Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Kevin Durant’s teammates kept telling him it was his time to take over the game.  He finally did, and the Oklahoma City Thunder came roaring back to send theDenver Nuggets to another early playoff exit.

Durant matched his best playoff performance with 41 points, including the final nine for Oklahoma City, and the Thunder closed out their first-round series against the Nuggets with a 100-97 victory in Game 5 on Wednesday night.

The Thunder overcame a nine-point deficit in the final 4 minutes, and Durant provided all the offense down the stretch to send the Oklahoma City franchise to its first playoff series win since it was still in Seattle in 2005.

“I just tried to seize the moment and take advantage of it,” Durant said. “They kept feeding me the rock, I was able to get to some good spots and fortunately I made some shots.”

Durant put the Thunder ahead to stay on two free throws with 46 seconds left.Serge Ibaka then swatted Nene’s dunk attempt for his ninth block of the game, and what Durant considered the most important play.

Durant followed with a 19-foot jumper to put the Thunder up 100-97 with 12 seconds left.

Durant blocked J.R. Smith’s shot at the tie from the left wing, and Arron Afflalomissed one last attempt at a tying 3-pointer at the buzzer.

“Kevin just took over,” Oklahoma City forward Nick Collison said. “It was a pretty unbelievable performance.”

When the final horn sounded, Ibaka charged across the court thumping his chest before finding James Harden at midcourt to give him a hug. He also celebrated with Durant before the NBA’s scoring champion stopped to give his mother and grandmother a kiss in their courtside seats.

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