(SportsNetwork.com) - Kevin Durant returned for the Oklahoma City Thunder last time out and the team will try to make a move in the standings, starting Friday night when the Washington Wizards visit Chesapeake Energy Arena. Durant returned from a six-game absence to score a season-high 44 points with 10 rebounds and lead the Thunder to a 137-134 overtime win against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday. Durant sprained his right ankle after scoring 30 points in the first half at Golden State on Dec. 18, with the Thunder going 3-3 during his absence. Russell Westbrook was ejected late in the first half after making a contested layup, then walking over to the Suns bench and taunting them. He finished with 20 points for the Thunder. That was a heck of a basketball game. Hard fought by both teams, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. Both teams deserved to win this game. Serge Ibaka chipped in 15 points, followed by 11 from Anthony Morrow and 10 out of Reggie Jackson. The Thunder took a six-point lead in overtime and Phoenix couldnt catch up enough. That said, the Suns had a chance at victory late in the extra session, but couldnt score. Fridays game represents the third in a five-game road trip for the Wizards. They opened with a solid, one-point victory in Houston, then followed the next night with a dud. The Dallas Mavericks annihilated the Wizards, 114-87, for Washingtons most lopsided loss of the season. John Wall came back to earth with 11 points and eight assists -- a good game but average by his recent standards -- as Washingtons three-game win streak came to a screeching halt. Wall finished December with 10 double-doubles in 16 games, and the Wizards ended the month with a 12-4 record. They just beat us - in every phase of the game they were better than us tonight, and turnovers obviously being the biggest part - 33 to 6 in points off turnovers, Wizards coach Randy Wittman said. The Mavericks built an 18-point lead in the second half and outscored Washington in each of the last two quarters as well to complete the rout. Kris Humphries also scored 11 points, while Bradley Beal and Marcin Gortat had 10 apiece. The Wizards committed 23 turnovers, which the Mavs converted into 33 points, compared to seven from Dallas. Washington will visit the San Antonio Spurs on Saturday, then the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday to close the trip. The two teams split the last six meetings, although the Wizards have never beaten the Thunder in Oklahoma City in five tries. Fake Cubs Jerseys . Murakami gracefully executed a double triple toe jump and a triple flip jump that put her at the top of a tightly contested race with 64.73 points, just ahead of Li Zijun of China on 62. Custom Chicago Cubs Jerseys . “The shootout, theres nothing wrong with it, I think its an exciting part of the game but its just one small aspect,” said Chicago Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman. “Its a skill exhibition. If you can get it back closer to regular hockey and have it decided that way; that would be my preference.” “I dont think its a knock on the shootout, I think more of the managers would like to see it end in overtime,” added Washington Capitals GM George McPhee. https://www.cheapcubs.com/ . Hamels threw seven sharp innings to earn his 100th career victory, Domonic Brown had a career-best five RBIs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Cincinnati Reds 12-1 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak. Chicago Cubs Store .J. Hardy to avoid a three-game sweep after blowing a big early lead. Odour had a leadoff single in the seventh and scored the tiebreaking run with the help of two errors by Hardy as the Rangers went on to beat the Orioles 8-6 on Thursday night. Chicago Cubs Pro Shop . Seager had another triple, a home run and a double in a rare feat not seen in more than 40 years, leading Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners past the New York Yankees 10-2. "It was a weird play," Seager said of the triple in the fourth inning.MADRID, Spain -- Real Madrid presented its redesign of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium on Friday, a reported 400 million euros ($540 million) renovation it expects will transform its home ground into a world icon. German company GMT Architects, which has also designed the Arena Amazonia World Cup stadium in Manaus, Brazil, will lead the redesign which will see the stadium receive a new exterior with a hotel andd shopping centre added.dddddddddddd Madrid, which has debts of over 500 million euros ($675 million), plans to finance the project by selling naming rights to the stadium and through a bond issue among Madrid members. President Florentino Perez says "we want the new stadium to be a world icon." The Bernabeu, which was inaugurated in 1947, was last reworked for the 1982 World Cup. ' ' '