GAME #5 ٠ OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER 2012 PLAYOFF GAME NOTES NBA FINALS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER at MIAMI HEAT MIAMI LEADS SERIES 3-1 AMERICAN AIRLINES ARENA, FL ٠ (8:00 (CST ٠ JUNE 21, 2012 ٠ THURSDAY …2011-12 SCHEDULE/RESULTS .. … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER PROBABLE STARTERS …… … NO DATE OPP W/L TV/RECORD 1 12/25 vs. ORL W, 97-89 1-0 No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs. Pro 2 12/26 @ MIN W, 104-100 2-0 3 12/28 @ MEM W, 98-95 3-0 35 Kevin Durant F 6-9 235 09 /29/88 Texas/USA 5 4 12/29 vs. DAL W, 104-102 4-0 9 Serge Ibaka F 6-10 235 09/18/89 Ricoh Manresa/Republic of Congo 3 5 12/31 vs. PHX W, 107-97 5-0 5 Kendrick Perkins C 6-10 270 11/10/84 Clifton J. Ozen HS (TX)/USA 9 6 1/2 @ DAL L, 87-100 5-1 / 7 1/3 vs. POR L, 93-103 5-2 2 Thabo Sefolosha G 6-7 215 05/02/84 Angelico Biella Switzerland 6 8 1/6 vs. HOU W, 109-94 6-2 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 187 11/12/88 UCLA/USA 4 9 1/7 @ HOU W, 98-95 7-2 10 1/8 vs. SA W, 108-96 8-2 …… OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER RESERVES … 11 1/10 @ MEM W, 100-95 9-2 12 1/11 @ NO W, 95-85 10-2 45 Cole Aldrich C 6-11 24 0 10/31/88 Kansas/USA 2 13 1/14 vs. NY W, 104-92 11-2 4 Nick Collison F 6-10 255 10/26/80 Kansas/USA 8 14 1/16 @ BOS W, 97-88 12-2 14 Daequan Cook G 6-5 210 04/28/87 Ohio State/USA 5 15 1/18 @ WAS L, 102-105 12-3 16 1/21 @ NJ W, 84-74 13-3 37 Derek Fisher G 6-1 210 08/09/74 Arkansas-Little Rock/USA 16 17 1/23 vs. DET W, 99-79 14-3 13 James Harden G 6-5 220 08/26/89 ASU/USA 3 18 1/25 vs. NO W, 101-91 15-3 19 1/27 @ GS W, 120-109 16-3 11 Lazar Hayward F 6-6 225 11/26/86 Marquette/USA 2 20 1/30 @ LAC L, 100-112 16-4 7 Royal Ivey G 6-4 215 12/20/81 Texas/USA 8 21 2/1 @ DAL W, 95-86 17-4 15 Reggie Jackson G 6-3 208 04/16/90 Boston College/USA 1 22 2/3 vs. MEM W, 101-94 18-4 6 Eric Maynor G 6-3 170 06/11/87 Virginia Commonwealth/USA 3 23 2/4 @ SA L, 96-107 18-5 8 Nazr Mohammed C 6-10 250 09/05/77 Kentucky/USA 14 24 2/6 @ POR W, 111-107 (OT) 19-5 25 2/7 @ GS W, 119-116 20-5 26 2/9 @ SAC L, 101-106 20-6 … OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER STAFF … 27 2/10 @ UTA W, 101-87 21-6 28 2/14 vs. UTA W, 111-85 22-6 HEAD COACH Scott Brooks (UC Irvine) 29 2/15 @ HOU L, 95-96 22-7 ASSISTANT COACHES Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) 30 2/17 vs. GS W, 110-87 23-7 Rex Kalamian (Cal Poly Pomona) 31 2/19 vs. DEN W, 124-118 (OT) 24-7 Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 32 2/20 vs. NO W, 101-93 25-7 33 2/22 vs. BOS W, 119-104 26-7 Brian Keefe (UNLV) 34 2/23 vs. LAL W, 100-85 27-7 ASSISTANT COACH/PLAYER 35 2/29 @ PHI W, 92-88 28-7 DEVELOPMENT Maz Trakh (Southern Utah) 36 3/1 @ ORL W, 105-102 29-7 DIRECTOR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE Dwight Daub (Evansville) 37 3/3 @ ATL L, 90-97 29-8 ATHLETIC TRAINER Joe Sharpe (Old Dominion) 38 3/5 vs. DAL W, 95-91 30-8 39 3/7 vs. PHX W, 115-104 31-8 40 3/9 vs. CLE L, 90-96 31-9 FINALS SCHEDULE (DATE/LOCATION/TIME(CST)/TV/RESULTS) … 41 3/10 vs. CHA W, 122-95 32-9 Game 1 – June 12 (Tue) Miami at Oklahoma City Thunder; 105-94 42 3/13 vs. HOU L, 103-104 32-10 43 3/15 @ DEN W, 103-90 33-10 Game 2 – June 14 (Thu) Miami at Oklahoma City Heat; 100-96 44 3/16 vs. SA L, 105-114 33-11 Game 3 – June 17 (Sun) Oklahoma City at Miami Heat; 91-85 45 3/18 vs. POR W, 111-95 34-11 Game 4 – June 19 (Tue) Oklahoma City at Miami Heat; 104-98 46 3/20 @ UTA L, 90-97 34-12 Game 5 – June 21 (Thu) Oklahoma City at Miami 8:00PM ABC 47 3/21 vs. LAC W, 114-91 35-12 Game 6* June 24 (Sun) Miami at Oklahoma City 7:00PM ABC 48 3/23 vs. MIN W, 149-140 (2OT) 36-12 Game 7* June 26 (Tue) Miami at Oklahoma City 8:00PM ABC 