During partitions 41 to assist the Thunder to exclude the Nuggets

Through the first three quarters Wednesday, Kevin Durant recorded 25 points on 8-of-18 the floor despite the difficulty of long-range shots. Top scorer of the League has taken things to a new level in the final.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Teammates Kevin Durant kept telling him it was his time to support the game.

Finally, there, and the Oklahoma City Thunder has the force to send the Denver Nuggets to an another early playoff exit.

During corresponded to its best performance in the playoffs with 41 points, including nine finals in Oklahoma City, and Thunder closed their series of first round against the Nuggets with a 100-97 victory in game 5 Wednesday night.

Thunder overcame a nine-point deficit in the last minutes of 4, and during all provided the offence on the stretch to send the franchise to Oklahoma City to its first playoff victory since he was still in Seattle in 2005.

"I tried just to seize the opportunity and benefit from," said during. "They kept feed me rock, I was able to get to some places well and fortunately I have a few shots."

During put Thunder coming to stay on two shots-francs with 46 seconds left. Serge Ibaka then refutes the Nene dunk attempt for his ninth block of the game and this during regarded as the most important piece.

During followed with a jump of 19 feet to put the Thunder up to 100-97 with 12 seconds left.

During blocked shot J.R. Smith to the tie of the left wing, and Arron Afflalo missed a last attempt to a pointer of tying it to the buzzer 3.

"Just Kevin took over," said Oklahoma City before Nick Collison. "It was a pretty incredible performance."

When the final horn sounds, Ibaka loaded through the deaf Court his chest before finding James Harden to offer to give him a hug. It is also celebrated with during prior NBA scoring champion stopped to give his mother and his grandmother a kiss in their courtside seats.

The Nuggets led by nine points with 3: 30 left, their biggest lead of the game. The final wire 3 h 30 from the game, Kevin Durant has outperformed the Nuggets by himself 14-6.

The Thunder will face San Antonio or Memphis in the second round.

"It is only the first stop," said during. "We have to remain mobile, continue to work and to go from here."

Afflalo, who missed the first two games of the series with a hamstring strain, has led Denver with 15 points and Kenyon Martin added 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Nuggets have only been out of the first round in a stretch of eight playoff straight - the first seven coming before Carmelo Anthony designed a mid-season to the Knicks in February trade.

"We did a not out about this game, we did not close game 1 and... they are both very hard to swallow right now," Denver Coach, said George Karl. "" "". Us somewhere in the next week or wake up and realize that we had a hell of a season. ?

The Nuggets have been shooting 51 percent and appeared to be in control after Wilson Chandler and Ty Lawson had layups conducted during an 8-2 run that pushed Denver lead to 91-82 with 4: 15 to play. Chandler ran to the rim when Russell Westbrook switch him off a screen, and Lawson blew past during for the easy basket.

Coach Scott Brooks Thunder back its rim protector, Ibaka, in the game and tightened defense from there.

During a hit a 3 from the top of the key to start pointer bringing Thunder return and he also connected on a leaner in the lane as Oklahoma City reported off the coast of nine points straight equality on Harden 3-pointer from the left side with 1: 50 remaining.

Martin ended this thrust by failover in miss Raymond Felton for what eventually Denver only basket in the last 4 minutes. During a response at the other end and kept comes knocking.

He established the Oklahoma City on top with a set of three points with 1: 05 remaining, connecting on a helping hand, as it is reversed in the track.

Felton put Denver back ahead with two shots-francs after having changed the left ankle and had to be helped on the Nuggets bench. He walked gingerly to the line and hit both shots to make it 97-96, but during and insured Ibaka which proved to be lead the Nuggets last.

"A first in series that I felt confident," said during, who also scored 41 in game 1. "This is the playoffs, and I felt good in the fourth, bringing my team to try to put a little above.".

During six of seven shots made in its last hot segment.

"He just made shots again and again," said Chandler, who was guard during down the stretch. "Very severe blows." He has made the open shots. ... He has just made shots when needed. ?

It seems that the Nuggets would get one last chance to go forward when the referee Bill Spooner momentarily awarded their possession with 14.8 seconds left after during one on spend and whirled with the ball near the midcourt line. Then he reversed his own appeal and gave the ball to Oklahoma City, establishment of jump during last.

Westbrook had 14 points on 3-for-15 shooting, one game after he had attracted criticism for attempting to 30 shots.

Despite the terrible 37 percent shooting, Oklahoma City stuck with the Nuggets with a significant advantage in free throw opportunities and offensive rebounds.

Thunder made 34 42 shots without - double the number of attempts of Denver received - and had also 22 points of the second chance off the coast of 16 offensive boards.

Game notes
Fans in the room got free marine blue T-shirts that eventually the color matching Denver alternate uniforms. ... Lawson had its first 19 shots in the series before missing twice with 2: 18 left in the game. ... Denver dropped to 4-6 in game 5s during the flight of 1-3.