Tonight at 9:00 p.m. ET on TNT, the Oklahoma City Thunder will try to take advantage of playing in their own building again when Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals tips off. OKC will be trying to even the series with the San Antonio Spurs at two games apiece, and fans can live stream the action by clicking this link. Thunder fans can find the radio broadcast on WWLS 98.1, while Spurs fans may do the same on 1200 WOAI.
The major storyline out of Game 3 was how Serge Ibaka's return from a strained calf completely changed the Thunder. They had regained their athletic swagger with Ibaka on the floor, and combined that with their raucous home energy to run the older Spurs off the floor.
It remains to be seen whether Ibaka can sustain that play, but he said he feels fine after playing 30 minutes. "It was kind of hard a little bit with my feet," Ibaka said. "I was using more my right foot than left foot. I could not do too much last night. After we saw the video, I felt like I was slow."
Thunder coach Scott Brooks disagreed with Ibaka's assessment that he "couldn't do much." His 15 points and seven rebounds back up Brooks' version of events. "I love what he did," Brooks said.
"I love the determination that he played with. That's something that he's done all along. That was a great, great game by him. He impacted the game both ends of the floor."
Ibaka wasn't the only standout though--Oklahoma City's defensive intensity was ramped up throughout. Tony Parker in particular was stymied, and accepted blame afterward. "I take a lot of responsibility," Parker said. "That's my job on this team, to get everything going. That's why I took it hard last night, because I felt like I didn't play well."
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