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NBA: Oklahoma City 114, Golden State 109

Mon, 12/06/2010 - 09:42 by Prince damin

Oklahoma City -- Kevin Durant pumped in 28 points for Oklahoma City and the Thunder survived a late scare Sunday for a 114-109 decision over Golden State.

Durant returned after missing a pair of games with a knee injury and made an immediate impact, going 11-of-12 from the free-throw line and grabbing seven rebounds.

Reggie Williams canned a basket with 7 seconds remaining to pull the Warriors within three at 112-109. But Durant then sank a clutch pair of free throws after drawing a foul from Stephen Curry to ice the contest.

Russell Westbrook added 19 points and distributed 13 assists as the Thunder won for the third time in four games.

Warriors' draft pick Udoh to have surgery

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 02:24 by Pankaj Damin

San Jose, Calif. -- Golden State's fortunes have taken an off-season bad turn with rookie forward Ekpe Udoh needing surgery to fix a torn ligament in his left wrist.

The San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday Udoh will have the injury repaired Wednesday by San Francisco surgeon Bill Green and could be out four to six months. Doctors will have a better idea of his recovery time after the procedure, the newspaper said.

Udoh, the sixth overall pick in this year's draft, was hurt during a supervised workout July 4 at the team's practice facility.

He averaged 13.9 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 3.69 blocked shots per game as a junior last season for Baylor.

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California unemployment hits 12.2 percent

Sat, 09/19/2009 - 01:48 by Salinder Kumar

Sacramento -- California officials said the Golden State lost 12,300 jobs in August, a sharp decline from July, but still enough to push unemployment to a postwar record.

Despite the slowing rate of job losses, the unemployment rate for the state reached a postwar high of 12.2 percent in August, The Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

That puts California fourth on the nation's list of high jobless rates behind Michigan, where unemployment is 15.2 percent, Nevada with unemployment at 13.2 percent and Rhode Island at 12.8 percent.

"These job losses would have been twice as bad but for growth in electronics
exports and government-related employment," said Philip Romero, dean of the College of Business and Economics at Cal State Los Angeles.