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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PLAYOFF GAME NOTES WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS GAME #1 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER at SAN ANTONIO SPURS (0-0) (0-0) AT&T CENTER, TX ٠ (8:00 PM (CST ٠ MAY 19, 2014 ٠ MONDAY …2013-14 SCHEDULE/RESULTS .. … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PROBABLE STARTERS …… … NO DATE OPP W/L **TV/RECORD 1 10/30 @ UTA W, 101-98 1-0 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro 2 11/1 @ MIN L, 81-100 1-1 3 11/3 vs. PHX W, 103-96 2- 1 35 Kevin Durant F 6-9 240 09/29/88 Texas/USA 7 4 11/6 vs. DAL W, 107-93 3-1 5 11/8 @ DET W, 119-100 4-1 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 10 6 11/10 vs. WAS W, 106-105 (OT) 5-1 5 Kendrick Perkins C 6-10 270 11/10/84 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)/USA 11 7 11/13 @ LAC L, 103-111 5-2 8 11/14 @ GSW L, 115-116 5-3 25 Thabo Sefolosha G 6-7 222 05/02/84 Angelico Biella /Switzerland 8 9 11/16 @ MIL W, 92-79 6-3 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 200 11/12/88 UCLA/USA 6 10 11/18 vs. DEN W, 115-113 7-3 11 11/21 vs. LAC W, 105-91 8-3 …… OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES … 12 11/24 vs. UTA W, 95-73 9-3 13 11/27 vs. SAS W, 94-88 10-3 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 255 07/20 /93 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 1 14 11/29 vs. GSW W, 113-112 (OT) 11-3 15 12/1 vs. MIN W, 113-103 12-3 2 Caron Butler G 6-7 228 03/13/80 Connecticut/USA 12 16 12/3 @ SAC W, 97-95 13-3 6 Derek Fisher G 6-1 210 08/09/74 Arkansas-Little Rock/USA 18 17 12/4 @ POR L, 104-111 13-4 18 12/6 @ NOP W, 109-95 14-4 15 Reggie Jackson G 6-3 208 04/16/90 Boston College/USA 3 19 12/8 vs. IND W, 118-94 15-4 7 Grant Jerrett F 6-10 232 07/08/93 Arizona/USA 1 20 12/10 @ ATL W, 101-92 16-4 3 Perry Jones F 6-11 235 09/24/91 Baylor/USA 2 21 12/11 @ MEM W, 116-100 17-4 22 12/13 vs. LAL W, 122-97 18-4 9 Serge Ibaka F 6-10 245 09/18/89 Ricoh Manresa/Republic of Congo 5 23 12/15 vs. ORL W, 101-98 19-4 11 Jeremy Lamb G 6-5 185 05/30/92 Connecticut/USA 2 24 12/17 @ DEN W, 105-93 20-4 25 12/19 vs. CHI W, 107-95 21-4 21 Andre Roberson G 6-7 210 12/04/91 Colorado/USA 1 26 12/21 @ SAS W, 113-110 22-4 34 Hasheem Thabeet C 7-3 263 02/16/87 Connecticut/Tanzania 5 27 12/22 vs. TOR L, 98-104 22-5 28 12/25 @ NYK W, 123-94 23-5 29 12/27 @ CHA W, 89-85 24-5 … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF … 30 12/29 vs. HOU W, 117-86 25-5 31 12/31 vs. POR L, 94-98 25-6 32 1/2 vs. BKN L, 93-95 25-7 HEAD COACH Scott Brooks (UC Irvine) 33 1/4 @ MIN W, 115-111 26-7 ASSISTANT COACHES Rex Kalamian (Cal Poly Pomona) 34 1/5 vs. BOS W, 119-96 27-7 Robert Pack (USC) 35 1/7 @ UTA L, 101-112 27-8 36 1/9 @ DEN L, 88-101 27-9 Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 37 1/11 vs. MIL W, 101-85 28-9 Brian Keefe (UNLV) 38 1/14 @ MEM L, 87-90 28-10 39 1/16 @ HOU W, 104-92 29-10 Mike Terpstra (Northwest Nazarene University) 40 1/17 vs. GSW W, 127-121 30-10 DIRECTOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Dwight Daub (Evansville) 41 1/19 vs. SAC W, 108-93 31-10 ATHLETIC TRAINER Joe Sharpe (Old Dominion) 42 1/21 vs. POR W, 105-97 32-10 42 1/22 @ SA W, 111-105 33-10 44 1/24 @ BOS W, 101-83 34-10 45 1/25 @ PHI W, 103-91 35-10 PLAYOFF SCHEDULE (DATE/LOCATION/TIME(CST)/TV/RESULTS) … 46 1/27 vs. ATL W, 111-109 36-10 47 1/29 @ MIA W, 112-95 37-10 48 1/31 @ BKN W, 120-95 38-10 Game 1 – May 19 (Mon) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:0 0PM TNT 49 2/1 @ WAS L, 81-96 38-11 Game 2 – May 21 (Wed) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00PM TNT 50 2/3 vs. MEM W, 86-77 39-11 Game 3 – May 25 (Sun) San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30PM TNT 51 2/5 vs. MIN