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Mike Wilks has been the little guy with big dreams. He pictured himself signing with a college basketball power.

Kevin Durant scored 33 points, Nick Collison added 18 points in his first game back from an injury and the Oklahoma City Thunder handed the Philadelphia 76ers their eighth straight loss, 117-106 on Wednesday night.

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Oklahoma City Thunder TV :A NBATV; KSBI-HDA Stream : Click Here Radio : WWLS The Sports Animal Time : 7:00 CST Offensive Rating : Thunder a ' 104.4 ,A 76ers a ' 105.3 Defensive Rating : Thunder a ' 101.7 ,A 76ers a ' 110.7 Pace : Thunder a ' 92.1 , 76ers a ' 91.3 View from the enemy : Philadunkia The Sixers are 5-13 on the ...

But with wins over Orlando, San Antonio, Miami and Utah, some Thunder fans are buzzing about possibly making the playoffs.

Some losses are frustrating because of who you lost to. Some are frustrating because of how you lost.

Injuries are starting to mount for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Starting center Nenad Krstic, averaging 8.3 points and 4.9 rebounds will miss tonight's contest with Houston because of a sore achilles.

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Dave Berri, author of "The Wages of Wins" and the winner of the 2009 Truehoop Stat Geek Smackdown has some encouraging words for and about the Thunder today on his W. of W. blog.

Last October this was quite the debate . Just to recap: The media and coaches have always liked Durant.

The Oklahoma City Thunder passed the ball all over the court, played smothering defense and looked like a team with legitimate hopes of making the playoffs.

Miami Heat power forward Udonis Haslem was held out of Wednesday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks after aggravating a shoulder strain during the latter stages of Tuesday night's home loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

PROGRAMMING NOTE : I will be going out of town for a few days. Daily Thunder will still be up and running at full capacity though.

I have no idea what is going on here. This actually comes to mind. So the Thunder drops a bad one at home to the Clippers.

Kevin Durant scored 32 points, Russell Westbrook had 24 and the Oklahoma City Thunder added to their surprising start by beating the Miami Heat 100-87 on Tuesday night.

The day after their inspirational win in San Antonio, the Thunder faced an even more significant game at home against the imminently beatable Los Angeles Clippers.

San Antonio Spurs center Antonio McDyess scrambles for a loose ball against Oklahoma City's Nick Collison during the second half of an NBA basketball game at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Saturday, Nov.

Thunder forward Kevin Durant is guarded by the Spurs' Richard Jefferson during a preseason game at the Erwin Center in Austin.

It was a bipolar week featuring the Thunder's best performance of the season, and followed immediately by their most embarrassing loss to date.A As a result, the article trying to make sense of this team that I had planned isn't going to happen because I am having trouble figuring them out.A So, instead, enjoy a bunch of random thoughts I've had ...

PAUL KITAGAKI JR. pkitagaki@sacbee.com Recently signed Ime Udoka, left, of the Kings steals the ball from Oklahoma City's Nick Collison in the first half Tuesday night at Arco Arena.

If you can't tell, I'm a little obsessed with the details of basketball. I like knowing how and why the other team scored, as well as my own.