Durant is leading the league with 28.2 points per game as he tries to join Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan as the only players to win four straight scoring titles.

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The team boasts two of the most dynamic players in the league, with Kevin Durant (who won has won the last three NBA scoring titles) and Russell Westbrook, both of whom are only 24 years old.

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Durant, who's known more for his three NBA scoring titles than for stepping in the way of oncoming opponents, got in Harden's way on a transition drive in the third quarter in a standout defensive effort for the Thunder against the league's second highest-scoring offense.

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Former Spain striker Raul won six La Liga titles with Real Madrid, as well as three Champions League crowns, scoring 323 goals in 741 appearances at the Bernabeu.

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The three-time Olympic gold medalist who won two WNBA titles (2006, 2008) with the Shock under Laimbeer is third on the league's career scoring list with 6, 244 points.

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