MIAMI – 37 times the lead changed hands on Thursday night, in addition to 11 ties. Unfortunately for the Thunder, the 38th lead change went the way of the Miami Heat, with 1.5 seconds left in the contest.
In a 97-95 loss to the Heat, the Thunder battled and battled, making runs and sustaining body blows by Miami at the beginning and end of the third quarter. Still, neither team led by more than six points in this one, which made the possession-by-possession nail-biting for everyone in the arena in the final few minutes an inevitability.