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OKLAHOMA CITY -- Serge Ibaka ripped away an offensive rebound, got hacked in the process and found his way toward midcourt to flex his muscles in celebration. Wes Welker Limited Jersey . Ibaka is a force to be reckoned with, and what better way to show it than by delivering his best game of the season against a rival who had a player take a jab at him on Twitter? Ibaka tied his career best with 25 points and grabbed a season-high 17 rebounds, and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 107-93 Monday night for their 11th straight win. The victory kept San Antonio from creating a virtual tie with the Thunder for the NBAs best record. It was the first meeting for the teams since San Antonios Stephen Jackson made a threatening post about Ibaka on Twitter, drawing a $25,000 fine from the NBA. "I dont want to talk about it," said Ibaka, who set the tone for Oklahoma City by making his first seven shots. "A great win for us. We need that. Its about a team win." Jackson just happened to make his return after missing the previous 14 games with a broken right pinkie finger. The two had a chance for a confrontation in the first half when Jackson stood in the way as Ibaka went up to catch an alley-oop from Durant. Jackson stood his ground to prevent Ibaka from dunking, and Ibaka fell to the floor. But Jackson simply raised his hand to claim credit for the foul and peace prevailed. "Im leaving that alone," Jackson said. "Its all basketball. Whatever was said on the court is going to stay on the court and Im going to leave it alone. "I wish Serge the best." The Spurs never found an answer for Ibaka, who had just four points while fighting foul trouble in Oklahoma Citys season-opening loss at San Antonio. He finished 10 for 16 from the field, led the Thunder to a 49-37 rebounding advantage and also blocked three shots. "He hurt us bad. ... He was hitting everything," said Jackson, who apologized to Ibaka on Twitter after the initial post. "Thats the same way we lost last year in the playoffs, by him hitting those same shots. I take my hat off. He played a great game tonight." The teams hadnt faced each other at Chesapeake Energy Arena since the Thunder overcame a 2-0 deficit in last seasons Western Conference finals by winning the next four games. The Spurs drew a measure of revenge in the season opener by beating Oklahoma City on Tony Parkers jumper as time expired. There were no such dramatics in this one, with Parker and Tim Duncan remaining out of the game even after James Anderson stole an ill-advised Ibaka pass and ran out for a two-handed dunk to get the deficit down to 93-84 with 5:29 remaining. The Spurs came up empty on two possessions with chances to make it closer before Kevin Martin sank a 3-pointer. Ibaka -- who else? -- and Durant each had two-handed slams in the final minutes to ice it. "It was just another game on the list for us," said Kevin Durant, who scored 19. "We really respect this team, we really knew it was going to be a tough game. It was good for us to get a win, but weve got to keep moving on." Parker and Nando De Colo had 14 points apiece to lead the Spurs. Manu Ginobili did not play because he bruised his left quadriceps in Saturdays win at Boston. Russell Westbrook chipped in 22 points and nine assists and Kevin Martin scored 20 for the Thunder, who had no interest in fanning the flames on the Ibaka-Jackson feud. "I think hes just a great player and it showed again tonight," teammate Thabo Sefolosha said. Westbrook didnt even want to admit knowing about the bad blood. "I dont know what youre talking about," he said Ibaka had five baskets in the first 6 minutes, including three in a row to wipe away an early 16-10 deficit. He and Martin combined to go 10 for 10 and score 23 points as Oklahoma City then opened a 33-26 lead after Martins three-point play to start the second quarter. "I think he got us all going and throughout the whole game, really he made some big plays, made some big shots," Sefolosha said. San Antonio rallied behind its reserves and went up 41-39 on Tiago Splitters basket underneath before the Thunder pushed ahead for good with a 12-2 response. Oklahoma City stretched its lead with 11 straight points during the third quarter, punctuated by Nick Collisons putback that made it 71-56 with 4:27 remaining in the period. The Spurs tried going to their cornerstones to break up the spurt but Duncan had the ball stolen by Westbrook and then a shot blocked by Ibaka on consecutive possessions and Parker followed by missing a corner 3-pointer off the side of the backboard and then getting a fast-break layup swatted by Durant. Collison then scored off of Sefoloshas missed 3-pointer, and it was on the next possession that Ibaka flexed his muscles after grabbing three straight offensive rebounds. "Hes growing every single day," Durant said. 