Harden & The Bench Close Out Mavs, Wesbrook Benched! Series Tied 1-1

                                                  

                                                                                             

Blog by Haz Bey

"Big Game" James

Scott Brooks benched Russell Wesbrook for the 4th quarter and it paid off.  The Thunder stole home court advantage from the Mavericks, by winning game 2 of the West Finals.  James Harden was money down the stretch hitting big 3 after big 3 halting any chance Dallas making a run to seize game 2.  Nick Collison played his heart out with a huge effort defensively in the 4th quarter. 

 The Thunder did a better job on Dirk

The "White Mamba", as Sir Charles likes to call him, finally missed his first foul shot inside the last minute of the game which if he would have connected would have made it a 1 possession game.  OKC did what they needed to do by getting the split in Dallas.  The ultimate game changing play of the game was the posterization of back-up center Brandon Haywood by Kevin Durant in the second quarter.  From there, OKC erased an 11 point deficit & went on lead at the half 59-57 and eventually win the game.