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NBA Game Summary - Charlotte at Oklahoma City

Russell Westbrook's 29-point outing, his career-best 11th straight game with 25-plus, helped the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 98-75 win over the Charlotte Hornets.

Westbrook had to take a bulk of the scoring load once again because his star teammate, Kevin Durant, sat for a fifth consecutive game due to a sprained ankle.

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Serge Ibaka scored 13 points with a season-high 14 rebounds and Anthony Morrow chipped in 11 points for Oklahoma City, which won for a second straight day after a two-game skid. The Thunder were coming off a 114-106 win over San Antonio on Christmas.

Brian Roberts paced the Hornets with 17 points off the bench and Marvin Williams added 11 points in a reserve role.

Charlotte had its season-high four-game winning streak snapped and dropped its eighth straight game in the series.

Westbrook had a productive first half, scoring 19 points to help his team take a comfortable lead into the locker room at the break.

Charlotte's Cody Zeller opened the scoring with a jumper, then Westbrook scored six points during a 9-0 burst for the Thunder. Westbrook found Ibaka for a 3-pointer later in the frame to extend the lead to double digits and Oklahoma City entered the second up 33-24.

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The Thunder then scored the first eight points of the second, and Westbrook's jumper with over four minutes to go in the quarter giving Oklahoma City a 53-34 cushion and it led 59-40 at halftime.

Oklahoma City was held scoreless for the first 3:51 of the third but Charlotte could not take advantage, scoring just four points over that span.

Westbrook scored six straight points during a 17-4 run that started with Ibaka's jumper that ended the scoring drought, with the Thunder opening up a 76-49 lead at the end of the spurt.

Morrow's trey capped the scoring in the quarter and helped the hosts to an 81-56 lead entering the fourth.

[SportsNetwork.com]

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