It looked like their season was coming to an end, but the Oklahoma City Thunder made a historic comeback to send the series back to Utah for Game 6.
After being down by as many as 25 in the third quarter, the Oklahoma City Thunder made one of the greatest comebacks in NBA playoff history.
Trailing 3-1 entering Wednesday night’s Game 5, the Thunder saved their season with a 107-99 victory over the Utah Jazz to move the series deficit to 3-2 with Game 6 in Utah.
Russell Westbrook showed why he’s one of the best players the NBA has to offer, with a historic 45 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists, doing everything in his power to make sure OKC would live to see another day.
After waiting all series for the reigning MVP to show up, he delivered with his team facing elimination.
After tonight's performance, Russell Westbrook joins Wilt Chamberlain (4 times) and LeBron James (2012 ECF) as the only players to record 45 PTS & 15 REB in a win, when facing playoff elimination. @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/e1N6nOtbG9
— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) April 26, 2018
Playoff P decided to show up for this elimination game as well, as Paul George finished with a big 34 points and eight rebounds.
Donovan Mitchell continued to come up big for the Jazz, finishing with 23 points, while Jae Crowder had what will probably be his best game of the series with 27 points with six 3-pointers.
Extending the series to a Game 7 won’t be an easy task for OKC, especially with the home-court advantage the Jazz have at Vivint Smart Home Arena, but if they play like they did in the second half of their Game 5 victory, they’ll have as good a shot as any. Here are five takeaways heading into Game 6 on the road.