Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries

Oklahoma City Thunder: 32-year-old Nick Collison focused on goal of winning a championship

BY JOHN ROHDEThe Thunder was eliminated in the second round of the playoffs, and losing point guard Russell Westbrook to season-ending knee surgery didn't make the outcome any easier to accept for veteran power forward Nick Collison. “Not really.Read more on NewsOK.com Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder: Looking back on the best and worst of the 2012-13 season

BY JOHN ROHDETOP FIVE MOMENTS 1. Russell Westbrook injury (April 24, 2013): Game 2 in the opening round of the Western Conference playoffs.Read more on NewsOK.com Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder: Kendrick Perkins knows about playoff injuries

Berry Tramel Kendrick Perkins was reminded Thursday that this Thunder season isn’t the first time an injury potentially cost him an NBA championship.Read more on NewsOK.com Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder: Analyzing Game 5

Berry Tramel[img]2062740[/img] Well, it’s over, this Thunder season ending just like we knew it would, ever since Russell Westbrook’s injury.Read more on NewsOK.com Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman

Rockets guard Patrick Beverley bombarded with hateful Tweets after Thunder get eliminated

When Russell Westbrook went down with a season-ending knee injury last month, Patrick Beverley, the guy whose hustle play resulted in OKC's bad break, received some Twitter hate. Most notably, a Thunder ball boy threatened to kill the Rockets guard. Well, it seems, those digital tough guys have reappeared. On Wednesday night, after the the Thunder was eliminated from the playoffs by Memphis, a number of Thunder fans (or maybe just Russell Westbrook fans) took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. But instead of blaming tough luck or just admitting that, without Westbrook, the Grizzlies were j... Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder: OKC's promising season cut short

BY DARNELL MAYBERRY, Staff Writer, dmayberry@opubco.comAll the Thunder wanted to do was extend the series. Take it back to Memphis and see what happens. “It's not hoping for a miracle to win one game at home,” coach Scott Brooks said at his team's morning shootaround. In the end, it wasn't meant to be. A season that started off so promising, with high hopes and championship dreams, was cut short Wednesday night, derailed by the harsh realities of professional basketball, first an untimely trade and then a tragic injury. After 93 games, 65 ending with Oklahoma City on the winning side, the obst... Oklahoman

Kevin Durant “excited” for future of Reggie Jackson, former Mr. Colorado Basketball

If Russell Westbrook had not been injured, the Thunder would have won the Western Conference, I believe (not that I’m going out on a limb here or anything). Alas, history was detoured — and the Thunder’s season is now over. But the injury did provide an opportunity for Reggie Jackson, the Palmer High (Colorado Springs) [...] All Things Nuggets | Denver Post

Russell Westbrook Stars in New Jordan Brand Spot

Darnell Mayberry Russell Westbrook is sidelined with a knee injury, but that won’t stop a recently filmed commercial staring the Thunder point guard from debuting today.Read more on NewsOK.com Thunder Rumblings | Oklahoman

OKC Thunder: Why this is one injury Russell Westbrook can't play through

BY DARNELL MAYBERRYRussell Westbrook has played through a ton of injuries during his first five NBA seasons. A torn meniscus will not be one of them. Westbrook on Thursday, in his first public comments since undergoing season-ending knee surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his right knee, removed any remaining doubt about whether he will return at any point during the Oklahoma City Thunder's postseason run. “I want to compete,” said Westbrook, who had never missed a game prior to his injury.Read more on NewsOK.com Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder: Russell Westbrook 'knew something was wrong with my knee'

By DARNELL MAYBERRYThunder point guard Russell Westbrook held a press conference Thursday morning, speaking for the first time about his season-ending knee injury and what life has been like for him and the Thunder in the aftermath of his first major injury. Here is a transcript of Westbrook's press conference. Did you know immediately something was wrong? Kind of.Read more on NewsOK.com Oklahoman