Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each. DALLAS (Reuters) - The Oklahoma City Thunder, getting a tremendous boost from their bench, beat the Dallas Mavericks 106-100 to level the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals at 1-1 on Thursday. Kevin Durant, the NBA scoring leader the last two years, scored 24 points to lead the Thunder in scoring but was supported by a mighty effort from the reserves topped by guard James Harden's 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists. The back-ups, who manned the floor throughout the fourth quarter al Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each. Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on ... DALLAS — Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each. Durant was as tough to guard as ever, but the real difference was Harden and the bench coming up big, especially down the stretch. The bearded, left-handed guard had a four-point play in the final seconds of the third quarter that put Oklahoma City up by one. Then he and fellow reserves Eric Maynor, Nick Collison and Daequan Cook teamed with Durant to outplay Dallas' crew of closers in the final period. Read full article >> Kevin Durant scored 24 points and James Harden added 23, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 106-100 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday night, knotting the Western Conference finals at one game each. Harden and fellow reserves Eric Maynor, Nick Collison and Daequan Cook teamed with Durant to play nearly the entire fourth quarter. They outscored Dallas' crew of closers by five. Phantom: Harden's Alley Oop Dunk James Harden gets the great lob from Eric Maynor and converts the two-handed alley oop in Game 1. Visit www.nba.com for more highlights. From: NBA Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:12 More in Sports Related Breaking News Stories: 1. NBA Top 5 Plays For January 6th (Video) 2. NBA suspends O.J. Mayo 10 games for positive test - NBA - Yahoo! Sports 3. Check Out The NBA Top Ten Plays For Dec 20th (Video) (05-17) 21:16 PDT DALLAS (AP) -- Dirk Nowitzki showed no rust from a long layoff, making 10 of his first 11 shots and an NBA playoff-record 24 straight free throws on the way to 48 points, leading the Dallas Mavericks... The Count: Dallas and Oklahoma City enter the Western Conference finals with some of their best players coming off the bench. It appears that one of the heroes of the Oklahoma City Thunder's run to the Western Conference Finals nearly finished his season elsewhere. Guard James Harden, who scored 17 points, including some key 3-pointers down the stretch, in Game 7 of the Thunder's series against the Memphis Grizzlies, was mentioned in trade talks with the Boston Celtics earlier this season, according to a report by ESPN Boston. The report, which includes excerpts from a chat ... James Harden's Pretty Pass James Harden simultaneously saves the ball and sets up Kevin Durant with the nice flip behind his head. Visit www.nba.com for more highlights. From: NBA Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:26 More in Sports Related Breaking News Stories: 1. Film File: 'Hall Pass' 2. James Bays reports from near Ajdabiya 3. James Bays meets William Hague (05-15) 16:23 PDT Oklahoma City (AP) -- Coming off his worst performance in the playoffs, Kevin Durant couldn't get his shots to fall again. Then he caught a glimpse of his mother dancing around during a timeout and,... Darrell Arthur, left, Shane Battier, second left, and Mike Conley, right, of the Memphis Grizzlies defended the basket against Oklahoma City's James Harden in the second quarter of Game 6. (05-11) 21:14 PDT Oklahoma City (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored 19 points, reserve Daequan Cook added 18 and the Oklahoma City Thunder followed their triple- overtime triumph with a 99-72 blowout of the Memphis Grizzlies on... The Count: It may not be the most exciting part of the game, but Oklahoma City's gotten as far as it has in the NBA playoffs thanks in great part to its free-throw shooting. (05-09) 23:07 PDT Memphis, Tenn. (AP) -- Kevin Durant scored six of his 35 points in the third overtime, and the Oklahoma City Thunder survived a thriller in holding off the Memphis Grizzlies 133-123 in a game that... Kevin Durant scored 26 points, Russell Westbrook had 24 and James Harden added 21 as the host Oklahoma City Thunder recorded a 111-102 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies to even their best-of-seven Western Conference semifinal series. Kevin Durant scored 26 points, James Harden led an outburst by Oklahoma City's bench with 21, and the Thunder evened their series with Memphis by beating the Grizzlies on Tuesday night.
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