OKLAHOMA CITY -- Two-time scoring champion Kevin Durant can still fill up a stat sheet, Chris Paul can still orchestrate a team and LeBron James is still a highlight waiting to happen.

What they haven't been able to do is find a deal with the NBA that they find acceptable enough to play real games again.

The All-Stars all took part in a charity exhibition game Sunday night in Oklahoma City, with hometown hero Durant recording a triple-double with 42 points, 26 rebounds and 11 assists to lead his team to a 176-171 victory in overtime.

"As you see in these games that we're playing, we love to play the game. We're going to find a way to play -- any way possible. We want to just keep giving our fans the opportunity to see us because if not for the fans, we're not who we are," Paul said.

"So we just want them to know that we still want to keep working toward a deal because it's not just about us. It's about the fans, it's about the employees, all the people that make our game happen. We want to play -- just make sure everyone understands that."

Players and owners met with a federal mediator for 30 hours over three days this week but left without a new collective bargaining agreement. There's still a divide over how much of the league's revenue the players should get and a philosophical conflict over the league's salary cap system.

Kevin Durant put up 42 points, 26 rebounds and 11 assists in a charity game in Oklahoma City on Sunday. AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki

"We just want a fair deal. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about," Paul said. "We want a system that works and we want a split that's doable. So, we're not being greedy or anything like that. We just want a fair deal."

In negotiations, players have already said they'd come down from their current 57 percent share of the league's revenues to 53 -- or 52.5 percent. But owners are now asking for an even split with the players, and that's not palatable for players.

"It's just not. We set our number. We've already dropped, but we set our number at 53 and that's what we're sticking to," James Harden said.

The first two weeks of the season, which would have started Nov. 1, have already been called off. Commissioner David Stern warned previously that all games through Christmas could be canceled without a deal this week, but those games haven't been wiped out yet.

"Fighting over 3 percent, that's kind of retarded to me," said Michael Beasley, who scored a game-high 56 points. "But it is what is. We'll come to an agreement."

"The quicker we can get a deal done, the better," he added. "Like I've been saying before, the main ones suffering are our fans."

James, Carmelo Anthony and Russell Westbrook -- all of them All-Stars -- declined to comment on the state of their league as they left the Cox Convention Center.

It was the latest in a series of exhibition games across the country as NBA players stay in the spotlight while locked out by the league.