W, 106-97 40-11 52 2/7 @ ORL L, 102-103 40-12 Game 4 – May 27 (Tue) San Antonio at Oklahoma City 8:00PM TNT 53 2/9 vs. NY W, 112-100 41-12 Game 5 * May 29 (Thu) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00PM TNT 54 2/11 @ POR W, 98-95 42-12 55 2/13 @ LAL W, 107-103 43-12 Game 6 * May 31 (Sat) San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30PM TNT 56 2/20 vs. MIA L, 81-103 43-13 Game 7 * June 2 (Mon) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00PM TNT 57 2/23 vs. LAC L, 125-117 43-14 *If necessary 58 2/26 vs. CLE L, 104-114 43-15 59 2/28 vs. MEM W, 113-107 44-15 60 3/2 vs. CHA W, 116-99 45-15 … INFORMATION … 61 3/4 vs. PHI W, 125-92 46-15 62 3/6 @ PHX L, 122-128 46-16 63 3/9 @ LAL L, 110-114 46-17 INJURY REPORT: Serge Ibaka is OUT (left calf injury) 64 3/11 vs. HOU W, 106-98 47-17 65 3/13 vs. LAL W, 131-102 48-17 66 3/16 vs. DAL L, 86-109 48-18 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Serge Ibaka: Surge Ee-BAK-a 67 3/17 @ CHI W, 97-85 49-18 Andre Roberson: ROB-er-sun 68 3/20 @ CLE W, 102-95 50-18 Thabo Sefolosha: TA-bow sef-a-LOW-sha 69 3/21 @ TOR W, 119-118 (2OT) 51-18 70 3/24 vs. DEN W, 117-96 52-18 Hasheem Thabeet: Ha-SHEEM THA-beet 71 3/25 @ DAL L, 119-128 (OT) 52-19 72 3/28 vs. SAC W, 94-81 53-19 73 3/30 vs. UTA W, 116-96 54-19 SCOTT BROOKS PREGAME 105 minutes prior to the game at HOME and 90 minutes 74 4/3 vs. SA W, 106-94 55-19 MEDIA AVAILABILITY: prior to the game on the ROAD 75 4/4 @ HOU L, 107-111 55-20 76 4/6 @ PHX L, 115-122 55-21 77 4/8 @ SAC W, 107-92 56-21 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: 4/7/14: Signed forward Grant Jerrett 78 4/9 @ LAC W, 107-101 57-21 79 4/11 vs. NOP W, 116-94 58-21 3/28/14: Signed forward Reggie Williams to 10-day 80 4/13 @ IND L, 97-102 58-22 contract 81 4/14 @ NOP L, 89-101 58-23 82 4/16 vs. DET W, 112-111 59-23 3/16/14: Signed guard Mustafa Shakur to 10-day contract **All games can be heard on 98.1 FM, the Sports Animal CONFERENCE FINALS OPPONENT – SAN ANTONIO SPURS 2013-14 Regular Season Series (4-0 Thunder) Thunder vs. Spurs: After defeating the Los Angeles Clippers 4-2 in the second round of the 2014 Playoffs, the Oklahoma City Thunder has now advanced to the Western Conference Finals for a third time in the last four seasons . During the lone postseason meeting between the Thunder and Spurs in 2012, Oklahoma City advanced to the NBA Finals after defeating San Antonio 4-2 in the Western Conference Finals. During the 2013-14 regular season, the Thunder went a perfect 4-0 against the Spurs. There have been only three instances in NBA history where one team went 4-0 vs. another team in the regular season before going onto meet in the Conference Finals. In all three cases, the team that swept the regular season series went onto win the playoff series as well. Playoff Notes: Oklahoma City is making its fifth consecutive trip to the playoffs and in each of the last four seasons, the Thunder has advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals. After defeating Memphis in the first round of the 2014 playoffs, the Thunder became the only Western Conference team to advance out of the first round in each of the last four seasons (Miami also accomplished the feat in the Eastern Conference). After defeating the Clippers in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals, the Thunder remains 3-0 in postseason series when leading the series 3-2. Comeback Kids: In both Games 5 and 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals versus the Clippers, the Thunder claimed victory after trailing each game by 15+ points. By overcoming 15 point deficits in back-to-back postseason games, the Thunder became the first team to recover from such margins in consecutive games since the Sacramento Kings accomplished the feat during the 2001 playoffs.