Thunder vs. Spurs: Game 5 Score and Twitter Reaction from 2016 NBA Playoffs

The San Antonio Spurs lost just a single game at home during the regular season. Now, in the span of three postseason showdowns with the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Western Conference’s No. 2 seed has dropped two games at AT&T Center and is one loss away from elimination.     

Following a fourth-quarter collapse in Game 4 on Sunday, the Spurs stumbled down the stretch once again as the Thunder seized a 3-2 series lead with a 95-91 Game 5 win on Tuesday behind a miraculous display from Russell Westbrook.  

In a tense contest defined by energized spurts from both sides, the Thunder got the last laugh when Westbrook converted an and-1 layup with 6.3 seconds remaining to give his side a four-point lead. However, the play wasn’t without controversy, as officials failed to give Kawhi Leonard the intentional foul he appeared to be playing for, as the NBA on TNT documented:  

Russ with the AND-1 as the @okcthunder take the lead! https://t.co/hj3mbhhQ6R

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 11, 2016

All told, Westbrook finished with a game-high 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists as he bounced back from a 14-point showing in Game 4 with an authoritative performance. According to Basketball-Reference.com, Westbrook has now topped 35 points, 11 boards and nine assists twice this postseason. 

Kevin Durant added 23 points (8-of-21 shooting, 2-of-5 from three), six rebounds and five dimes as he and Westbrook scored or assisted on 80 of the team’s 95 points, per ESPN Stats & Info. 

Leonard paced the Spurs with 26 points, six boards, five steals and four assists, while Danny Green poured in 20 points and drilled six threes. But the Spurs didn’t feature enough solid scoring across the board to take over in clutch situations. 

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Even though LaMarcus Aldridge became the first San Antonio player to post five 20-plus-point games in a playoff series since Tim Duncan in 2007, per Spurs PR’s Jordan …

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