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2012–13 Oklahoma City Thunder season

NBA professional basketball team season

Field	Value
team	Oklahoma City Thunder
end_year	2013
DivisionWin	yes
wins	60
losses	22
division	Northwest
division_place	1
conf_place	1
coach	Scott Brooks
gm	Sam Presti
owners	Professional Basketball Club LLC
arena	Chesapeake Energy Arena
playoffs	[Conference Semifinals](2013-nba-playoffs-bracket)
(lost to [Grizzlies](2012-13-memphis-grizzlies-season) 1–4)
bbr_team	OKC
television	Fox Sports Oklahoma

(lost to Grizzlies 1–4)

KWPN
WWLS-FM

The 2012–13 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 5th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 47th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). After their trip to the NBA Finals, despite losing the Finals to the Miami Heat in five games, the Thunder improved on last season's output, winning 60 games, earning them the top seed in the Western Conference and second overall. The first round pitted the Thunder against the eight-seeded Houston Rockets, led by James Harden, a former Thunder player. Despite a season-ending injury to Russell Westbrook in Game 2, the Thunder still managed to breeze past the Rockets in six games, to advance to the next round, where they faced the Memphis Grizzlies. The absence of Westbrook, however, affected the Thunder and they would end up losing to the Grizzlies in five games.

Previous season

The Thunder finished the 2011–12 season 47–19 in the lockout shortened season to finish in first place in the Northwest Division, second in the Western Conference and qualified for the playoffs. The Thunder made it to the 2012 NBA Finals but were defeated 4–1 against the Miami Heat. Last season featured Kevin Durant's third consecutive scoring title, Durant being named the MVP of the 2012 NBA All-Star Game, All-Star appearances for Durant and Russell Westbrook, James Harden being awarded the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award and an All-Defensive First-Team selection for Serge Ibaka.

Offseason

Draft picks

Main article: 2012 NBA draft

Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Round	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Pick	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="20%"	Player	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="15%"	Position	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="15%"	Nationality	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="20%"	College/Club team
1	28	Perry Jones	SF	United States	Baylor

The Thunder had only their own first-round pick entering the draft. The Thunder traded their 2012 second-round pick in the Robert Vaden trade to the Minnesota Timberwolves back in 2011. The Thunder ended 2012 NBA draft night with Baylor forward Perry Jones.

Trades

On October 27, the Thunder traded reigning sixth man of the year James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to the Houston Rockets in exchange for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, a 2013 first-round pick, a 2013 second-round pick and a 2014 first-round pick. Harden was set to hit restricted free agency following the 2012-13 season and was unable to work out an extension. The Thunder offered a four-year, $55 million extension which was $4.5 million less than the max contract that Harden coveted. Due to the NBA's luxury tax, the Thunder were unwilling to offer a max extension to Harden in order to avoid paying hefty taxes. Two years later, Harden reiterated the point that he would still be with the Thunder had money not been an issue.

In exchange for Harden, the Thunder received Kevin Martin and Jeremy Lamb. Martin came off the 2011-12 season as the leading scorer for the Rockets, averaging 17.1 points. Martin, who since been a starter since 2006, became the Thunder's new sixth man. Lamb, a rookie out of UConn was also sent to the Thunder. Lamb was originally selected 12th overall in the 2012 NBA draft coming off two seasons with the Huskies with career averages of 14.1 points.

Free agency

Main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions

For this offseason, free agency began on July 1, 2012, while the July moratorium ended on July 11. Derek Fisher, Royal Ivey and Nazr Mohammed were set to hit unrestricted free agency. On July 27, Royal Ivey and Nazr Mohammed signed with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Chicago Bulls respectively. On November 28, Derek Fisher signed a one-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

On July 11, Hasheem Thabeet signed a contract with the Thunder. Thabeet was originally selected 2nd overall in the 2009 NBA draft that saw James Harden go 3rd overall. Thabeet spent the 2011-12 season with the Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers. On September 12, DeAndre Liggins signed a contract with the Thunder. Liggins was originally selected 53rd overall in the 2011 NBA draft spending only one season with the Orlando Magic last year. On October 31, Daniel Orton signed a contract with the Thunder. Orton, who also spent last season with the Orlando Magic, was originally selected 29th overall in the 2010 NBA draft.

On August 18, Serge Ibaka agreed to a four-year, $48 million contract extension to stay with the Thunder.

Front office and coaching changes

On October 12, the Thunder announced Mike Wilks as a pro scout. Wilks joins the Thunder after playing seven seasons in the league, including a stint with the Thunder during the 2008-09 season.

