New shoes don’t help Kevin Durant

Oklahoma City — Dirk Nowitzki had 35 points and 11 rebounds, and the Dallas Mavericks used a late surge to spoil the debut of Kevin Durant’s new bright orange sneakers and beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, 100-86, Wednesday night.

Durant broke out Creamsicle orange KD2 sneakers for the first time, and most of his teammates joined him in wearing the new Nike shoes. But Durant, the NBA’s third-leading scorer, matched his lowest-scoring total of the season with only 12 points on four-for-18 shooting.

-- associated press