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Gametime streams @ firstrow and vip HD streams @ CFL and TNT Overtime Game starts at 9pm on TNT NBA Tipoff presented by autotrader.com starting now  OKLAHOMA CITY -- Kevin Durant stood on the court at Chesapeake Energy Arena and let the noise wash over him, noise like you don't hear anywhere else in pro sports, unique because of the volume but also because of the tone. It is less of a full-throated bellow than a high-pitched shriek, the sound of families with children who are hopped up on candy way past their bedtimes, at the state's most delightful circus. Durant built this big top, with his youth and his bounce, his long arms and feathery jumpers. Fans around town wear T-shirts with his name in place of the Thunder logo. That's about right. He and the franchise are interchangeable. They came to Oklahoma City together and they will likely win championships together. The only question is when. In San Antonio, the Thunder looked years away, and then they returned to the familiar clamor, and suddenly they appear only a few weeks off. So it goes with young powers, growing in fits and starts, until they emerge fully formed. The Thunder won again Tuesday night, 105-92, and the Spurs' 20-game winning streak seems like it was so long ago. The Spurs can line up all their Larry O'Brien trophies and individual awards, but none of that rusted hardware can obscure the truth about this series: Oklahoma City has the best player on the floor and it's not close. Durant had been searching for a groove in this series, and when he consulted the tape, he saw that he was moving too fast, coming off screens before they were set. "Slow down," he told himself. He scored just eight points in the first half Tuesday, but the best closers tend to do that, as if pacing themselves for the final lap. "I wouldn't say I carried us," Durant said, which might have been his only mistake of the night. When Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was asked if it seemed like Durant took over the game, he replied: "It didn't seem like that. That was a fact. I was there. I saw it." It is easy to make social-security jokes about San Antonio, and if this season is any indication, it is also stupid. The last time the Spurs dropped two in a row, they reeled off 20 straight wins. They are headed home for Game 5, where their offense hums, and Oklahoma City scuffles. The din is different at AT&T Center. The Thunder is unable to turn noise into fuel. The Spurs will trust in their experience, their system and their winning pedigree, which counts for a lot. The Thunder will trust in the best player on the court, which often counts for more.
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Kevin Durant stood on the court of Cheasapeake Energy Arena and let the noise wash over him, noise like you don't hear anywhere else in pro sports, because of that guy who is always whooping during free throws and I wish the scoreboard would fall on top of him
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May 30, 2014 01:17
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What will you do Thunder, when your God THUNDOR isn't sitting in the stands but instead sitting on his couch eating Cheetos dust out of his chest hair?
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May 30, 2014 01:19
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I don't really care who wins this i'm just here for some b-ball
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May 30, 2014 01:19
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That Hibbert flop on TNT was god tier.
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May 30, 2014 01:20
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Kendrick Perkins looks like a Pharaoh
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May 30, 2014 01:20
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guy really wanted to get chucks attention
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May 30, 2014 01:20
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hitze posted:guy really wanted to get chucks attention Just hoping for seven grueling games, go Heat.
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May 30, 2014 01:30
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matt bonner time?
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May 30, 2014 01:50
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Let's go basketball
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May 30, 2014 02:00
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i don't think i can watch this game tonight, too sad for the spurs and too happy for the thunder. I will play super mario 3d world instead..... i think.
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May 30, 2014 02:00
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PantsFreeZone posted:What will you do Thunder, when your God THUNDOR isn't sitting in the stands but instead sitting on his couch eating Cheetos dust out of his chest hair? I'm sure he made the trip down to San Antonio
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May 30, 2014 02:00
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Spurs will take at least a 13 point lead early and then blow it.
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May 30, 2014 02:01
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Matt Bonner is starting? Okay.
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May 30, 2014 02:03
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Dat pass
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May 30, 2014 02:04
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CharlestheHammer posted:Matt Bonner is starting? Gotta shake things up if things aren't working for you
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May 30, 2014 02:04
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CharlestheHammer posted:Matt Bonner is starting? Seems to be working?
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May 30, 2014 02:04
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Bonner going to shut down Ibaka on both ends. Book it.
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May 30, 2014 02:07
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Go Thunder! Boo Spurs!
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May 30, 2014 02:08
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TK-42-1 posted:Seems to be working? Eh, not really. Unless you count goading Ibaka into taking shots he probably shouldn't as working.
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May 30, 2014 02:08
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Spurs at the foul line? What is this blasphemy?
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May 30, 2014 02:09
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CharlestheHammer posted:Eh, not really. Ahh, the Peja-style defense.
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May 30, 2014 02:09
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Leaving Durant to rotate to Reggie Jackson: a bad decision
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May 30, 2014 02:10
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Bonner is slow. And not very mobile for a slow guy, if that makes sense.
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May 30, 2014 02:10
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This game is already ugly.
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May 30, 2014 02:15
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Westbrook christ you machine
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May 30, 2014 02:15
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Time for the B team.
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May 30, 2014 02:16
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He's so fast
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May 30, 2014 02:16
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Its kind of heartwarming to see that Ginobilis bat AIDS has reduced him to a shell of his former self
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May 30, 2014 02:16
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I don't understand why the Spurs don't just hold the ball like a football until they see where Westbrook is.
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May 30, 2014 02:17
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The Spurs anti-athleticism is killing them.
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May 30, 2014 02:17
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Dang Ibaka is so good on defense
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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Save them Diaw.
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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That's a foul
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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Whoa. Kawhi.
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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Why can no one say Serge right. Its not "Surge"
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May 30, 2014 02:18
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Reggie Jackson looks like the somali pirate captain from Captain Phillips
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May 30, 2014 02:19
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You can't stop Reggie Jackson.
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May 30, 2014 02:19
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Spurs defense is just bad.
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May 30, 2014 02:21
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Welp looks like Thabo's time as a starter is over. All hail the Reggie Jackson era. EDIT: Poster.
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