(AP) Oklahoma City – After posting its worst performance in the playoffs was not Kevin Durant got his shots to fall again.
Then he has a glimpse of her dancing around her mother trapped in a time-out and magically, the ball started going around the net.
Durant added 39 points for his best offensive output of the series, Russell Westbrook his first playoff triple-double and Oklahoma City Thunder had advanced to the finals of the Western Conference with a 105-90 victory over Memphis Grizzlies in Game 7 on Sunday.
“I knew she had dance steps,” said Durant. “She used all the time when I was young to do. It was fun. I was glad to see that.”
Pretty soon it was fun, too – to lose and the two-foot Thunder in Texas for the first appearance of the franchise in the West final as in the NBA Finals in 1996, the Seattle SuperSonics. » Read more: OKC’s Kevin Durant inspired by mom in game 7 win