Oklahoma City Thunder had steal one game from the home court of the Dallas Mavericks to even the series of the Western Conference Finals at 1-1. Kevin Durant got a tremendous support from James Hardin and the Thunders reserved players Eric Maynor, Daeguan Cook, and Nick Collison. The OKC Thunders posted a win with a close score at 106-100 Thursday night (US Time).
The surprising four-point play made by James Hardin during the last seconds of the third quarter had put the Oklahoma City Thunder up by one and fueled the intensity of the players to play hard up to the last dying seconds of the game.
Dallas Mavericks could not withstand the energy brought by the OKC Thunders lead by their star player Kevin Durant who was in one instance displayed his high-leaping ability by dunking in front of a 7- footer which had became one of the game’s highlights.
The Mavericks lead by all-star Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd. They managed to swept the legendary Los Angeles Lakers therefore ended a seven-game winning streak and falling to 6-1 at home during the playoffs. During the Game 1 they managed to win against the Thunder with a score of 121-112.
The Oklahoma City Thunder got 24 points from Kevin Durant, supported by the bench scoring of James Harden who scored 23 points. Maynor finished with 13, Cook eight and Collison had six points.
Meanwhile the Dallas Mavericks had once again relied mostly from Dirk Nowitzki who scored 29 points. Tyson Chandler had 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Jason Kidd added 14 points and 7 (–foul word(s) removed–)ists for Dallas. In the slowed output from the bench, J.J. Barea scored 11 points, and Jason Terry and Peja Stojakovic had eight apeice.
Here is the video recap of the Western Conference Finals Game 2:
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