"When the Thunder played last Wednesday night at Washington, it had the NBA's best record at 12-2 and lost to the team with the league's worst record in the 1-12 Wizards.

When the Thunder played this Wednesday night at home against New Orleans, it had the Western Conference's best record at 14-3 and was on the verge of losing to the conference's worst record in the 3-14 Hornets.

OKC managed to regain its focus before another sellout crowd of 18,203 inside Chesapeake Energy Arena and escaped with a 101-91 victory over New Orleans, which has now lost nine straight."