(SportsNetwork. Cheap Swingman Mavericks Jerseys .com) - The Oklahoma City Thunder are beginning to make their ascension up the Western Conference standings and the rest of the NBA should be on alert. The Thunder have won five straight and seven of their last eight games, and will welcome the Phoenix Suns to town Sunday at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oklahoma City continued its rise with Fridays 111-92 triumph against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Russell Westbrook paced the visitors with 34 points, six assists and six rebounds. Steven Adams had 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Kevin Durant also scored 16 points. OKC was coming off a 103-94 win over Cleveland the night before. I think we did a good job coming in with a good mindset, coming off a back- to-back, said Westbrook, who extended his streak of at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists to seven games in a row. Tough game. We came into another teams homecourt and took care of business. The Thunder scored 39 points in the first quarter to set the tone and added an additional 31 points in the second stanza. The 70 first-half points were four shy of tying a team record. Since Durant made his debut after foot surgery, the Thunder are 5-1. They have scored 100 or more points in five of those contests and are averaging 104.1 ppg in the previous eight. Oklahoma City has won four straight at home and is 6-5 as the host. It will head west next for three games against Sacramento, Golden State and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns have lost four in a row and will try to improve their 6-6 road mark. Phoenix sustained a 105-103 loss to the lowly Detroit Pistons on Friday, as Andre Drummond led the visitors with 23 points and 14 rebounds. The Pistons were able to stop a 13-game slide. Goran Dragic scored 18 points to lead the Suns, Markieff Morris posted 17 and both P.J. Tucker and Eric Bledsoe netted 16 points for Phoenix, which made 47 percent from the floor and committed 17 turnovers for 28 Detroit points. There were 19 lead changes on the game and the Pistons grabbed some breathing room on a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 3-pointer to break a 97-97 tie. Were a .500 team. That doesnt guarantee us wins over any team in the league, Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek said. The 12-12 Suns have lost two in a row on the road. Dragic is averaging 21.1 points in his last seven games and hopes to give the Suns a backcourt advantage against Westbrook. Phoenix and Oklahoma City will play the first of four straight meetings this season. The Suns won two of three in this series a season ago. OKC has won six straight at home versus the Suns. Jalen Brunson Jersey .J. Hardy to avoid a three-game sweep after blowing a big early lead. Odour had a leadoff single in the seventh and scored the tiebreaking run with the help of two errors by Hardy as the Rangers went on to beat the Orioles 8-6 on Thursday night. Luka Doncic Jersey . - Florida State has suspended Jameis Winston for the entire game against Clemson on Saturday, extending its initial punishment of one half after the quarterback made offensive and vulgar comments about female anatomy earlier this week. http://www.cheapmavericksjerseys.com/ . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period.WASHINGTON -- Half the U.S. Senate urged NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on Thursday to change the Washington Redskins name, saying it is nothing less than a racist slur and the time is ripe to replace it. In a letter, 49 senators cited the NBAs quick action recently to ban Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life after he was heard on an audio recording making offensive comments about blacks. They said Goodell should formally push to rename the Redskins. "We urge you and the National Football League to send the same clear message as the NBA did: that racism and bigotry have no place in professional sports," read the letter, which did not use the word "Redskins." All the senators who signed the letter are Democrats. Another, Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., wrote his own letter urging the name change. Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has refuused to change his teams name, citing tradition. Cheap Mavericks Jerseys. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., led the letter-writing effort. Last month, Reid took to the Senate floor to say Snyder should "do what is morally right" and change the name. President Barack Obama and lawmakers from both parties have previously pressed for the name change. The letter said tribal organizations representing more than 2 million Native Americans across the U.S. have said they want the Redskins name dropped. Despite federal laws protecting their identity, "Every Sunday during football season, the Washington, D.C., football team mocks their culture," the senators wrote. "The NFL can no longer ignore this and perpetuate the use of this name as anything but what it is: a racial slur," the letter said. Cheap Diamondbacks Jerseys Cheap Braves Jerseys Cheap Orioles Jerseys Cheap Red Sox Jerseys Cheap Cubs Jerseys Cheap White Sox Jerseys Cheap Reds Jerseys Cheap Indians Jerseys Cheap Rockies Jerseys Cheap Tigers Jerseys Cheap Astros Jerseys Cheap Royals Jerseys Cheap Angels Jerseys Cheap Dodgers Jerseys Cheap Marlins Jerseys ' ' '
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