The HEAT is on once again for the Miami and Thunder will
strike again for the Oklahoma City squad as the stage is set for the National
Basketball Association finals game 1 today Manila time.
The Western Conference has been the home of the powerhouse ball clubs lately, and one of them is the Oklahoma City Thunder whom had been a major force to reckon since they almost surprise the Dallas Mavericks on their battle fro supremacy, which they had lost, by the way.
Opening their playoff run, they avenged their defeat over
the Dallas Mavericks in a rematch of last year’s western conference finals, and
dethroned them by a sweep. Moving on, they battled an
always-a-playoff-contender team in Los Angeles Lakers and won the series in 5
games, including a surprise rally to finish Game 2 with a 2-0 lead on their
hands.
After winning 8 playoff assignments in 9 attempts within
those 2 rounds, the Oklahoma City Thunder faced a rejuvenated San Antonio Spurs
on the Western Conference Finals, a team that has been on fire since its last
10 games of the regular season. The first two games went in favour of the Alamo
squad, and that includes a bunch of scrimmage-looking-plays on the Game 2 of
its series.
When the series shifted to Oklahoma, that’s the time when
the Thunder took over. With 19 points and 6 steals at helm, Thabo Sefalosha took
charged for the home team and led a huge bunch of defensive efforts to snap the
Spurs’ 20-game winning streak and ironically won the game by a massive 20-point
margin. That negated San Antonio’s Tim Duncan’s move of surpassing Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar’s record for the shots blocked at the history of the league’s
post-season party.
Despite winning the third contest, the Thunder still trails
at the series. However, they have gained momentum where they carried it on to
win game 4 in a super humane fashion courtesy of Kevin Durant’s scoring surge.
Durantula scored 36 points – with half of them came at the last 7 minutes of
the game. And a defensive stalwart Serge Ibaka went perfectly hot from the
field to punch 26 markers under his belt. Just enough to save the Thunder after
seeing their 15-point lead melted down to 4 at one point in the fourth quarter,
and to tie the series at 2-apiece.
Game 5 was set at San Antonio again, and the home team were
on the verge of taking a 3-2 lead. Thanks to their star guard Manu Ginobili
whose hot shooting from the outside kept them in the game. But James Harden’s
long distance shot sealed the deal for the surging visitors to take a step
closer to the NBA finals. And the Spurs were dealt with their first home loss
since April 11.
Game 6 at the Thunder’s house, but the visiting Spurs took a
huge 1st quarter lead, sending a scare on the home crowd for a
possible Game 7. But the Thunder surprised them at the second half to turn up
the tide in their favour. Kevin Durant took over like a MVP and collected a
game high 34 points and 11 rebounds to solidify their stand at the big dance.
He played the entire game, and the Western Conference Championship was the
biggest prized that he got.
06/13/2012 02:47 a.m., slick master (c) 2012 september twenty-eight productions
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