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SAN ANTONIO, Texas: The Oklahoma City Thunder are on the verge ofreaching the NBA finals after beating San Antonio 108-103 with 27points from Kevin Durant in game five of their Western Conferenceseries. Oklahoma City lost the first two games of the series but havestormed back to win three straight and now lead the Spurs in thebest-of-seven series. The Thunder can wrap up the series with a win in game six Wednesdayin Oklahoma City. "We never thought we're supposed to wait our turn," Durant said."Coach always emphasizes that with every opportunity that you stepon the floor. It's a great opportunity to get better, to get to ourdream." Durant scored 22 of his points in the second half while RussellWestbrook finished with 23 points and 12 assists for the Thunder,who are trying to advance to the franchise's first NBA finals since1996. James Harden drained a key three-pointer from 24 feet out with 28seconds left and the Thunder held on for the win. Harden scored 12of his 20 points in the fourth quarter. "The shot clock was running down and I had to make a play," Hardensaid. "(Kawhi) Leonard was playing great defence on me. I just shotit with confidence. West Conference finals. That's a big shot." Durant nailed a pair of free throws with 0.8 seconds remaining toseal the victory. Durant was also the hero of game four, scoring 36 points in thefourth quarter after the Thunder snapped the Spurs' 20 game winstreak dating back to the regular season. "That was a total team effort," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said."Everybody did their job. I thought we played as hard as we canplay." The Thunder are seeking to become the 15th team in NBA history toovercome a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series. The Spurs were the last team to do it when they rallied to beat theNew Orleans Hornets in the Western Conference semi-finals fouryears ago after trailing two games to none. Manu Ginobili had a game-high 34 points and Tim Duncan finishedwith 18 points and 12 rebounds on Monday for the Spurs who have nowlost three straight games for the first time this season. San Antonio is the first team to lose a home game in the series andit is a tall order for the Spurs to try and come back against ayounger and more athletic Thunder team. During the lockout shortened regular season, San Antonio won twogames and lost once to the Thunder. Oklahoma City beat the Spurs108-96 in their first meeting of the season in January. The Spurswon the next two, 107-96 and 114-105. The Spurs and Thunder rivalry goes all the way back to 1982 whenthe Thunder franchise was based in Seattle. This is the firstplayoff meeting between the two since Seattle moved to Oklahomafour years ago. - AFP/fa. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Hard Shell Case , Cell Phone Silicone Case Manufacturer, and more. For more , please visit Outer Box Phone Case today!
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