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OKLAHOMA CITY -- San Antonio fought off Father Time, the league MVP and an injury to its best player to return to the NBA Finals. Basketball Shoes 2020 . The Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 in overtime Saturday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals to set up a rematch with the Miami Heat. San Antonio will host Game 1 on Thursday night and will try to avenge last years heartbreaking loss. San Antonio led Miami 3-2 before losing Game 6 in overtime, then dropping Game 7. "People keep talking like we werent close to winning, but we were ready to win last year," Spurs centre Tim Duncan said. "Were happy its the Heat again. Weve got that bad taste in our mouths still." A trio of 30-somethings led the way for the Spurs. Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Boris Diaw scored 26 points and Manu Ginobili chipped in 15 points and six rebounds for the Spurs. San Antonio pulled this one out despite All-Star point guard Tony Parker missing the entire second half and overtime with left ankle soreness. Popovich said Parker had been struggling with the ankle since Game 4 of the series. The Spurs overcame it the way they have for more than a decade -- with teamwork, passing and great performances by role players. "We didnt know how much Tony was hurt in his ankle," Diaw said. "But we didnt want to go to Game 7, and we didnt know if he would be ready to play if we did or if he would be 100 per cent, so we tried to get it over with tonight." It was the third-best playoff scoring effort of Diaws 11-year career and his best since 2006. "Boris was amazing," Duncan said. "He had an unbelievable game. Hes had a great series." Russell Westbrook had 34 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and six steals, and MVP Kevin Durant added 31 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder. But Oklahoma City committed 20 turnovers that led to 33 points for the Spurs. Westbrook and Durant each had seven turnovers. "We started settling for too many jump shots," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It just seemed like we couldnt get enough good looks at the basket. Defensively, they just had us scrambling around." San Antonio also handled Serge Ibakas return from injury. Oklahoma Citys defensive star missed the first two games with a strained left calf, but he returned to help the Thunder win the next two games and tie the series. The series featured five blowouts wins by the home teams, but the closeout game was a gem. Oklahoma City overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime. "I have to be honest, this victory is really sweet because we know we played one hell of a team, and we take great satisfaction in that since theyre so special," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. In overtime, Duncans shot from the baseline rattled in to give the Spurs a 110-107 lead with 19 seconds to go. Durant missed a good look at a 3-pointer, and the Spurs rebounded and went to the line. Diaw missed the first and made the second free throw to make it a four-point lead for the Spurs. Westbrook missed a wild 3-pointer, and Spurs wrapped it up. San Antonio led by 12 early in the fourth quarter, but the Thunder chipped away at the free throw line after getting the Spurs into foul trouble. Back-to-back baskets by Westbrook and Durant cut San Antonios lead to 93-91 with 4:01 to play, leading to the frantic final minutes. Westbrook was fouled on a drive with 9.3 seconds to play. He made both free throws to tie the score at 101. Ginobilis fadeaway at the free-throw line against Westbrook missed, and the game went to overtime. Ginobili said the Thunder were a significant hurdle, and he expects them to be a roadblock in the future. "They are a pretty good team," he said. "They have so much talent, so much athleticism, so much future. They are a tough team." Notes: The Spurs had just two assists and missed all five of their 3-point attempts in the first quarter. ... Spurs C Matt Bonner started for the second straight game. He made just 1 of 5 3-pointers in the first half as the Thunder backed off of him. ... Westbrook had four steals in the first half. ... Thunder coach Scott Brooks was issued a technical foul in the third quarter. ... Westbrook made his first 10 free throws and 17 of 18 overall. ... Thunder G Derek Fisher, 39, played every minute of the fourth quarter and overtime. Cheap Basketball Shoes China . The 18-year-old centre was the Senators first-round pick (17th overall) in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. The six-foot 196-pound native of Salmon Arm, B. Fake Basketball Shoes .Y. -- It was as if Matt Moulson never left the New York Islanders. https://www.cheapbasketballshoesstore.com/ . LOUIS -- The St.DETROIT - The Colorado Avalanche had the luxury of calling on a six-time NHL All-Star for the ninth round of a shootout.Jarome Iginla scored in the tiebreaker to lift the Avalanche to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Sunday night.Iginla got a wrist shot past Petr Mrazek, who had turned away six straight Avalanche shooters. Nathan MacKinnon and Matt Duchene also scored in the tiebreaker as Colorado ended a three-game road trip with five points.Iginla said he thought too many prior shooters were trying to fake their way past Mrazek so he took a more direct approach when it was his turn.No one had really shot, he said. I just wanted to come in and pick a spot.Gustav Nyquist and Tomas Tatar had shootout goals for Detroit, which has dropped six in a row, four of them in tiebreakers. The Red Wings fell to 1-7 this season when the game goes to a shootout.Detroit had a 22-12 shots advantage five minutes into the third period and finally cashed in when Pavel Datsyuk wristed a power-play shot past Avalanche goalie Calvin Pickard for his 13th goal.The Avalanche tied it with 4:15 left in regulation when Erik Johnson scored on the power play for his eighth of the season. Colorado was coming off a 5-1 win at Buffalo on Saturday night.Defensively, even if we gave up 30 shots, it was back-to-back games, Avalanche coach Patrick Roy said. I thought, under the circumstances, we performed pretty well.Mrazek had 22 saves through overtime. Pickard finished with 34.I think we created 35 shots, Detroit captain Henrik Zetterberg said. Theres a lot of chancces that we thought the puck was going in but (Pickard) came up and made the saves. Discount Basketball Shoes. Colorado had the best chance in overtime when Brad Stuart found himself 10 feet from Mrazek but the goalie made a pad save.Colorados Maxime Talbot received a high-sticking, double-minor penalty late in the first period, but the Red Wings were unable to take advantage of the power play.Red Wings coach Mike Babcock put Datsyuk back together with former linemate Zetterberg, who got his 22nd assist on the third-period goal. The duo skated with wing Justin Abdelkader.The line nearly got a second goal late in the third when Zetterberg got a pass from Datsyuk near the net but shot wide. The duo had a combined 11 shots in regulation and overtime.Four of Detroits last five home losses have been in shootouts. Babcock admitted he was getting tired of seeing his team get better chances in regulation before heading to the tiebreaker.We need to find a way to score goals, he said. We had lots of opportunities and didnt finish.We need to find a way to get the second point. Two adds up better than one.NOTES: Detroit goalie Jimmy Howard was scratched due to a lower-body injury he suffered during Fridays 2-1 loss to the New York Islanders. The Red Wings called up Tom McCollum from Grand Rapids of the AHL to back up Mrazek. ... Colorado goalie Semyon Varlamov missed his sixth straight game with a groin injury. ... Red Wings forward Stephen Weiss missed his fourth straight with a separated shoulder. He was eligible to come off injured reserve on Sunday. ' ' '

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