Nba playoffs lakers vs thunder game 5

The Lakers trailed for much of the game but managed to keep things close and even took a lead for a brief time in the third quarter, but the Thunder buckled down and began to pull away.

They just added to their lead throughout the fourth quarter and, before long, the Lakers were on the losing end of a blowout. Kobe Bryant led all scorers with 42 points and, in typical Bryant fashion, zero assists. Russell Westbrook led all Thunder scorers with 28 points, while Kevin Durant had 25 points and 10 rebounds. I'll take the latter. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

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Andrew Bynum Lakers : "This is the kind of game we can play when we're executing well on both ends of the court, We need to try to close it out now, and not be satisfied with this. Kevin Durant Thunder : "I wish I could say why, but they kicked our butts from the beginning, They had some dunks early on and got the fans excited, and they just kind of cruised from there. Kevin Durant Thunder : "We know that's the most important time of the game, especially in a tight game.

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