Thunder sputtering into All-Star break  The Thunder has taken
steps backward in its last three games, but players aren't
pointing their fingers at one another. By Darnell Mayberry
Modified: February 15, 2011 at 12:21 pm •  Published: February
14, 2011  This can't be what Thunder coach Scott Brooks had in
mind when he threw out a 10-game challenge to his team leading
up to the All-Star break.  Brooks wanted to use the final 10
games before the break to build momentum. But all the Thunder
has done in the past three games is taken steps backward.  With
a win tonight against Sacramento, the Thunder would finish 7-3
in the 10 games before All-Star Weekend. But much like the rest
of the year, what stands out is not the Thunder's respectable
record in this stretch. It's the erratic manner in which the
mark was made.  Unless the Thunder emphatically disposes of the
Kings tonight, it will have limped into the break, momentum
mitigated.  “We feel like we've dropped some games we shouldn't
have dropped,” said Thunder fo