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OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PLAYOFF GAME NOTES WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS GAME #6 OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER vs. SAN ANTONIO SPURS (2-3) (3-2) CHESAPEAKE ENERGY ARENA, OK ٠ (7:30 PM (CST ٠ MAY 31, 2014 ٠ SATURDAY …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 9 Serge Ibaka F 6-10 245 09/18/89 Ricoh Manresa/Republic of Congo 5 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 15 Reggie Jackson G 6-3 208 04/16/90 Boston College/USA 3 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 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 10 16 12/3 @ SAC W, 97-95 13-3 2 Caron Butler G 6-7 228 03/13/80 Connecticut/USA 12 17 12/4 @ POR L, 104-111 13-4 18 12/6 @ NOP W, 109-95 14-4 6 Derek Fisher G 6-1 210 08/09/74 Arkansas-Little Rock/USA 18 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 11 Jeremy Lamb G 6-5 185 05/30/92 Connecticut/USA 2 23 12/15 vs. ORL W, 101-98 19-4 21 Andre Roberson G 6-7 210 12/04/91 Colorado/USA 1 24 12/17 @ DEN W, 105-93 20-4 25 12/19 vs. CHI W, 107-95 21-4 25 Thabo Sefolosha G 6-7 222 05/02/84 Angelico Biella /Switzerland 8 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 8:00PM Spurs, 122 -105 49 2/1 @ WAS L, 81-96 38-11 Game 2 – May 21 (Wed) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00PM Spurs, 112-77 50 2/3 vs. MEM W, 86-77 39-11 Game 3 – May 25 (Sun) San Antonio at Oklahoma City 7:30PM Thunder, 106-97 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 Thunder, 105-92 53 2/9 vs. NY W, 112-100 41-12 Game 5 – May 29 (Thu) Oklahoma City at San Antonio 8:00PM Spurs, 117-89 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: None 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 Playoff Series (Spurs 3-2) 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 (OKC trailed 0-2 in 2012 before winning four straight games to close-out the series). During the 2013-14 regular season, the Thunder went a perfect 4-0 against the Spurs. Heading into Game 6 tonight in Oklahoma City, the Thunder has now won nine straight games versus San Antonio at Chesapeake Energy Arena (regular season & postseason combined). Breaking the Trend: Oklahoma City is looking to overcome an 0-2 deficient in the Conference Finals for a second time in the last three seasons. Heading into this season’s Conference Finals, teams that fell behind 0-2 in a best of 7 series in NBA history go onto win the series just 6.1% of the time (16 out of 261 chances). The Thunder is looking to advance to the NBA Finals, despite trailing in each of the first three rounds of the playoffs. Should the Thunder advance to The Finals, Oklahoma City would become just the second team in NBA history to advance to the Finals after trailing in each of the first three rounds of the postseason (2011 Philadelphia 76ers). 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.
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