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The Philadelphia Wings, with Brandon Miller in goal and with his Orangeville pal Brodie Merrill wearing the captains C, beat the Toronto Rock 12-10 in their second and final visit of the National Lacrosse League season Friday night.ANAHEIM, Calif. - With a new visa, a new name and a new lease on his major league career, Roberto Hernandez made his season debut for the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night and left his alter ego — Fausto Carmona — far behind. But Hernandez was soon far behind on the scoreboard after giving up home runs to Mike Trout and Chris Iannetta and wound up losing 8-4 to the Los Angeles Angels. The Indians added Hernandez to the 25-man roster on Tuesday after fellow right-hander Josh Tomlin was placed on the 15-day disabled list because of inflammation in his elbow. Hernandez, beginning his seventh big league season, was arrested in January outside the U.S. consulate in the Dominican Republic while trying to renew his visa — which he finally was granted on July 21 after he was found to be three years older than his listed age. The right-hander, who turns 32 on Aug. 30, made four minor league starts while serving a three-week suspension from Major League Baseball for age and identity fraud. "I didnt think about that. I just thought about pitching," Hernandez said. "I was very excited and very happy about getting a second chance to pitch in the big leagues, I tried not to do too much." Hernandez threw 91 pitches through six innings, allowing eight runs — five earned — and 10 hits with no walks or strikeouts. He is 23-49 with a 5.03 ERA in 111 starts since his breakout season of 2007, when he was 19-8 with a career-best 3.06 ERA for the Indians and was part of a formidable rotation that included CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Jake Westbrook and Paul Byrd. Hernandez is 0-4 in eight career starts against the Angels. He yielded just nine earned runs over 45 2-3 innings in his other starts against them, and had a loss and two no-decisions against the Angels last season despite giving up just two runs in 20 2-3 innings. His mound opponent in all three games was Dan Haren. "This was the first time he was pitching this year, so we were hoping he didnt have the stuff of the old Fausto Carmona," Angels right fielder Torii Hunter said. "He was trying to get a feel of everything and he left some balls up, so we were able to capitalize on it." The Angels parlayed five hits and three errors into a five-run second inning. Two of the errors were by recently acquired shortstop Brent Lillibridge, who butchered a potential double-play grounder by Vernon Wells and later made a wild throw to the plate. Alberto Callaspo opened the scoring with an RBI single, and Wells was credited with an RBI on the misplayed grounder to Lillibridge. Maicer Izturis then reached on a bunt single after Hernandez and catcher Carlos Santana both went for the ball to the right of the plate and missed it trying to avoid a collision. That loaded the bases for Iannetta, who hit a sacrificce fly. Matthew Slater Jersey. Trout grounded into a force play and stole second — drawing an errant throw by Carlos Santana that deflected off Lillibridges glove and allowed Wells to score. Lillibridge made a wild throw trying to get Wells, enabling Trout to end up at third, and he scored on a two-out triple by Erick Aybar. "We won the second half of the game. But you have to play nine innings, and unfortunately the second inning killed us," manager Manny Acta said. "Hernandez threw the ball a lot better than his numbers indicated. He deserved better. But we played terrible defence behind him, especially in that second inning. We blew two double-play balls, and on one of them, we didnt even get an out." Morales scored the Angels sixth run on a fielders choice grounder by Wells in the third, Trout made it 7-0 in the fourth with his 22nd homer and Iannetta added his sixth of the season in the sixth inning. It marked the 10th time in the Indians last 19 games that the staff allowed eight or more runs. "Theres only a handful of games where we struggled offensively," Wells said. "I mean, what this lineup has been able to do over the last few months has been pretty special." Santana (6-10) allowed a run and four hits in seven innings, struck out four and walked one. The right-hander, whose only other victory against the Indians was a no-hitter at Cleveland on July 27, 2011, is 2-8 in 14 career starts against the Tribe. Jason Isringhausen gave up a three-run homer in the eighth to Shin-Soo Choo, his 14th this season, but Kevin Jepsen closed it out with a perfect ninth. Plate umpire Greg Gibson was forced from the game in the bottom of the fifth when Hunter slid headfirst in an attempt to score on a double to right field by Kendrys Morales. Hunter tried to get a piece of the plate with his hand as he was tagged by Carlos Santana, but his left spike caught Gibson flush on the left temple and knocked him flat. Gibson didnt move for a few anxious moments before getting up and leaving the field under his own power after being examined by Angels trainer Rick Smith. He was replaced behind the plate by first base ump Manny Gonzalez. Gibson received several stitches and was taken to a hospital for precautionary X-rays. "If I wore my spikes, that could have been a bad scene," Hunter said. "I was worried at first when he didnt get up because it didnt look good. But then I checked on him to see if he was OK and he cracked a joke." NOTES: Hernandez changed his name, but not his uniform number. Its still 55. ... Clevelands Jason Kipnis opened the game with a single and was thrown out at second by Iannetta on a pitchout. It was the fifth time he has been caught stealing in 28 attempts. ... The Indians only run against Santana came on a sixth-inning double by Asdrubal Cabrera. ' ' '
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