LeBron James 25 points vs Pacers (Full Highlights) (05/30/14)

THE FACT: The Spurs will be making their sixth trip to The NBA Finals since Gregg Popovich became head coach.
THE LEAD: The San Antonio Spurs got a huge game off the bench from Boris Diaw and withstood a furious Oklahoma City rally to beat the Thunder 112-107 in overtime Saturday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena to win the Western Conference Championship for the second straight season.
Diaw led the Spurs with 26 points on 8-for-14 shooting. He also hit three 3-pointers and seven foul shots. Tim Duncan also had a monster game for the Spurs with 19 points and 15 rebounds. The Spurs had to play the second half without point guard Tony Parker, who had problems with his left ankle and couldn't continue.
Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook combined for 65 points, 21 rebounds and 14 turnovers. Westbrook led all scorers with 34 points. Half of those came at the free-throw line, where he was 17-for-18. He also handed out eight assists while pulling down seven rebounds. Westbrook had a career high six steals but then had seven turnovers. Durant scored 31 on 12-for-25 shooting. He pulled down 14 rebounds but also turned it over seven times.
Reggie Jackson had 21 points and Serge Ibaka added 16. He also blocked four shots.
In addition to Diaw and Duncan, the Spurs had three other players in double figures. Kawhi Leonard had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, Manu Ginobili dropped in 15 and handed out five assists and Danny Green added 11.
The Spurs generated a whopping 33 points off of 20 Thunder turnovers.
QUOTABLE: "We wanted it badly. I was afraid we gave it away there late. It's unbelievable to regain the focus [after last season's Finals loss]. We've got four more to win and we'll do it this time."
-- Tim Duncan
QUOTABLE II: "This victory's really sweet because we beat one hell of a team."
-- Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich
THE STAT: San Antonio's bench scored 51 points and the Spurs' starters added 61. OKC's bench players managed just the five points, all scored by Derek Fisher. Thunder starters accounted for the other 102 points. The 46-point differential in bench scoring is the largest in any game this season.
TURNING POINT: Parker stayed back in the locker room getting treatment for a sore left ankle that he actually sprained in Game 4 and aggravated in Game 5. Despite his absence, the Spurs rolled to a huge third quarter, outscoring OKC 37-20 on 53.8 percent shooting. Durant had five points and five turnovers in the quarter. Leonard and Diaw combined to go 7-for-9 (16 points). Though they lost that lead, the third quarter turned things for the Spurs.
QUOTABLE III: "I'm disappointed in the third quarter, that's the only 30-point quarter we've given up in this series at home. We settled for too many jumpers and then turned the ball over and they had us scrambling on defense. That third quarter hurt us."
-- Thunder head coach Scott Brooks
QUOTABLE IV: "We fought as hard as we could all night long. We left it all out there on the floor. They made plays down the stretch and we didn't."
-- Kevin Durant
INSIDE THE ARENA: It was the 165th consecutive sellout at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
GOOD MOVE: On the Spurs' first possession Kawhi Leonard took a handoff from Parker out near the 3-point arc, dribbled past Durant and Westbrook, then dunked over Serge Ibaka.
BAD MOVE: The Thunder were great in the first half defending the Spurs' first shot of a possession but terrible after that. OKC held the Spurs to just 36.8 percent shooting overall but allowed them to score 11 second-chance points on 4-for-6 shooting and the Thunder were outrebounded 23-19 in the first half. The inability to keep the Spurs to one and done in a possession helped keep the game close in the first half.
ROOKIE WATCH: Thunder center Steven Adams played 12 minutes but did not score. He did pull down a couple of rebounds.
NOTABLE: Parker almost didn't start the game. He told Popovich just before tipoff he didn't think he could go. "He was limping, he couldn't cut. We went back and forth and he tried it in the first half. He showed a lot of guts. At halftime he said he thought he could keep going but I told him no," Popovich said.
UP NEXT: The NBA Finals vs. the Miami Heat. Game 1, Thursday @ San Antonio; Game 2, Sunday, June 8, @ San Antonio; Game 3, Tuesday, June 10, @ Miami; Game 4, Thursday, June 12, @ Miami; Game 5, Sunday, June 15, @ San Antonio (if necessary); Game 6, Tuesday June 17, @ Miami (if necessary); Game 7, Friday, June 20, @ San Antonio (if necessary).