The Heat started hot. But Kevin Durant’s finishing was ice cold.
With the building on fire, the crowd roaring like 747 jet engines lined up in a row and so much intensity in the air that it would make your hair stand up, Miami built a 13-point first half lead, drilled 3-pointers and made everyone squirm. It wasn’t necessarily the most surprising thing with the anticipation of this game, what with it being the most important event in state history and all. The Thunder were clearly tight, clearly anxious, clearly nervous. They looked their age, like the moment was squeezing them.
“It kind of took us a couple minutes to get the nervousness out of us and the jitters out of us,” said Durant. “Just being in The Finals, we kind of was nervous.” Keep Reading…










Unfinished: Thunder-Heat NBA Finals preview
Over the past four days, no matter what I’m doing, one thought jumps into my brain every minute or so. Other than, “Has it been long enough for me to eat something again?” I mean.
Holy $%@!, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA Finals.
I know this was always part of the plan and we all acted like we knew it was eventually coming, but until the moment really was here, until Perk sealed it with a two-handed dunk, that reality still seemed like a dream. It’s different to just talk about getting to The Finals, and to actually get to The Finals.
And that’s where the Thunder are. Four wins away. Four from hanging a banner. Four from rings. Four from assured legacy. Four from Oklahoma City immortality.
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