Kevin Durant goes up for a third-quarter slam dunk Monday night. (Photo: Associated Press)

The Oklahoma City Thunder scored the first eight points of the game and never looked back as they sent the Washington Wizards to their fourth straight loss by a score of 116-89 Monday night at the Verizon Center.

The Thunder kept most of the fans standing by their seats waiting for Washington's first basket for 2:02 of game time. Meanwhile, Russell Westbrook (twice), Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka recorded field goals to give Oklahoma City the early 8-0 advantage before Nick Young's 18-foot fadeaway jump shot put the Wizards on the board.

Things rarely got better for the home team after that, though the Wizards  (who never led in the game) did well to keep to margin to single digits for most of the first quarter. But the Thunder really put the game beyond doubt in the second quarter, outscoring the Wizards 35-23 to take a 68-47 lead into halftime. The second 12 minutes included eight points from Durant, and a lively stretch of play from Daequan Cook off the bench. The fourth-year player from Ohio State went 3-for-3 from beyond the arc in the quarter, hitting all three treys in a stretch of 2:03 to push Oklahoma City's lead from 37-28 to 46-30.

The Thunder put the result beyond all reasonable doubt in the third and fourth quarters, when they pushed the lead as high as 110-79 on a three-pointer by Cook with 6:14 to go in the game. The contest was so lopsided that Durant's services were only needed for 28 minutes as he scored 32 points on 9-for-16 shooting to lead all scorers. He was joined in double figures by Westbrook (18 points, 12 assists), James Harden (16 points), Cook (18 points, all from beyond the arc), and Ibaka (10 points). For the Wizards, John Wall, Trevor Booker, and JaVale McGee all finished with 14 points, while Young added 11 points and Jordan Crawford and Kevin Seraphin each chipped in with 12.