- for -- promotion but he saw 12 sometimes even three defenders on his way to the basket. Forcing him to pass the basketball I've been lessened his effectiveness tonight.

Bryant with nine turnovers in the ball game eight of those in the first half as again the -- the big -- before intermission so did. The LA kid Russell Westbrook got a losing a high school actually at Long Beach has not traditionally shot Weller plated -- particularly well. Again the lakers but denied he most certainly did chop the lights out at seventy at this point three points. Before intermission.

What he was making to have this kind of game after a couple of gotta start -- Did that -- viability of basically had the we've got to go.

For a team that's why was clearly -- to that because he set the tone of what's that his team was going to play tonight.

There are obviously other elements individually I am talking about Kevin Durant scored eleven points the third quarter wound up with 26 points on the night Jeff Green had timely plastic baskets to help keep the doors shut and occurs -- Had a double double in the first half I mean you can't go open down the line publisher of -- was again. -- defensively. But then if you go back the other way -- you look at the fact that Ron art says was not allowed to defend the way that he normally does. So guys were able to get off particularly to rant -- shot one for six. How to solve the Western Conference player of the week just past shoots three for ten -- not really much of a factor.

What if they -- received a lot of credit and I think they were very aggressive tonight the Oklahoma City Thunder or both of them before they were. Not not reactive to that I think that that helped them out that you -- that -- on the offensive left. Kobe Bryant got its first file tonight. On offensive rebound by Kevin Durant -- Kevin Reynolds held on the offensive rebound to that tells me the Oklahoma City Thunder players -- period. Pro active tonight they force -- the lakers to actually react to what they were doing -- supposed to try to react what was the defending -- for doing tonight.

At the copy of of course the news that this is but one game but the thunder finally -- it -- to -- the lakers after suffering a pair of three point losses to the earlier in the season tonight. 75 points for Los Angeles seven assists that it. Five points away from the lakers all time franchise scoring -- and want a is off. They're all time franchise well in that category is well back. Put this into perspective --

Walker can't afford Kevin during. Ask your head and the thunder on the 123 games to -- to get knocked off the world champion talk about how far this --

The -- better. It's. Flawed concept. Every day in what. --

He talked about the defense -- for two guys helped the lakers to a season low and Kobe Bryant only got eleven points tonight and posted -- nine turnovers.

that was just -- the victims a lot of guys enough -- the benefit. This is what they did a great job of that and I would go for the -- on -- baby I.