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Kevin Durant leads all NBA players in career commercial appearances with 63 at last count, according to standings calculated by HoopsHype. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is second with 42 and Miami's LeBron James is third with 39. In team rankings, OKC ranks third with 88 total commercials, trailing the Los Angeles Lakers with 125 and the Miami Heat with 91. Russell Westbrook is second among Thunder players with 11 commercials, followed by Serge Ibaka (six), Nick Collison, Kendrick Perkins and Thabo Sefolosha (two each), Kevin Martin and Reggie Jackson (one each). Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant, Kendrick Perkins, Nick Collison, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Martin, Serge Ibaka, Thabo Sefolosha, Reggie Jackson, Commercials 

Eric Koreen: NBA 1st-team all defence: LeBron, Ibaka, Chandler + Noah (tie), Allen, Paul. 2nd team: Duncan, George, M. Gasol, Bradley, Conley. Twitter @ekoreen

LeBron James, Chris Paul, Paul George, Avery Bradley, Tyson Chandler, Tony Allen, Mike Conley, Joakim Noah, Tim Duncan, Marc Gasol, Serge Ibaka 

A day after Kevin Durant said Serge Ibaka's shooting struggles were all in his mind, Ibaka admitted that his confidence is waning. “Yeah,” Ibaka said. “It's normal, man. It's normal. A little bit. But that does not mean my confidence is way down because after all the shots I missed, after the (missed) dunk, I was still playing defense. I wanted to still help my teammates. I wanted to still try to be aggressive. But it's normal like he said. Of course, that happens to everybody.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka 

Ibaka suggested his shots in this series might be too easy. “Most of the time when you're open that's when it's tough to make shots because you try to get some different focus than normally when some guys try to contest your shots,” Ibaka said. “So that's happened.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

Some have said you and Serge have been asked to play a different role than you have been all year and it takes a little while to adjust to it. Kevin Martin: “Yeah, but we're fine. That's no excuse for us right now. We just have to do what we're supposed to do.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Kevin Martin, Serge Ibaka 

A day after Kevin Durant said Serge Ibaka's shooting struggles were all in his mind, Ibaka admitted that his confidence is waning. “Yeah,” Ibaka said. “It's normal, man. It's normal. A little bit. But that does not mean my confidence is way down because after all the shots I missed, after the (missed) dunk, I was still playing defense. I wanted to still help my teammates. I wanted to still try to be aggressive. But it's normal like he said. Of course, that happens to everybody.” Oklahoman

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka 

Darnell Mayberry: Ibaka: "I’ve been shooting all season a good percentage so I will not stop. Every time I’m open I will shoot, and I will play my game." Twitter @DarnellMayberry

Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

Jeff Caplan: Serge Ibaka, 1-10 FGs in G1, doing extra drills with asst coach Mo Cheeks and other staff. Twitter @Caplan_NBA

Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

Royce Young: Serge Ibaka today on missing that last shot: "I didn't sleep last night man." bit.ly/Zk09vx Twitter @dailythunder

Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

Serge Ibaka: Watching @Marc Gasol play in the playoffs. Defensive player of the year, congrats! Twitter @sergeibaka9

Memphis Grizzlies, Oklahoma City Thunder, Marc Gasol, Serge Ibaka 

In full disclosure, I had voted Oklahoma City forward Serge Ibaka for first place, Gasol for second and Howard for third. Miami forward LeBron James finished second, followed by Ibaka and Chicago forward Joakim Noah. The Clippers’ Chris Paul (11th) and Boston’s Avery Bradley (12th) also finished ahead of Howard. “Serge Ibaka with all the stuff he did this year, he should’ve been the guy to win it this year and last year,” said Howard, though the award went last season to New York’s Tyson Chandler. “With the stuff he’s done on the defensive end. I thought he was the clear cut winner. But people saw it otherwise.” Los Angeles Daily News

Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwight Howard, Serge Ibaka 

Dave McMenamin: Dwight says Serge Ibaka was the "clear cut" winner of DPOY in his mind Twitter @mcten

Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwight Howard, Serge Ibaka 

Gasol received 212 of a possible 1,089 points, including 30 first-place votes, from a panel of 121 sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the United States and Canada. Miami's LeBron James (149 points, 18 first-place votes) and Oklahoma City's Serge Ibaka (122 points, 14 first-place votes) finished second and third, respectively. Players were awarded five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote and one point for each third-place vote received. NBA.com

Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron James, Serge Ibaka 

Kendrick Perkins: I'm not hating but the NBA just give awards away. Serge don't get defensive player of the year. That don't make any sense. SMMFH Twitter @KendrickPerkins

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins, Serge Ibaka 

Kendrick Perkins: I'm not hating but the NBA just give awards away. Serge don't get defensive player of the year. That don't make any sense. SMMFH Twitter @KendrickPerkins

Oklahoma City Thunder, Kendrick Perkins, Serge Ibaka 

While the Rockets studied video and worked to make corrections, Oklahoma City forward Serge Ibaka offered a rapid evaluation of what happened to the Rockets’ offense when the Thunder switched on high screens throughout Sunday’s blowout. “They can be kind of selfish,” Ibaka said. “You know, when you switch against a team like them that’s going to go one-on-one, that’s good for us. For them, they are going to take some tough shots, some contested shots. That’s something we want, that we’re looking for.” Houston Chronicle

Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

One trusted GM keeps telling me that Ibaka would and should be a max contract guy this summer if he weren't soon heading into a four-year extension with OKC valued at just under $50 million starting next season. ESPN.com

Oklahoma City Thunder, Serge Ibaka 

Some checking with the league office this week revealed that Stu Jackson & Co. deemed Ibaka's contact with Griffin's, uh, groin area to be unintentional. The league view, I'm told, is that Ibaka was slapping at an arm that Griffin unexpectedly pulled away, leading to the painful connection and thus distinguishing the play from the "groin altercations" that earned Wade and DeMarcus Cousins suspensions earlier this season. ESPN.com

Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Blake Griffin, Serge Ibaka, Referees, Stu Jackson 

Heat guard Dwyane Wade believes the NBA went easy on Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka for Sunday’s incident in which he hit the Los Angeles Clippers’ Blake Griffin in the groin. Ibaka was fined $25,000 but not suspended. Wade was slapped with a one-game suspension by the league when he kicked Charlotte’s Ramon Sessions in the groin during a Dec. 26 game, costing him about $156,000. Wade believes the two incidents were similar. “I’m not happy,” he told reporters at Wednesday’s shootaround. “It’s not about (Ibaka). I don’t want him to lose out.” Palm Beach Post

Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder, Dwyane Wade, Serge Ibaka 

Blake Griffin: Kid Blake: Who are you? Future Blake: you from the future... Don't listen to anything else I've told you just start wearing a cup. Twitter @blakegriffin32

Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Blake Griffin, Serge Ibaka