OKC Bounces Back in Game Two

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Oklahoma City was blown out in game one losing to San Antonio 124-92. The Thunder came to play last night and would jump out to a 19-6 lead. The Spurs would make multiple runs during the game to give themselves a chance to steal a game that they had no business winning. Late in the fourth LaMarcus Aldridge did everything he could to keep his team in the game. After hitting three free throws the Thunder had the ball with 13.5 seconds left up 1. They set up a sideline in bounds play, but had trouble getting the ball in. Waiters would end up turning the ball over, giving the Spurs an opportunity to win the game. Thanks to Steven Adams effort to get back and hustle the Spurs were not able to get off an open look and the Thunder would hold on to win 98-97.

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Aldridge would score the teams last 13 points giving him 41 points for the game. Kevin Durant helped the Thunder by scoring 28 points on 11-19 shooting and he added 7 rebounds. Russell Westbrook scored 29 points on 11-15 shooting and he contributed 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals. The X-factor for the Thunder would be Steven Adams who finished the game with 12 points and a tremendous 17 rebounds.

Game three will be Friday night in Oklahoma City. The Thunder will try to ride this wave of energy home and try to take advantage of having home court. The Spurs will hope to see a bigger contribution from their other all-star Kawhi Leonard. He really needs to become a threat if the Spurs want to avoid being knocked out in the West Semi-Finals. On the Thunder side, Westbrook and/or Durant are due for a big game. Westbrook and Durant failed to score more than 20 points in game one and both shot poorly. In game two they both stepped up, but they can do so much more damage and it will happen in one of these two home games. It now turns into a best of 5 series with the Thunder now owning home court advantage. It should be fun seeing how the rest of this series unfolds.