Thunder rally in LA, take 3-1 series lead
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 4 months AGO
<p>Los Angeles' Kobe Bryant, left, gets his shot blocked by Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins during the first half Saturday at Los Angeles.</p>
Russell Westbrook scored 10 of his 37 points during a stirring fourth-quarter comeback, Kevin Durant added 31 points and hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 13.7 seconds left, and the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder seized control of the second-round series with a 103-100 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 4 on Saturday night.
Serge Ibaka scored 14 points for the second-seeded Thunder, who took a 3-1 series lead and moved to the brink of their second straight trip to the Western Conference finals.
Oklahoma City improved to 7-1 in the postseason with a tenacious rally on the second night of back-to-back games against the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, who scored 38 points in Los Angeles' fifth loss in seven games overall.
Game 5 is Monday night in Oklahoma City.
Spurs 96, Clippers 86: Tim Duncan scored 19 points, helping engineer a 24-0 run in the third quarter after the Spurs trailed by 24 points, and San Antonio won at Los Angeles to take a 3-0 lead in their second-round playoff series.
Tony Parker added 23 points, rookie Kawhi Leonard 14 and Manu Ginobili 13 to help the top-seeded Spurs win their 17th in a row and improve to 7-0 in the playoffs.
Blake Griffin had 28 points and 16 rebounds for the Clippers, who face some daunting NBA history heading into Game 4 tonight at Staples Center. No team has ever rallied from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.