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(Sports Network) - The chances of the Oklahoma City Thunder posting their fifth straight home win look promising, as they will resume a three-game residency versus the miserable New Jersey Nets from the Ford Center.

The Thunder made it four straight wins as the host with Wednesday's 98-83 victory over the New Orleans Hornets in the opener of the homestand. Young star Kevin Durant, the NBA's second-leading scorer at 29.6 ppg, pumped in 29 points and his sidekick Russell Westbrook recorded a near-triple double with 17 points, nine assists and eight rebounds.

"This was a good win, we had an interesting start...but I thought the last 42 minutes our defense was about as good as it could possibly be," Thunder head coach Scott Brooks said after his team improved to a season-best 15 games above .500 (39-24).

Jeff Green and Nenad Krstic each had 10 points in the win. Oklahoma City will put its 18-6 record against the East on the line Friday.

New Jersey is an NBA-worst 7-57 on the season and is trying desperately to avoid finishing with the worst record in NBA history, set by the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers (9-73).

The Nets have lost two in a row and fell to 1-2 on a five-game road trip following Wednesday's 96-87 defeat at the hands of the red-hot Dallas Mavericks. Devin Harris finished with a game-best 21 points to go with seven assists for the Nets, who have dropped two straight since recording their seventh win of the season against the Knicks on March 6.

"This is a really good basketball team at home," Nets coach Kiki Vandeweghe said of the Mavs. "You've got to play a perfect game to beat them here. We played very hard, I'm not sure we could have played a lot harder than tonight. We missed some shots down the end."

Terrence Williams netted 18 points and grabbed 13 rebounds off the bench in a losing effort. New Jersey will also visit Houston on the road swing and is 4-29 away from the Meadowlands this season.

The Thunder defeated the Nets, 105-89, back on December 28 this season in New Jersey. They have won 17 of the past 20 road meetings in this series.