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The Oklahoma City Thunder did not know what hit them in the final five minutes of regulation in game four of the Western Conference finals series. Up by 15 points, 99-84, the Thunder were outscored 17-2 by the Dallas Mavericks to force overtime. With the momentum strongly in their favor, the Mavs handily won the game in the extension period, 112-105 and built an insurmountable 3-1 series lead. It was one of the biggest collapses in playoff history and OKC may have kissed their finals bid goodbye with the heartbreaking defeat as game five now shifts to Dallas. For the second time in the series, Mavericks star forward Dirk Nowitzki hit the 40-point mark to lead the Dallas attack. The 7-0 “German Bomber” says believing in themselves, great team rebounding and having great stops in the clutch helped them win the crucial game, according to the Associated Press.
“We kept believing. I think finally we got some rebounds. I think that was killing us all night long. We got second-chance points, tipouts. In the last couple minutes we got great stops, finally got some rebounds, and it really helped us (with) our flow. They couldn’t really guard us off the transition and we needed to get some stops and that was big down the stretch.”
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