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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Oklahoma City Thunder are beginning to make their ascension up the Western Conference standings and the rest of the NBA should be on alert. The Thunder have won five straight and seven of their last eight games, and will welcome the Phoenix Suns to town Sunday at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Oklahoma City continued its rise with Fridays 111-92 triumph against the Minnesota Timberwolves and Russell Westbrook paced the visitors with 34 points, six assists and six rebounds. Steven Adams had 16 points and 11 rebounds, while Kevin Durant also scored 16 points. OKC was coming off a 103-94 win over Cleveland the night before. I think we did a good job coming in with a good mindset, coming off a back- to-back, said Westbrook, who extended his streak of at least 20 points, five rebounds and five assists to seven games in a row. Tough game. We came into another teams homecourt and took care of business. The Thunder scored 39 points in the first quarter to set the tone and added an additional 31 points in the second stanza. The 70 first-half points were four shy of tying a team record. Since Durant made his debut after foot surgery, the Thunder are 5-1. They have scored 100 or more points in five of those contests and are averaging 104.1 ppg in the previous eight. Oklahoma City has won four straight at home and is 6-5 as the host. It will head west next for three games against Sacramento, Golden State and the Los Angeles Lakers. The Suns have lost four in a row and will try to improve their 6-6 road mark. Phoenix sustained a 105-103 loss to the lowly Detroit Pistons on Friday, as Andre Drummond led the visitors with 23 points and 14 rebounds. The Pistons were able to stop a 13-game slide. Goran Dragic scored 18 points to lead the Suns, Markieff Morris posted 17 and both P.J. Tucker and Eric Bledsoe netted 16 points for Phoenix, which made 47 percent from the floor and committed 17 turnovers for 28 Detroit points. There were 19 lead changes on the game and the Pistons grabbed some breathing room on a Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 3-pointer to break a 97-97 tie. Were a .500 team. That doesnt guarantee us wins over any team in the league, Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek said. The 12-12 Suns have lost two in a row on the road. Dragic is averaging 21.1 points in his last seven games and hopes to give the Suns a backcourt advantage against Westbrook. Phoenix and Oklahoma City will play the first of four straight meetings this season. The Suns won two of three in this series a season ago. OKC has won six straight at home versus the Suns. Authentic NFL Jerseys . With his father watching from the stands, Harrison homered, doubled, single and drove in a career-high five runs to lead the Pirates to a 8-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday. 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Which is to say, the top of this years draft class is not as dynamic or exciting as the 2013 class of Nate MacKinnon, Sasha Barkov, Jonathan Drouin and Seth Jones and its not as strikingly promising as the highly-anticipated 2015 slate of Connor McDavid, Jack Eichel and Noah Hanifin.I would normally say thumbs down to the suggestion that a goalie should win the Hart Trophy. Heres my problem with goalies as MVPs -- of course, they are! One of the top goalies in the league on one of the top teams in the league is unquestionably valuable -- hes on the ice for the whole game and he has to make saves if his team is to win, and if you think a goalie should win the Hart one year, you should probably pick a goalie every year. I will accept a goalie as the proper MVP choice only if there isnt a better one who plays forward or defence. I thought that was the case both times the Hart went to Dominik Hasek. So, do I hear you say thats the case this season? You got me. Thumbs up to Carey Price. I cant name a player who has been more valuable to his team this season. I came to this conclusion, which is still subject to change, mind you, as I watched Price extend his shutout streak in Montreals 1-0 overtime win against Washington Saturday. Price was at his very best, frustrating the Capitals at every turn, making them pass instead of shoot, and vice versa, because their normal instincts were always wrong, or Price made it seem that way. In fact, Washington might have scored four or five timess against anyone else yesterday, but they werent going to beat Price once.dddddddddddd If I stick with him for the Hart at the end of the season, Ill remember Saturday. ----- Never mind those tanking advocates in Buffalo or anywhere else, my thumb is up to a game the Buffalo Sabres should definitely try to win. Start the buildup now for their home game against the Dallas Stars on Feb. 7. The Sabres have lost 14 straight games, and unless they beat Montreal or St. Louis in their next two starts, the streak will be at 16, or one short of the record of 17 established in 1975 by the Washington Capitals and equalled by San Jose in 1993. A loss to Dallas and their former coach Lindy Ruff would saddle the Sabres with another piece of that unwanted mark and would leave them one more loss from sole ownership of it. A potential 18th straight defeat would involve the New York Islanders. Stopping short of that wouldnt affect the current McEichel landscape. Buffalo can win a game, still be 30th, and avoid embarrassment that awaits in the record book. For all the win lose or lose win scenarios that might accompany the Sabres this season, the Sabres can only win by winning…once more - and soon. ' ' '