Roster

Scott Brooks
Mark Bryant
Maurice Cheeks
Rex Kalamian
Brian Keefe

Standings

Conference

Division

Game log

Preseason

0–1
2
October 12
@ Utah

0–2
3
October 16
Charlotte

1–2
4
October 19
Phoenix

2–2
5
October 21
Denver

3–2
6
October 23
@ Chicago

3–3
7
October 24
Dallas

Regular season

0–1
2
November 2
Portland

1–1
3
November 4
Atlanta

1–2
4
November 6
Toronto

2–2
5
November 8
@ Chicago

3–2
6
November 9
Detroit

4–2
7
November 11
Cleveland

5–2
8
November 12
@ Detroit

6–2
9
November 14
Memphis

6–3
10
November 16
@ New Orleans

7–3
11
November 18
Golden State

8–3
12
November 21
L. A. Clippers

9–3
13
November 23
@ Boston

9–4
14
November 24
@ Philadelphia

10–4
15
November 26
Charlotte

11–4
16
November 28
Houston

12–4
17
November 30
Utah

13–4
18
December 1
@ New Orleans

14–4
19
December 4
@ Brooklyn

15–4
20
December 7
L. A. Lakers

16–4
21
December 9
Indiana

17–4
22
December 12
New Orleans

18–4
23
December 14
Sacramento

19–4
24
December 17
San Antonio

20–4
25
December 19
@ Atlanta

21–4
26
December 20
@ Minnesota

21–5
27
December 25
@ Miami

21–6
28
December 27
Dallas

22–6
29
December 29
@ Houston

23–6
30
December 31
Phoenix

24–6
31
January 2
Brooklyn

24–7
32
January 4
Philadelphia

25–7
33
January 6
@ Toronto

26–7
34
January 7
@ Washington

26–8
35
January 9
Minnesota

27–8
36
January 11
@ L. A. Lakers

28–8
37
January 13
@ Portland

29–8
38
January 14
@ Phoenix

30–8
39
January 16
Denver

31–8
40
January 18
@ Dallas

32–8
41
January 20
@ Denver

32–9
42
January 22
@ L. A. Clippers

33–9
43
January 23
@ Golden State

33–10
44
January 25
@ Sacramento

34–10
45
January 27
@ L. A. Lakers

34–11
46
January 31
Memphis

35–11
47
February 2
@ Cleveland

35–12
48
February 4
Dallas

36–12
49
February 6
Golden State

37–12
50
February 8
Phoenix

38–12
51
February 10
@ Phoenix

39–12
52
February 12
@ Utah

39–13
53
February 14
Miami

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54
February 20
@ Houston

39–15
55
February 22
Minnesota

40–15
56
February 24
Chicago

41–15
57
February 27
New Orleans

42–15
58
March 1
@ Denver

42–16
59
March 3
@ L. A. Clippers

43–16
60
March 5
L. A. Lakers

44–16
61
March 7
@ New York

45–16
62
March 8
@ Charlotte

46–16
63
March 10
Boston

47–16
64
March 11
@ San Antonio

47–17
65
March 13
Utah

48–17
66
March 15
Orlando

49–17
67
March 17
@ Dallas

50–17
68
March 19
Denver

50–18
69
March 20
@ Memphis

50–19
70
March 22
@ Orlando

51–19
71
March 24
Portland

52–19
72
March 27
Washington

53–19
73
March 29
@ Minnesota

53–20
74
March 30
@ Milwaukee

54–20
75
April 4
San Antonio

55–20
76
April 5
@ Indiana

56–20
77
April 7
New York

56–21
78
April 9
@ Utah

57–21
79
April 11
@ Golden State

58–21
80
April 12
@ Portland

59–21
81
April 15
Sacramento

60–21
82
April 17
Milwaukee

Playoffs

1–0
2
April 24
Houston

2–0
3
April 27
@ Houston

3–0
4
April 29
@ Houston

3–1
5
May 1
Houston

3–2
6
May 3
@ Houston

4–2
1
May 5
Memphis

1–0
2
May 7
Memphis

1–1
3
May 11
@ Memphis

1–2
4
May 13
@ Memphis

1–3
5
May 15
Memphis

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | Ronnie Brewer ≠ | 14 | 0 | 10.1 | 26.1%

