The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Miami Heat at home, 105-99. A game after one of the more epic choke jobs in recent NBA history, OKC struggled, meandered, fired shots into the ocean Lake Texoma, but with the game hanging in the balance, demonstrated a little bit more grit than 3 nights ago.
The Heat, trailing most of the 1st half, surged forward in the 3rd quarter as the Thunder offense continued to falter. Despite carrying that lead, OKC never looked like they had any rhythm, struggling to an abysmal 34% shooting from the floor and 3-17 from three through 3 quarters against a team playing without rim protector Hassan Whiteside.