Up 15 with a little over 4 minutes to go at HOME.......THUNDER show their YOUTH.......and the MAVS show their Veteran Prowess......NOWITZKI 40 AGAIN

The stage was set Monday Night in Oklahoma City as the THUNDER, facing a 2-1 Deficit in the series, had a Nice Game PLAN. Let's Get our CROWD in this ATTACKING, ATTACKING, and ATTACKING.

1st Period the THUNDER do just that and pull out to a 31-22 lead and Kevin DURANT aka BABY ICE and Russell WESTBROOK aka @russwest44 go off in the 1st and 2nd FRAME. The MAVS with all that veteran leadership are still lurking in the WEEDS as we go to the MIDWAY point...........THUNDER 59 MAVS 54.

3rd Period starts and the MAVS know they have to turn the Defense up to get the W or at least be in the GAME until the END where maybe DIRK can take over. The THUNDER start to get a little tight and after 3.......THUNDER 81 MAVS 77. The MAVS know also that if the GAME goes into the 100's there will be a high probability that the THUNDER will win this one.

The 4th starts and the Thunder come out blazing and hitting shots all the way up to the under 5 minute mark when the biggest play maybe in the SERIES happens.......THUNDER G James HARDEN aka OLD MAN GAME.......and on TWITTER @JHarden13...FOULS OUT.

The THUNDER up at this point 99-84 by 15 points.....GAME OVER.......RIGHT?.........The MAVERICKS go on a 17-2 Run to end the GAME and Shawn MARION, who has been looking like his government name than his nickname.......THE MATRIX.......Blocks KD shot with no time in regulation.

The MAVS go on to WIN the game in just SHOCKING FASHION as the THUNDER have to pick up and get to BIG D for WEDNESDAY Elimination Game.

KEY STATS:

The MAVS have get out rebounded by 22 ......55-33........but........the MAVS only have 13 Turnovers an the THUNDER had 25....and a lot of them were in Key MOMENTS of the Contest.

The THUNDER get 29 from DURANT and 19 from WESTBROOK....but the MAVS get another 40 from DIRK NOWITZKI, 20 from JET TERRY, and 17 from the ageless one J KIDD.

The Misleading STAT of the NIGHT is the THUNDER had 20 offensive Rebounds and the MAVS had only 5 offensive Rebounds

Looking at these STATS the THUNDER should have WON going away but didn't.

Average AGE between TEAMS in SERIES THUNDER 24 MAVS 32........and in the END this might be the BIGGEST STAT.