Evans spoils Durant's season debut as Pelicans down Thunder

ByReuters

Updated 03/12/2014 at 05:42 GMT

Tyreke Evans scored 15 consecutive fourth-quarter points en route to a season-high 30, as New Orleans ruined Kevin Durant's season debut with a 112-104 victory over Oklahoma City at the Smoothie King Center.

Tyreke Evans of the New Orleans Pelicans (Reuters)

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Pelicans 112, Thunder 104

Pelicans forward Anthony Davis added 25 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and four blocks.

In his first game after missing nearly seven weeks with a broken right foot, Durant played 29 minutes and scored a team-high 27 points on 9-of-18 shooting. Russell Westbrook scored 21 points but finished 6-for-20 from the floor.

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