the way back from 18 down. kevin durant taking over. finds some space and hits the three. 17-6 run. that gave the thunder the lead. durant played every minute of the game and had 34 points. in the fourth, parker hits a floater to bring the spurs within three. with less than four minutes to play. he only had eight points on four of 13 shooting in the second half after that hot start. thunder up by four. hardin to westbrook. goes up, draws the foul and one, and they never looked back from there. oklahoma city thunder come back from an 18-point deficit in game six at home to win 107-99, becoming the first team other than the spurs, the lakers, or the mavericks to represent the west in the nba finals in 14 years. the thunder are one of just three teams in nba history to come back to win four consecutive games in the conference finals after trailing 2-0. they move on now to the nba finals. the celtics have a chance to join them if they can beat the
hitting the three. cap a 17-6 run that gives the thunder the lead all the way back from 18 down. durant played the entire game. every minute. 34 points. fourth quarter, parker drives. hits a floater. brings the spurs within three. under four to play. he had eight points though, on 4 of 13 shooting in the second half after the great start. thunder up four. james harden finds westbrook who fights through contact for the bucket and the foul. and that seals the deal for the thunder. they come back from an 18-point deficit to win 107-99 and becomy first team other than the spurs, lakers or mavericks to represent the west in the nba finals in 14 years. the thunder one of just three teams in nba history to come back to win four straight games in the conference finals after trailing 2-0. the celtics have a chance to join that group tonight with a win over the heat in game six at home in boston. to the stanley cup finals. the l.a. kings had a chance to sweep the new jersey devils last night
let s do some sports. we start with the nba playoffs, the lakers trying to even up the series with the thunder aafter they got flat-out embarrassed in game one. fourth quarter, kobe and the lakers looking good. lakers up six. under two minutes to play. lakers had a 7-point lead and then fell apart. kevin durant steals kobe s past. 20 seconds to play. durant drives, and gets a little floater there. oklahoma city has a one-point lead with under 20 seconds to go. lakers had been up by 7. that lead evaporates. last play of the day, down a point. the ball goes to steve blake. he gets a wide-open look and he misses it. thunder hang on to win 77-75. kobe not happy. you can see it on his face.
his first return to the staples center. there s jack giving a nice standing o with the shades on. he was traded recently. donald sutherland was there, too? i don t know. so, lakers in control most of the first half, but in the third, the thunder take over. russell westbrook with the layup. thunder had the lead. time expiring in the third, westbrook hits the buzzer-beater. thunder out-scored the lakers in the third. westbrook, 36 points, 6 assists. oklahoma city wins on the road 102-93. thunder won five games in a row. heat and mavs in a rematch of the nba finals. second quarter, dwyane wade. nice little spin move and the floater. he is so good. then, dirk nowitzki with his trademark jumper, floats this one over odons has lynn. heat up seven at the half and it was all miami from there. lebron intercepting the pass here and going all the way. nobody s going to catch him on this one. gets the layup to go in the fourth. dallas, another turnover, wade to james, throwing down a huge
floater falls a little bit short, bernard james, though, put it in, seminoles up six at that point, tarheels come back. long jumper from beyond the arc, carolina pulls to within one. florida state scores on the next possession, so carolina gets one chance, down three, three seconds left, p.j. harriston tries to tie it from deep, little too deep, can t get it to go. florida state holds on to win the first acc championship 85-82, the final, beats duke in the semis. losses by kentucky and carolina didn t change their number one seeds. syracuse, number one in the east, michigan state number one in the west. you can check out the full brackets at madness.nbcsports.com. some other teams to be watching thursday and friday this week. fifth seed vanderbilt. this is a great game, harvard, harold, you like this game.