Spurs rally to beat Thunder in NBA's West finals

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Manu Ginobili scored 26 points and the San Antonio Spurs turned it on in the fourth quarter to beat Oklahoma City 101-98 in the first game of the NBA Western Conference Finals.nike lebron 9 p.s. elite south beach
The Spurs stretched their winning streak to 19 games and moved one game closer to booking their berth in the NBA Finals.
The winner of this best-of-seven series will face either the Miami Heat or Boston Celtics for the NBA title. San Antonio host game two on Tuesday.
The Spurs trailed by nine points going into the fourth quarter, nike lebron 9 p.s. elite south beach for sale, when they turned the tables and out-scored the Thunder 39-27.
Kevin Durant led Oklahoma City with 27 points and Russell Westbrook added 17, but they just could not stop the Spurs in the final period.
"It was a hard-fought ball game," said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. "Nothing to be ashamed of.
"They're playing the best basketball in the league," Brooks said of San Antonio. "And we were right there."
Point guard Tony Parker scored 18 points with six assists for San Antonio, while Tim Duncan scored 16 and grabbed 11 rebounds.
With Argentine Ginobili leading the way, the Spurs bench contributed 52 points.
The Thunder closed the third quarter on a 10-3 scoring run to take a 71-62 lead.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was caught by video cameras exhorting his players to get "nasty".
"I said that? In the heat of the game sometimes stuff comes out of my mouth and it's embarrassing,nike lebron 9 p.s. elite south beach release date" Popovich said.
"I thought that we were playing for most of the first half and even the beginning of the third quarter a bit unconfidently, a bit on our heels, a bit unsure of ourselves.
"So I talked to them about they've got to get a little bit uglier, a little bit nasty, play with a little more fiber -- meaning you've got to take it to these guys, you've got to drive it, you've got to shoot it, you can't hold it," the coach said.
"We needed to be active and aggressive -- and we got that way in the fourth quarter."
"He just wanted to make sure we played with more energy," Parker said of Popovich.
"They were playing with a lot more energy than us in the third quarter, and we were hesitating a little bit."
Parker's jump shot tied it at 73-73 early in the fourth as the Spurs delivered an 18-3 scoring run that put them up 82-76.

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