Thunder rolls over the Lakers, 102-93

Home is no longer the haven it used to be for the Lakers.

A 102-93 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night left the Lakers with their third defeat in their last four games at Staples Center.

That’s after starting the season 19-2 at home.

After an energized first quarter in which the Lakers led by as many as 12 points, they looked drained for much of the next 36 minutes in Derek Fisher’s return to Staples Center.

Given a chance to make a statement against the team with the best record in the Western Conference, the Lakers’ play said plenty. And then the crowd had its say.

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Restless fans booed the Lakers early in the fourth quarter after Kevin Durant fed Russell Westbrook for an emphatic dunk that gave the Thunder an 84-70 lead. Things would only get uglier for the Lakers on an airballed floater by Matt Barnes.

Westbrook finished with 36 points on 13-for-27 shooting and Durant had 21 points after making 10 of 22 shots, including a monster one-handed dunk over Pau Gasol.

Andrew Bynum had 25 points and 12 rebounds while Kobe Bryant added 23 points on seven-for-25 shoting for the Lakers, who didn’t get much from anyone else. Gasol had 13 points and the bench was a no-show again one game after Barnes broke through with 18 points against Golden State, with the reserves combining for 16 points against the Thunder.

Fisher finished with seven points, two rebounds and one assist in 16 minutes.

Thunder 78, Lakers 68 (end of third quarter)

The Lakers seemed stuck in slow motion for much of the third quarter compared to Oklahoma City, which scored 13 of the first 14 points amid a flurry of jumpers, layups and put-backs.

Russell Westbrook put the exclamation point on a quarter in which the Thunder outscored the Lakers, 34-19, by hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer.

Westbrook had 17 points in the quarter, giving him 26 for the game. It wasn’t as productive a quarter for Kevin Durant, who made a three-pointer but also picked up a technical foul for complaining about a foul called on him while defending Andrew Bynum.

Kobe Bryant has 18 points for the Lakers on inefficient five-for-17 shooting, and Bynum has 17 points and 10 rebounds.

Lakers 49, Thunder 44 (halftime)

Oklahoma City has the best record in the Western Conference for a reason.

The Thunder weren’t shaken after falling behind by double digits early, fighting back against the Lakers to make it a tight game before halftime at Staples Center.

Kevin Durant’s shots started falling after a first quarter in which he made only one of nine attempts for Oklahoma City. He made four of seven shots in the second quarter and has 10 points at halftime.

Kobe Bryant has 14 points on five-for-11 shooting for the Lakers, who also received 12 points and eight rebounds from Andrew Bynum.

Derek Fisher, back at Staples Center for the first time since the Lakers traded him earlier this month, scored seven consecutive points for the Thunder during one stretch early in the quarter when he made a layup, a floater and another floater during which he was fouled and made the subsequent free throw.

Fisher has seven points and one rebound in seven minutes.

Lakers 30, Thunder 18 (end of first quarter)

Derek Fisher was back, and so was the Lakers’ swagger against the team with the best record in the Western Conference.

The Lakers rattled off 14 consecutive points after falling behind early against Oklahoma City, with Kobe Bryant and Andrew Bynum leading the way. Bryant had nine points on four-for-nine shooting and Bynum had eight points and six rebounds.

Bynum, fresh off his late-game benching against Golden State for taking a three-pointer early in the shot clock, quickly refamiliarized himself with the more traditional responsibilities of a 7-footer by taking an alley-oop pass from Pau Gasol for a dunk on the Lakers’ first possession.

Bynum later appeared to yap in animated fashion at Oklahoma City counterpart Kendrick Perkins after maneuvering around him for a layup.

Thunder All-Star forward Kevin Durant missed eight shots before he made a layup for his only points of the quarter. Russell Westbrook had six points for Oklahoma City, which shot only 28% to the Lakers’ 53.8%.

Lakers point guard Ramon Sessions had a nice three-possession sequence, making a reverse layup before feeding Gasol and Bynum with passes that resulted in dunks.

Perkins was assessed a technical foul for swinging his elbow at Gasol after grabbing a rebound.

Fisher, acquired by the Thunder a few weeks ago after taking a buyout from Houston in the wake of the Lakers trading him, received a standing ovation before the game while a video tribute played on the overhead scoreboard. Fisher caught glimpses of the video while greeting his teammates and then waved to the crowd, which roared in response.

The video was accompanied by a single message: “THANKS FISH.”

Fisher received another standing ovation when he entered the game with 2 minutes 4 seconds left in the quarter. Bryant missed a jumper while being guarded by Fisher shortly thereafter.

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