20.0%
2.9
0.7
0.6
0.0
0.9
-
Nick Collison
81
2
19.5
59.5%
0.0%
76.9%
4.1
1.5
0.6
0.4
5.1
-
Kevin Durant
81
81
51.0%
41.6%
90.5%
4.6
1.4
1.3
-
Derek Fisher ≠
24
0
14.4
33.3%
35.1%
93.3%
0.9
0.7
0.6
0.0
4.1
-
Serge Ibaka
80
80
31.1
57.3%
35.1%
74.9%
7.7
0.5
0.4
13.2
-
Reggie Jackson
70
0
14.2
45.8%
23.1%
83.9%
2.4
1.7
0.4
0.2
5.2
-
Perry Jones
38
1
7.4
39.4%
0.0%
66.7%
1.6
0.3
0.1
0.2
2.3
-
Jeremy Lamb
23
0
6.4
35.3%
30.0%
0.8
2.2
0.1
0.1
3.1
-
DeAndre Liggins
39
1
7.4
44.7%
36.8%
50.0%
1.4
0.4
0.5
0.1
1.5
-
Kevin Martin
77
0
27.7
45.0%
89.0%
2.3
1.4
0.9
0.1
14.0
-
Eric Maynor †
37
0
10.6
31.3%
32.6%
81.0%
0.5
2.0
0.3
0.0
2.8
-
Daniel Orton
13
0
8.0
46.2%
-
52.9%
2.0
0.3
0.3
0.2
2.5
-
Kendrick Perkins
78
78
25.1
45.7%
0.0%
61.1%
6.0
1.4
0.6
1.1
4.2
-
Thabo Sefolosha
81
81
27.5
48.1%
41.9%
82.6%
3.9
1.5
1.3
0.5
7.6
-
Hasheem Thabeet
66
4
11.7
-
60.4%
3.0
0.2
0.5
0.9
2.4
-
Russell Westbrook
34.9
43.8%
32.3%
80.0%
5.2
0.3
23.2
-
}
: Led team in statistic
After all games.

‡ Waived during the season

† Traded during the season

≠ Acquired during the season

Playoffs

|- | Ronnie Brewer | 1 | 0

8.0
-
-
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
Nick Collison
0
16.2
46.8%
-
91.7%
4.6
1.1
0.5
1.0
5.0
-
Kevin Durant
45.5%
31.4%
83.0%
6.3
1.3
1.1
-
Derek Fisher
0
23.7
45.7%
66.7%
1.5
0.7
0.6
0.1
8.7
-
Serge Ibaka
33.3
43.7%
44.4%
79.2%
8.4
0.7
0.0
12.8
-
Reggie Jackson
9
33.5
47.9%
30.2%
89.7%
4.9
3.6
0.5
0.5
13.9
-
Perry Jones
1
0
5.0
0.0%
-
-
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
-
DeAndre Liggins
8
0
8.5
33.3%
20.0%
25.0%
1.8
0.5
0.1
0.1
1.0
-
Kevin Martin
0
29.4
38.0%
37.0%
90.7%
3.1
1.3
0.6
0.3
14.0
-
Kendrick Perkins
19.1
26.3%
0.0%
3.7
0.6
0.7
0.5
2.2
-
Thabo Sefolosha
27.3
34.4%
31.6%
81.8%
4.5
2.1
1.1
0.5
5.7
-
Hasheem Thabeet
4
0
6.5
-
-
1.5
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.5
-
Russell Westbrook
2
2
34.0
41.5%
22.2%
85.7%
6.5
0.0
24.0
-
}
: Led team in statistic
After all games.

Individual game highs

Oklahoma City Thunder}}"	Category	Oklahoma City Thunder}}"
Points	Kevin Durant	52 vs Mavericks on January 18, 2013
Rebounds	Kevin Durant
Serge Ibaka
Serge Ibaka	17 vs Trail Blazers on November 2, 2012
17 vs Spurs on December 17, 2012
17 vs Mavericks on December 27, 2012
Assists	Russell Westbrook	14 vs Kings on January 25, 2013
Steals	Russell Westbrook	7 vs Jazz on November 30, 2012
Blocks	Serge Ibaka	8 vs Bucks on March 30, 2013
Minutes	Kevin Durant	49:40 vs Mavericks on January 18, 2013

Oklahoma City Thunder}}"	Category	Oklahoma City Thunder}}"
Field goals made	Kevin Durant	16 vs Lakers on January 11, 2013
Threes made	Kevin Martin
Kevin Martin
Thabo Sefolosha	6 vs Hawks on November 4, 2012
6 vs Hornets on November 16, 2012
6 vs Rockets on February 20, 2013
Free throws made	Kevin Durant	21 vs Mavericks on January 18, 2013
Double-doubles	Russell Westbrook	23
Triple-doubles	Kevin Durant	3

