Thunder Vs. Grizzlies, Game 4: Oklahoma City Pulls Away In Third Overtime To Even Series

After Russell Westbrook missed a 20-foot jumper as time expired in regulation vs. the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night, TNT’s cameras panned to Kevin Durant talking to Oklahoma City Thunder assistant Maurice Cheeks on the sidelines, and we saw Durant mouth the words to a question we’d all been asking ourselves: “Why the f--k didn’t he get me the ball?”

“He” was probably the inbounder, Thabo Sefolosha. But if you thought he meant Westbrook, then you could be forgiven. Because “he” and Kevin Durant have a problem.

So it’s not cut-and-dry. Battier’s having a great positive impact, but it’s not because he’s stopping Durant.

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In a war of attrition that, at times, looked like a game that neither team could win turned into one that neither team dared to lose. Memphis blew an 18- point first half lead, then Oklahoma City coughed up a double-digit fourth- quarter lead, and that was all before late Monday night turned well into Tuesday morning.

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Memphis once led by as many as 18 points but the Oklahoma City Thunder dug themselves out of that hole and briefly took the lead in the third quarter before a late Marc Gasol lay in gave the Grizzlies a 72-71 lead after three. The Grizzlies have answered every big bucket the Thunder have scored with one of their own fully setting the stage for a great fourth quarter.

Russell Westbrook leads the Thunder with 20 points but it was Kevin Durant who came alive in the third and now has 18 points. James Harden is also in double figures with 10 points for the Thunder.

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