Your Thunder/Mavericks Game Five Open Thread

It's quite simple: The Oklahoma City Thunder have to win in Dallas tonight, then at home on Friday night and then again in Dallas on Sunday night or the Oklahoma City Thunder's season is over. Whenever it happens, maybe that's when somebody can explain who at The Oklahoman newspaper decided to run this deepthroating interview with Dirk Nowitzki yesterday. A fucking defeatist, that's who.

Kevin Durant gives Oklahoma City another reason to love him [The Oklahoman]

Mavericks feel NBA title is within their grasp this time [Star-Telegram]