KENDRICK PERKINS WENT DOWN WITH A HIP INJURY, BUT THE OKLAHOMA THUNDER RE-GROUPED AND OVERCAME THE ABSENCE OF THEIR BIG MAN IN THE MIDDLE, AND WENT ON TO CAPTURE THE WIN, 103-97, AND ATTAIN THE SWEEP, 4-0, AGAINST THE DALLAS MAVERICKS ON SATURDAY NITES FIRST NBA PLAYOFF CONTEST. WITHOUT THEIR PREMIER CENTER, KENDRICK PERKINS, THE THUNDER FELL BEHIND BY AS MANY AS 15 POINTS, BUT  WITH THE PLAY OF THEIR BENCH, AND ALSO, THE PROJECTED 6TH MAN OF THE YEAR, “JAMES HARDEN”, THE THUNDER WAS ABLE TO REGAIN THE LEAD AND WIN THEIR FIRST SERIES OF THE 2012 NBA PLAYOFFS AGAINST THE DALLAS MAVERICKS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OKLAHOMA THUNDER ON THEIR VICTORY OVER THE 2011 WORLD CHAMPION DALLAS MAVERICKS.
