Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant (L) drives to the basket against Atlanta Hawks' small forward DeMarre Carroll during the fourth quarter at Chesapeake Energy Arena Monday. — Reuters OKLAHOMA CITY — Kevin Durant scored 30 points or more for the 11th consecutive game as Oklahoma City Thunder rallied to beat the Atlanta Hawks 111-109 Monday. Durant finished with 41 points, hitting the go-ahead jumper with 1.5 seconds left for the Thunder who were down by eight points at the end of the third quarter in front of a crowd of 18,203 at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Durant was 15-of-25 from the floor and five-of-seven from three point range for Oklahoma City, who won their eighth straight game. “There's nothing more to say,” Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said of Durant, who entered the game as the league's leading scorer at 31.1 points per game. “He's a special player. He's going to be an MVP candidate until he decides to retire. He's an amazing teammate, which I'm as proud of that, as he is as a player.” Durant took a step back and scored over DeMarre Carroll with 25 seconds left in the fourth to give Oklahoma City their first lead since the opening minutes of the game. His jumper made it 109-107. Millsap led seven double-digit scorers with 23 points for the Hawks who lost their third consecutive game. Mike Scott (16), Shelvin Mack (15), Carroll (15), Kyle Korver (14), Lou Williams (10) and Dennis Schroder (10) were the others. Gustavo Ayon had 10 rebounds. Korver extended his NBA-record streak to 113 games with a three-pointer. Suns 124, 76ers 113: Gerald Green scored a season-high 30 points and backcourt partner Goran Dragic added 24 as Phoenix used a fast start to knock off the Philadelphia 76ers. Phoenix (26-18) shot 77.3 percent from the field in the first quarter while outscoring the Sixers 40-26 - the Suns' highest-scoring first quarter of the season - and then fought off Philadelphia (14-31) the rest of the way. Michael Carter-Williams had 22 points and 11 assists for the 76ers. Raptors 104, Nets 103: Patrick Patterson's 12-foot jumper with six seconds left lifted the Toronto Raptors to victory over the Brooklyn Nets. The forward stole guard Deron Williams' inbound pass, then took a pass from guard Kyle Lowry to give Toronto the lead. Clippers 114, Bucks 86: Blake Griffin scored 20 points, and the Los Angeles Clippers extended their winning streak to three games with a victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Timberwolves 95, Bulls 86: Minnesota forward Kevin Love scored 31 points, leading the Timberwolves to a victory over the Chicago Bulls. Jazz 106, Kings 99: Derrick Favors and forwards Marvin Williams and Jeremy Evans all tallied double-doubles, and the Utah Jazz took advantage of a short-handed Sacramento Kings squad en route to earn a victory. — Agencies
