Following the shortened season, the Miami Heat made a return to the Finals with the trio of Dwayne Wade, Lebron James and Chris Bosh against Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

Kevin Durant dunking against the Washington Wizards on March 11, 2011On July 2, 2008, upon settlement of a lawsuit with the city of Seattle, the Seattle SuperSonics announced they would relocate to Oklahoma City on July 3, and begin play at Oklahoma City's Ford Center in the 2008 – 2009 NBA season.

It is also home to the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma located in Durant.

* Rosemary Clooney ( 1953 – 1961 ): Ferrer first married Clooney on June 1, 1953 in Durant, Oklahoma.

Two towns located to the south of Atoka, Durant, Oklahoma ; and Sherman, Texas, are experiencing tremendous economic and population growth.

Achille is located in southern Bryan County, Oklahoma, 12 miles south of Durant at ( 33. 834640 ,-96. 390185 ).

Calera is a town in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States, only 5 miles south of Durant and 10 miles north of the Oklahoma-Texas stateline.

Durant is a city in Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States.

Durant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the headquarters of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Durant is located in southern Oklahoma, in a region named Texoma, or Texomaland, because of its short distance from Lake Texoma.

Durant was ranked as the fastest growing rural city in Oklahoma in 2004, having the fastest growth rate outside of the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metropolitan areas.

The largest employer in Durant is the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, including the Choctaw Nation Headquarters and the Choctaw Casino Resort, which has two Choctaw Travel Plazas, two Choctaw casinos, the Choctaw Inn, and many more facilities that are located in the resort with more plans of construction.

The school was to change its name twice more ( Durant Presbyterian College in 1900, and Oklahoma Presbyterian College in 1910 ), and by 1899 it had attracted an enrollment of 300.

Durant is home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University, which has about 4, 000 enrolled students.

Durant is also home to the Kiamichi Technology Center, which has eight other locations in Southeastern Oklahoma.

The Durant Independent School District is the largest school district in Southeastern Oklahoma and serves approximately 3, 100 students.

Durant Regional Airport – Eaker Field, the city's airport, and home to Southeastern Oklahoma State University's Aviation Sciences Institute, was a U. S. Navy auxiliary airfield during World War II.

The closest international airports to Durant are Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma City, and Tulsa International Airport.

The city of Durant, as is Bryan County, Southeastern Oklahoma and North Texas, is served by the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma.

Lincoln Memorial where Abraham Lincoln is said to have selected Council Bluffs as the eastern terminus after visiting this site in 1859 under the employ of Thomas C. Durant.

Durant had initially come up with the scheme to have Crédit Mobilier subcontract to do the actual track work.

It may have been designed from wallpaper Durant once saw in a French hotel room.

Additionally, Chrysler would report directly to Durant, and would have full run of Buick without interference from anyone.

Since 1999, the Durant Economic Development Department, the Durant Industrial Authority and the City of Durant have developed over $ 600, 000, 000 in new investments to the city.

In recent years, Tacita Dean, Sam Durant, Lee Ranaldo, Vik Muniz, Mike Nelson, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation have all made homages to Smithson's works.

Servetus sent Calvin several more letters, to which Calvin took offense .< ref > Will Durant < cite > The Story of Civilization: The Reformation </ cite > Chapter XXI, page 481 </ ref > Thus, Calvin's antagonism against Servetus seems to have been based not simply on his views but also on Servetus's tone, which he considered inappropriate.

This event was suspected to have been an act of arson, allegedly by the hands of the fledgling UAW, which Durant had refused to acknowledge as a union.

W. Durant, 1878 ) have taken a permanent place in theological literature.

" Participants have included the writers Joan Didion, Jonathan Lethem, George Saunders, the filmmaker Miranda July, comedians Jeff Garlin and Patton Oswalt, playwright and screenwriter David Mamet, magician Ricky Jay, artists Tom Morello and Sam Durant, and many others.

News about his presentations may have been relayed to the United States by the American representatives, Frederick C. Durant III and Andrew G. Haley, who were serving as President and Vice President, respectively, of the IAF during its fifth congress.

Over 200 members have been inducted in the hall of fame, representatives from Mercedes Benz, Bosch, Bugatti, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Citroen, Daimler, Dodge, Durant, Duryea, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Maybach, Olds, Peugeot, Porsche, Renault, Sloan and Toyota are among those already inducted.

Helen Keller, Will Durant, Ted Shawn, Ruth St. Dennis, Martin Luther King, Sr., Letitia Baldrige, Roberta Peters, Williams Warwick, Dan Rather, Jane Fonda and Maria von Trapp, Sally Ride, Mary Matalin and James Carville, Rory Kennedy, and Khaled Hosseini all have spoken or performed in Pearce.

* Sophia McGillivray who married Benjamin Durant and was mother to a large family and may have died at the Fort Mims massacre in which her nephew Red Eagle was involved.

Three winners of the award have been freshmen: Kevin Durant of Texas in 2007, John Wall of Kentucky in 2010 and Anthony Davis of Kentucky in 2012.

By way of example, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Paul Pierce, Tracy McGrady, Kyle Korver, Jason Richardson, Vince Carter, John Salmons, Andre Iguodala, Danny Granger, Caron Butler, and Michael Jordan have spent considerable time at both positions.

Parsons decided to have the house moved up Durant Avenue to 2732, next to the corner of Piedmont.

Selected to represent Durant and the surrounding area at the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention, Williams traveled to Guthrie where he would meet two men that would have profound effects on both his and Oklahoma ’ s future: Charles N. Haskell and William H. Murray.

Will Durant explains that certain pygmy tribes found in Africa were observed to have no identifiable cults or rites.

* Abra Durant, a fictional surgeon in the British television series Holby City

Williams appeared as Dr. Natalie Durant on the NBC television show Medical Investigation which began in the fall of 2004 and ran for 20 episodes before being cancelled.

In 2012, she joined the cast of the AMC television show " Hell on Wheels " as Mrs. Durant, first appearing in episode eight of season 2, " The Lord's Day.

In 1955, Durant met big band leader Ray Anthony and began filming various television advertisements.

Durant continued to make personal appearances ( which paid more than his television salary had ), guest-starred in CBS's Perry Mason and The Twilight Zone, and was nearly cast opposite Lucille Ball in her Broadway debut, Wildcat !, which flopped.