December 2010 - A Month in Review Part Two

(Holiday home shopping with Byron Mullens: 12.28.2010)

Buckeyes Spreading Holiday Kindness: OKC Thunder players Daequan Cook & Byron Mullens helped put smiles on the faces of area families during community events in December. Both took part in Christmas toy drives for Oklahoma City youth, and Mullens held his own home shopping spree on December 38.

-Picture Gallery - Homeland Shopping with Byron Mullens

Mullens helped provide smiles off the court, and earned the support of his Thunder teammates on the court during a game vs Cleveland on December 12, 2010. The center played seven minutes and scored five points to go with five rebounds.




-Team of the Month: BC Chevakata

Jessica Davenport & Chevekata (Vologda, Russia) went 6-0 in the month of December. Half of their wins came in the FIBA Eurocup competition, and other three were in the Russian League.

Average margin of victory = 24 points (Biggest victory - 98-48, a 50 point drubbing over Lithuanian team Lemminkainen in Eurocup play). Davenport averaged 19 points & 9 rebounds in the month's six gamea. Her 28 points & 12 boards vs Dynamo-GUVD on 12.19.2010 is a season best so far.

News of the Month: Turner in Phoenix - The most noteworthy event or news item of December 2010 had to be. Evan Turner's road performance vs the Phoenix Suns (12.29.2010) Turner totaled a rookie high 23 points behind an efficient 9 of 12 from the field. The mark would tie Daequan Cook at third place in single points in a game as a rookie. (modern era)

(Scoring totals - remember, Greg's true rookie season was 2008/2009 after missing the prior season)

1. Mike Conley Jr. 25 points vs Minnesota (4.12.2008)
2. Greg Oden 24 points/15 rebounds vs Milwaukee (1.19.2009)
3. Daequan Cook 23 points vs L.A. Clippers (3.10.2008) - Evan Turner 23 points vs Phoenix Suns (12.29.2010)
4. Daequan Cook 22 points vs Toronto (4.14.2009)
5. Daequan Cook 21 points vs New York (3.26.2009)