Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins jams home two points in a recent game, left photo, and then makes his point known as he heads down court. So far this season, Perkins is averaging 4.9 points a game, 6.3 rebounds and one block in 26.6 minutes played per contest. Read more | Preview

The Thunder continued their road trip south of Oregon into Los Angeles to take on the Lakers Thursday. In Derek Fisher’s return to L.A., Oklahoma City showed toughness by neutralizing the Lakers’ big men on the glass. The Thunder didn’t let tired legs get to them in the second half where they rolled to their fifth straight victory. Read more | Preview

Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook’s monstrous dunk over Chicago’s 7-foot Omer Asik on Sunday ranked as the No. 1 play on ESPN’s SportsCenter on that night’s broadcast. Westbrook finished with 27 points as the Thunder cruised to a 92-78 win over the No. Read more | Preview

But now, as the newest member of the Thunder, Fisher is like one of the family, and it took less than three hours for the relationship to turn from hate to love. Fisher arrived at the arena shortly before 5 p.m., two hours before tip-off with the Los. Read more | Preview

After the Thunder defeated Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles Clippers 114-91 last week, Brooks talked about some of the younger players, including Hayward who knocked down two consecutive three-point shots in the second quarter to give the Thunder a 44-37 lead. Read more | Preview

There was little, if any, doubt the Thunder players were glad to be back home in Chesapeake Arena and winning again. The supposed home court advantage hadn’t been so kind against teams like Cleveland, San Antonio and Houston. All three were games the Thunder and their fans would have liked to win, but they didn’t. Read more | Preview

TOP LEFT: Thunder player Serge Ibaka records a slam dunk against Detroit earlier in the season, while at top right, Kevin Durant pushes the ball upcourt. The Thunder returns home Friday to play Western Conference rival San Antonio, and then hosts Portland on Sunday. Read more | Preview

When looking at the record of the Oklahoma City Thunder, the casual observer might think there are no problems for the top team in the Western Conference.

However, a closer examination of key stats will illustrate that the Thunder has one major issue to improve on – turnovers.

The high number of turnovers has been a constant source of worry for head coach Scott Brooks.

So far, Oklahoma City has shown the uncanny ability to have more turnovers than their opponent and still win. Not so last week when the Thunder played at Atlanta and committed 21 turnovers compared to 14 for the Hawks.

There’s no stopping Durant, who even excels away from the Thunder team. Last Sunday, the lanky power forward tallied 36 points in the NBA All-Star game to win the Most Valuable Player Award. It was big news for the Thunder organization and its fans. It was big news for Oklahoma City and its reputation in the professional basketball world. Read more | Preview

Instead of saying Ibaka, broadcasters and writers are now referring to the three-year pro as “I-blocka,” for his league-leading blocks per game. Right now, I-blocka is averaging slightly more than three blocks a contest. In the Feb. 9 game against Sacramento, he had 10 blocks. Read more | Preview

Again, the Bombers put together a potential game-winning situation with runners on base. One hit and the Bombers would have gotten their revenge from an earlier tournament loss to Norman North. However, Norman North pitching stifled the Midwest City bats as the Timberwolves held on for a narrow 7-6 victory. Read more | Preview

McGuinness at Carl Albert, 4 p.m. Choctaw at Mustang, 4 p.m. April 28. Read more | Preview

Midwest City Lady Bomber Jasmine Gaddis, center, signs a basketball letter of intent to play next season with Western Oklahoma Junior College. Sitting with Gaddis are her parents. Standing is Midwest City High School Principal Chris Reynolds, Western assistant coach Jerry Kassin and Bomber assistant coach Tommy Griffin. Read more | Preview

After dropping two of three games in its own tournament last week, the Jackets lost two consecutive games to Yukon, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 6A. Choctaw was ranked in the top 20 earlier in the season, but has since dropped from the list.. Read more | Preview

Tryouts for the 2012-2013 Carl Albert High School Pom squad were recently held. Those making the team are bottom row, l to r, Blakely Harvey; Alexis Newey, Captain; Brooklyn Payne, Captain; Shellby Anderson. Middle row, l-r, are Karlie Foster; Nicole Wade; Breanne Kassan; Kacey Brewer; Pauly Allsbrook; Megan Wilson and Hunter Hughes. Read more | Preview

Carl Albert freshman Alex Jackson (16) defends an Edmond Santa Fe player during action last week. The Lady Titans defeated Northwest Classen 7-0 Tuesday night. In tournament action last weekend, the Lady Titans lost to Mustang 2-0 and Edmond Santa Fe 3-0. Read more | Preview

Bruno also carried Midwest City at the plate in the first game. He went 3-for-4 with a double and scored two of the Bombers’ three runs. Joel Davis, Zach Brannon and Colby Reinheart combined for four hits and all three of the team’s RBI as the Bombers took the first victory of the two-game stand 3-1. Read more | Preview

Friday’s action starts at 10 a.m.; with Edmond Santa Fe and Carl Albert followed by Guthrie-Carl Albert at noon. Moore and Edmond Santa Fe play at 2:30 p.m. with the Bronchos and Word of Life playing at 5 p.m. Choctaw and Norman will play the late game at 7 p. Read more | Preview

Eastern Oklahoma County baseball teams are battling it out for spots in the playoffs. Choctaw and Midwest City played backto-back games earlier this week. The Bombers won both games by 3-1 and 9-3 scores.. Read more | Preview

The Wolves outscored the Titans in the shootout to notch the 1-0 victory. Carl Albert now stands at 3-1 with wins over Guymon, Chickasha and Mustang and is ranked No. 6 in Class 5A. The Titans defeated district foe Guymon 3-2, downed 6A ‘s Mustang 1-0 and shut out Chickasha 2-0 in games earlier this season. Read more | Preview