Awards and records

Awards

Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="5%"	Date	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"
November 19, 2012	Kevin Durant (1/4)	November 12–18 Player of the Week
December 3, 2012	Kevin Durant (2/4)	November 26-December 2 Player of the Week
December 6, 2012	Kevin Durant (1/2)	October/November Player of the Month
January 14, 2013	Kevin Durant (3/4)	January 7–13 Player of the Week
January 21, 2013	Kevin Durant (4/4)	January 14–20 Player of the Week
February 11, 2013	Russell Westbrook (1/1)	February 4–10 Player of the Week
April 5, 2013	Kevin Durant (2/2)	March Player of the Month
May 13, 2013	Serge Ibaka	All-Defensive First Team
May 23, 2013	Kevin Durant	All-NBA First Team
May 23, 2013	Russell Westbrook	All-NBA Second Team

Transactions

Main article: List of 2012–13 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added	Players Lost

Trades

February 21, 2013	To Oklahoma City ThunderDraft rights to Georgios Printezis	To Portland Trail BlazersEric Maynor

Free agency

Re-signed

Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="5%"	Date	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Player	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Contract
August 18, 2012	Serge Ibaka	Multi-Year Extension

Additions

Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="5%"	Date	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Player
July 11, 2012	Hasheem Thabeet	Standard	Portland Trail Blazers
September 12, 2012	DeAndre Liggins	Standard	Orlando Magic
October 31, 2012	Daniel Orton	Standard	Orlando Magic
February 25, 2012	Derek Fisher	Standard	Dallas Mavericks

Subtractions

Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="5%"	Date	Oklahoma City Thunder}}" width="10%"	Player
July 27, 2012	Royal Ivey	Free Agent	Philadelphia 76ers
July 27, 2012	Nazr Mohammed	Free Agent	Chicago Bulls
November 28, 2012	Derek Fisher	Free Agent	Dallas Mavericks

References

"2012 NBA Draft".
(December 13, 2011). "Thunder Acquires Lazar Hayward".
(June 28, 2012). "Thunder Selects Perry Jones III with 28th Pick".
(October 27, 2012). "Thunder Acquires Martin, Lamb and Multiple Draft Picks from Rockets".
(October 27, 2012). "James Harden traded to Rockets".
(October 29, 2012). "There's A Logical Reason Why The Oklahoma City Thunder Traded James Harden For Almost Nothing".
Presti, Sam. (October 27, 2012). "Thunder Acquires Martin, Lamb and Multiple Draft Picks from Rockets". nba.
(April 16, 2014). "James Harden Admits Money Was Deciding Factor in Leaving OKC Thunder".
Favale, Dan. (April 16, 2014). "James Harden Admits Money Was Deciding Factor in Leaving OKC Thunder". bleacherreport.
(November 28, 2012). "Mavs sign Derek Fisher".
(July 11, 2012). "Thunder Signs Hasheem Thabeet".
(September 12, 2012). "Thunder Signs DeAndre Liggins and Andy Rautins".
(October 31, 2012). "Thunder Signs Daniel Orton".
(August 18, 2012). "Serge Ibaka agrees to extension".
(August 18, 2012). "Serge Ibaka deal is 4 years, $48 million, league source tells Y! Sports.".
(October 12, 2012). "Thunder Announces Basketball Staff Additions, Promotions".
"2012-13 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster and Stats". basketball-reference.com.
"2011-12 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster and Stats". basketball-reference.com.
(October 27, 2012). "Thunder Acquires Martin, Lamb and Multiple Draft Picks from Rockets".
(February 21, 2013). "Thunder Acquires Ronnie Brewer and Trade Exception in Separate Deals with Knicks and Blazers".
(February 21, 2013). "Thunder Acquires Ronnie Brewer and Trade Exception in Separate Deals with Knicks and Blazers".
(August 18, 2012). "Serge Ibaka agrees to extension".
(July 11, 2012). "Thunder Signs Hasheem Thabeet".
(September 12, 2012). "Thunder Signs DeAndre Liggins and Andy Rautins".
(October 31, 2012). "Thunder Signs Daniel Orton".
(February 25, 2012). "Thunder Signs Derek Fisher".
(July 27, 2012). "Bulls sign free agent center Nazr Mohammed".
(November 28, 2012). "Mavs sign Derek Fisher".

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