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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Kevin historiographer scored six of his 35 points in the ordinal overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder survived a thriller in holding soured the metropolis Grizzlies 133-123 in a mettlesome that ended weekday morning.

With the victory, the Thunder grabbed backwards home-court advantage and equal this Western Conference semifinal at digit games apiece.

Game 5 is on weekday night backwards in Oklahoma City. The succeeder of the program will play the Dallas Mavericks in the word finals.

The finish couldn't impact been more elating in the ordinal straightforward period mettlesome in this series. The sellout crowd stood through apiece overtime, though fans started trickling toward the exits as the measure ticked time midnight locally.

Russell Westbrook led the Thunder with 40 points. saint Harden additional 19, and Daequan Cook had 10.

The Grizzlies ran discover of forcefulness in the ordinal period as they impact just 1 of 9 from the floor. Zach Randolph led metropolis with 34 points and 16 rebounds. Marc Gasol had 26 and 21 rebounds. O.J. Mayo had 18 and Mike Conley 16 before both unclean out. Greivis Vasquez had 14.

Conley forced the prototypal period with his unaccompanied 3 of the game. Vasquez, the rookie activity because Conley had unclean discover late in the prototypal overtime, impact a 3 to ordered up the ordinal overtime. Gasol scored on a tip-in that ordered up the ordinal OT.

The Thunder had their chances to get at the modify of conception and apiece overtime.

Westbrook's connector impact the edge before the buzzer to modify the prototypal 48 minutes. Durant, the NBA's directive scorer, had a 3 start short of the basket at the modify of the prototypal overtime, and Westbrook's daylong connector grazed the face of the edge at the buzzer ending the ordinal overtime.

In the ordinal overtime, the Thunder finally took control.

Westbrook scored with 3:38 mitt to place the Thunder up for good with 3:38 left. historiographer additional a unify of free throws, and Serge Ibaka impact a connector before historiographer scored on a running layup for a 129-123 lead with 58.8 seconds left.

Durant stole the ball from Randolph on the other end, then impact a daylong connector over Shane Battier with 29.3 seconds mitt for a 131-123 lead.

Memphis will think most this mettlesome after jumping discover to an 18-point lead exclusive to squander it.

Oklahoma City, the NBA's prizewinning free-throw actuation team, got backwards into this digit at the line, where such of this mettlesome was spent.

The Thunder impact 15 of 17 shots in the ordinal quarter lonely and finished 31 of 39 in regulation. Durant, who missed his unaccompanied attempt in Game 3, was 16 of 18 at the distinction himself. The Thunder went 42 of 50 at the distinction compared to Memphis, which impact 37 of 40.

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