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Thunder reserve James Harden
Topic Started: Jan 16 2014, 01:37 AM (124 Views)
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Thunder reserve James Harden has not yet been cleared to play after suffering a concussion when he took an elbow to the head from the Lakers Metta World Peace. Coach Scott Brooks said Harden would not play Tuesday night against Sacramento and was not expected to even be at the Chesapeake Energy Arena. Brooks said Harden would be re-evaluated before Oklahoma City plays its regular-season finale against Denver on Wednesday night. He would not say whether he would play Harden if doctors allow it or hold him out as a precaution. "Thats hypothetical. I dont know," Brooks said. "Until I find out if that is the case, I would have to think about that." Harden was hurt when World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, swung his left elbow and hit him on the back of the head behind his left ear during a game Sunday. Harden was able to fly back to Oklahoma City and is going through the leagues new process of getting cleared to play after a concussion. "Theres steps that we have to take. We just have to continue that, the process of doing all the steps," Brooks said, adding that there was "really no update." He said Harden "did a few things but just not everything" in the teams shootaround on Tuesday morning. "He seems fine to me," NBA scoring leader Kevin Durant said. "Im happy that everything is OK with him, nothing too serious, I guess. Were just taking it a day at a time. We care more about James health than him being on the court playing basketball for us." Even with nothing to gain in the West standings, Brooks said he will "definitely" play his normal starters this week but he may reduce their playing time slightly. The Thunder were locked into the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference playoffs with two regular-season games remaining. They still were jockeying for position with Miami in the overall NBA standings, which would only come into play if both teams reach the finals. "Thats not how I operate or the team operates. We focus on whats at hand," Brooks said. "Its kind of fun to think of those terms but you cant be that arrogant to think that youre getting past three rounds and youre focusing on Miami or Chicago. "Its about who we play now and who we play in the first round. ... The history of the league tells you you can win on anybodys court." Brooks said keeping the team healthy was his No. 1 priority heading into the post-season, yet he wasnt planning extensive rest for his key players. "We still want to keep working on playing good basketball, working on our good habits," Brooks said. "Weve done a good job all year. Were not going to stop now. No matter who plays, we still have a standard that we have to make sure its in check. "I really dont know right now the minutes. Still, they have to play a good amount of minutes to get a good rhythm and a good flow of the game. I cant imagine 40 minutes. Its probably mid-30s to low 30s on the guys that average that." Durant ranks third in the league with 38.7 minutes per game and just moved past Kobe Bryant for the scoring lead after the Thunders loss in Los Angeles on Sunday. Fellow All-Star Russell Westbrook is averaging 35.5 minutes. "If I play, I dont want to play 15, 20 minutes," Durant said. "Scotty, whatever he wants me to do, Ill do it. But I really dont want to play a half or something like that. I want to go out there and, if I do play, kick it in full drive and use that as an opportunity to get better." "Once Im in the mode and the energy is going, I just dont like to get pulled out and sit for a while," he added. "I just want to hopefully play as long as I can. But well see what Scotty does." Durant, who has won the scoring title the last two seasons, is averaging 27.906 points to Bryants 27.862. "I know if I was in that situation, it would be on my mind and I would want it," Brooks said. "Im selfish and I would want to be able to say Im the scoring champion. 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Atletico has won 11 of 12 games in all competitions as Simeone continues to forge Spains best chance of a side capable of mounting a challenge to Barcelona and Real Madrids recent domestic dominance. While Falcao was initially unable to get going in attack, he proved critical in Atleticos defence just before halftime when he blocked Antoine Griezmanns goal-bound shot with goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois caught off his line. The teams looked set to split the points when substitute Cristian Rodriguez earned a foul just outside the box, and Falcao made sure not to waste the games last chance with a strike that left goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai diving in vain. Also on Sunday, Espanyol won its first game after eight rounds thanks to Christian Stuanis injury-time winner to beat Rayo Vallecano 3-2, while Miguel "Michel" Alfonso struck from long range three minutes from time to give Levante a 1-0 victory at Getafe. 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