The Thunder’s loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday prevented it from securing its fourth road win of the season, its second two-game winning streak and, most importantly, a chance to move ahead of Washington and the Clippers in the win column.

Instead, the Thunder remain at the bottom of the NBA standings at a league-worst 9-35.

“There’s not one time this team or myself has talked about the standings,” coach Scott Brooks said. “We talk about what we need to do each day and each game.”

Brooks called Kevin Durant “terrific” after his 46-point, 15-rebound performance against the Clippers but said one-man efforts such as Durant’s is not what’s going to help make the Thunder successful.

“We’re not concerned with how many points Kevin scores,” Brooks said. “We don’t like to go into a game having him have a monster game in order for us to stay in ball games. That’s not how we need to play. We’re not looking for individual guys playing monster games. We needed to play better defensively.”

Brooks said he is disappointed in the last two games because “it wasn’t the way we need to win ball games.”