Chris Landsberger/Oklahoman
The most frustrating night of Thunder basketball this season came complete with the first ejection of Kevin Durant's career.
You read that right. Kevin Durant got ejected.
It was that kind of night Wednesday inside Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oklahoma City started slow, finished poorly and, ultimately, let frustration boil over, all of which allowed the Brooklyn Nets to blindside the Thunder with an unexpected yet thorough 110-93 thumping. The loss was the Thunder's worst defeat at home since suffering a 21-point drubbing at the hands of Utah on Halloween 2010. The Nets also snapped the Thunder's league-best 12-game home winning streak and dropped OKC to 24-7 one day after it had regained the league's best ...
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