<p>Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from the NBA championship finals after stunning the San Antonio Spurs on their home court with a 108-103 victory on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Kevin Durant top scored for the Thunder with 27 points while Russell Westbrook provided a further 23, as the Thunder took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series. <br /><br />James Harden added 20 for Oklahoma City, who condemned the Spurs to a third straight defeat after having won the opening two games of the series, part of a 20-game winning streak. <br /><br />The youthful Thunder led at each break and by as many as 14 points during the second quarter before the Spurs clawed back. <br /><br />Down by 13 late in the final quarter, San Antonio plundered 11 unanswered points to draw within two, only to see Westbrook snap the streak with a clutch basket in the final minute. <br /><br />James Harden then sucked the life out the Spurs with a great three-pointer over the top of rookie Kawhi Leonard with just 28 seconds left. <br /><br />“The ball was supposed to go to Kevin (Durant) but the shot clock was running down and I had to make a play,” Harden said. <br /><br />“Leonard was playing very good defence on me but I thought I'd shoot it with confidence and it went in.” <br /><br />Thunder coach Scott Brooks was full of praise for his team despite watching them almost throw away the victory. <br /><br />“I thought that was a total team effort,” Brooks said. “We stuck together and we had couple of bad stretches but didn't break, we battled through that. <br /><br />“Everybody did their job, we played about as hard as we could play.” <br /><br />Spurs coach Gregg Popovich tried to spark his offence by starting regular sixth man Manu Ginobili for Danny Green but despite a game-high 34 points it wasn't enough. <br /><br />The home side had 21 turnovers throughout the game with Westbrook adding four steals and Durant three to their impressive points tallies. <br /><br />“It’s not like we’re playing the sisters of the poor,” Popovich said of the Thunder. <br />“These guys are hungry, athletic, they are a very good side.” <br /><br />The series continues in Oklahoma City with Game Six on Wednesday.<br /></p>
<p>Oklahoma City Thunder are one win away from the NBA championship finals after stunning the San Antonio Spurs on their home court with a 108-103 victory on Monday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Kevin Durant top scored for the Thunder with 27 points while Russell Westbrook provided a further 23, as the Thunder took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals series. <br /><br />James Harden added 20 for Oklahoma City, who condemned the Spurs to a third straight defeat after having won the opening two games of the series, part of a 20-game winning streak. <br /><br />The youthful Thunder led at each break and by as many as 14 points during the second quarter before the Spurs clawed back. <br /><br />Down by 13 late in the final quarter, San Antonio plundered 11 unanswered points to draw within two, only to see Westbrook snap the streak with a clutch basket in the final minute. <br /><br />James Harden then sucked the life out the Spurs with a great three-pointer over the top of rookie Kawhi Leonard with just 28 seconds left. <br /><br />“The ball was supposed to go to Kevin (Durant) but the shot clock was running down and I had to make a play,” Harden said. <br /><br />“Leonard was playing very good defence on me but I thought I'd shoot it with confidence and it went in.” <br /><br />Thunder coach Scott Brooks was full of praise for his team despite watching them almost throw away the victory. <br /><br />“I thought that was a total team effort,” Brooks said. “We stuck together and we had couple of bad stretches but didn't break, we battled through that. <br /><br />“Everybody did their job, we played about as hard as we could play.” <br /><br />Spurs coach Gregg Popovich tried to spark his offence by starting regular sixth man Manu Ginobili for Danny Green but despite a game-high 34 points it wasn't enough. <br /><br />The home side had 21 turnovers throughout the game with Westbrook adding four steals and Durant three to their impressive points tallies. <br /><br />“It’s not like we’re playing the sisters of the poor,” Popovich said of the Thunder. <br />“These guys are hungry, athletic, they are a very good side.” <br /><br />The series continues in Oklahoma City with Game Six on Wednesday.<br /></p>