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Following anxious moments, Indias Mairaj Ahmad Khan lost out in the race to qualify for the mens skeet semi-finals at the Rio Games on Saturday, finishing in ninth position. The top six shooters advanced to the semis. Earlier in the day, Indias Gurpreet Singh had finished just outside the top six, missing out on a spot in the final of the 25m rapid fire pistol event.Mairaj found himself in a five-way tie for the fifth spot with 121 points at the end of the stipulated five rounds and tumbled out of the qualifying bracket following a shoot-off.In the second day of qualifying, he started with a perfect 25 in the fourth series, following it up with a 24 in the final series, seeming almost certain to make the cut. Of the five shooters involved in the shoot-off, only two -- Gabriele Rossetti (Italy) and Jesper Hansen (Denmark) -- made the semi-finals.With a score of 72 in 75 shots, Mairaj had finished in 10th position at the end of the first day of qualifying. The skeet qualifying round is staged over two days with three rounds of 25 shots each on the first day and the remaining two rounds of a total of 50 shots on the second.Earlier on Saturday, Gurpreet narrowly missed making it to the final in 25m rapid fire pistol. Firing a total of 292 points -- 97, 98, 97 -- over three series, he finished in seventh position.Gurpreet had ended in 10th position with a score of 289 from 300 shots on Friday.In the qualifying round held over two days, six series of 10 shots each are fired, divided into three series on each day. 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Youve got to go out there and compete at a high level and leave it on the floor.According to the Thunder, it was the first 50-point triple-double since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had one in 1975. Westbrook finished with 13 rebounds and 10 assists and took a career-high 44 shots to claim his 38th career triple-double.It was the franchises first game without Kevin Durant on the roster since it moved to Oklahoma City in 2008. Durant left in the offseason to play for the Golden State Warriors. In Oklahoma Citys home opener, Westbrook reminded the fans that theres still star power in town.Westbrook made a layup to put the Thunder up a point with 7.6 seconds remaining. Phoenixs Devin Booker missed a layup and Westbrook was fouled. Westbrook scored his 50th and 51st points at the free-throw line with 3.5 seconds remaining. Booker missed a 3-pointer as time expired.Westbrook was 17 of 44 from the field, 2 of 10 from 3-point range and made 15 of 20 free throws. He scored 39 points in the second half and overtime.Thats what he does, Booker said. He is an aggressive scorer. One of the best players in the league. We knew that coming in here.T.J. Warren had a career-high 30 points for the Suns.Westbrook tied it at 59 on a layup and free throw early in the third, but the Suns responded with a 12-0 run. Westbrook kept the Thunder in it with 23 points in the third quarter on 7-for- 12 shooting, but the Suns led 83-77 heading into the fourth.Westbrook returned from a rest with 8:50 remaining and the Thunder trailing 89-81. 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Westbrook was issued a technical in the third quarter, but it was taken away upon review. ... Victor Oladipo scored 21 points.STAT LINESWestbrooks averages through two games are 41.5 points, 12.5 rebounds and 9.5 assists. His 23 points in the third quarter matched Durants Thunder record for a quarter.DEFENSIVE SWITCHThe Suns led by 18 in the first quarter, but Oklahoma City held Phoenix to 5-for-26 shooting in the second quarter to cut it to 53-49 at halftime.Just defending, Westbrook said. We know that we came out sluggish, especially on the defensive end. We locked down.QUOTE OF THE NIGHTWatson, on defending Westbrook: For us, Westbrook shot 44 times, 20 free throws. Were living with that. Well live with that many shots. Our team played great.UP NEXTSuns: Sunday, they travel to Golden State to face Durants new team.Thunder: Sunday, they host the Lakers and new coach Luke Walton.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP ' ' '