49 3/25 vs. MIA W, 103-87 37-12 50 3/27 @ POR W, 109-95 38-12 51 3/29 @ LAL W, 102-93 39-12 **If necessary 52 4/1 vs. CHI W, 92-78 40-12 53 4/2 vs. MEM L, 88-94 40-13 54 4/4 @ MIA L, 93-98 40-14 … INFORMATION … 55 4/6 @ IND L, 98-103 40-15 56 4/8 vs. TOR W, 91-75 41-15 INJURY REPORT: Eric Maynor is OUT (torn right ACL) 57 4/9 @ MIL W, 109-89 42-15 58 4/11 vs. LAC L, 98-100 42-16 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE: Serge Ibaka: Surge Ee-BAK-a 59 4/13 vs. SAC W, 115-89 43-16 60 4/14 @ MIN W, 115-100 44-16 Royal Ivey: roy-AL Nazr Mohammed: NAH-zee 61 4/16 @ LAC L, 77-92 44-17 62 4/18 @ PHX W, 109-97 45-17 Thabo Sefolosha: TA-bow sef-a-LOW-sha 63 4/20 @ SAC W, 103-32 46-17 Lazar Hayward: lah-zahr 64 4/22 @ LAL L, 106-114 (2OT) 46-18 65 4/24 vs. SAC W, 118-110 47-18 66 4/25 vs. DEN L, 101-106 47-19 RECENT TRANSACTIONS: 3/25/12: Recalled guard Reggie Jackson from the Tulsa 66ers of the NBA D-League 3/24/12: Assigned Reggie Jackson to the Tulsa 66ers 3/21/12: Signed guard Derek Fisher and waived forward Ryan Reid NBA FINALS OPPONENT – MIAMI HEAT NBA Finals (Miami Leads 3-1) 2011-12 Regular Season Series (Tied 1-1) Finals Note: After becoming the 15 th team in NBA history to overcome a 0-2 deficit in a best-of-seven series (The Thunder became just the third team in NBA history to win four straight games in the Conference Finals after trailing 2-0), the Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs to advance to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1996 (lost series 4-2 to Chicago). In all, the OKC franchise has made three previous NBA finals appearances while winning one NBA title during the 1978-79 season. With home court advantage in the Finals, Oklahoma City dropped their first home playoff contest of the 2012 postseason during Game 2 vs. the Heat after opening the playoffs a perfect 9-0 at home (one win shy of tying NBA record for most consecutive home playoff wins). The Thunder will look to become the first team in NBA Finals history to win a title after trailing 3-1 in the series. The NBA Finals represents the first postseason meeting between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the history of the two franchises. Finals Berth: Just three years after finishing the 2008-09 season with a record of 23-59, the Oklahoma City Thunder punched a ticket to this year’s NBA Finals after recording a total of three losses during the first three rounds of the postseason. The Miami Heat were the last team to reach the NBA Finals within three season of winning 25 or fewer games (Reached 2011 Finals after posting 15-67 record during the 2007-08 season). 2011-12 Rewind: Oklahoma City entered the 2012 postseason having wrapped-up the second best regular season record in the Western Conference (47-19) and the highest year-end winning percentage by the franchise since the 1997-98 season (.744). The Thunder’s .712 winning percentage this past season ranks fourth best all-time for the franchise. Oklahoma City has now captured playoff berths during each of the three subsequent seasons for the first time since 1996-1998. Stat-Worthy Debut: Kevin Durant (36 points) and Russell Westbrook (27 points), both making their NBA Finals debuts in Game 1, combined for 63 points in the Thunder's win over the Heat last Tuesday night. That matches the most combined points in a game by teammates who were both making their NBA Finals debuts in league history {Julius Erving (33) and Doug Collins (30) combined for 63 points for Philadelphia in their NBA Finals debuts in 1977 against Portland}. The 36 points scored by Kevin Durant are the second most recorded by a player making their NBA Finals debut (Allen Iverson scored 48 points during his NBA Finals debut in 2001).