Yi's career high overshadowed by Nets loss

Yi Jianlian matched a career high of 29 points, but couldn't keep the New Jersey Nets' from losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder. O-K-C's Kevin Durant matched his season high of 40 points.

Two visitors walk past the avenue of the Fengqiao (Maple)  Bridge of the Hanshan Temple which are illuminated and  festooned with lanterns and colored streamers, in Suzhou,  east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 29, 2009.(Xinhua/Wang  Jianzhong)

Midway through first quarter. Thunder by 8. Yi knocked-down a wide open jumper to cut the gap to 21-15.

The end of the first quarter, the Chinese star scored with this spectacular slam to keep the Nets close. Yi would get 18 points in the first half.

Midway through the second quarter, Kevin Durant drove the lane like a locomotive. He converted a three point play to push the Thunder up by 3.