The Los Angeles Clippers will try to knot their Western Conference semifinals series with the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday in a Game 4 Mothers Day matinee at the Staples Center. https://www.miamishopfootballshop.com/69-Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN and TSN GO at 3pm et/Noon pt. The Thunder reclaimed the home-court advantage LA took with a Game 1 win on Friday night with a 118-112 road win in Game 3. MVP Kevin Durant totaled 36 points, eight rebounds and six assists. Russell Westbrook had 23 points, eight boards and 13 assists for the Thunder. Serge Ibaka contributed 20 points for Oklahoma City, which has won the last two contests in the series. Caron Butler went 3-for-5 from beyond the arc in the fourth quarter and provided nine of his 14 points in the final period. Reggie Jackson also scored 14 points in a reserve role. "We did a good job of playing with poise throughout the game," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "I thought we did a good job of staying together. In that fourth quarter, our defense went up another level and we made some big shots." Blake Griffin notched 34 points and eight rebounds for the Clippers. Chris Paul chipped in 21 points and 16 assists. The Clippers lost despite turning the ball over only six times, but their downfall was defense. The Thunder shot 55.7 percent from the field, including 11-of-18 (61.1 percent) in the fourth quarter. "We obviously have to play defense better and I have to coach defense better," Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. "Neither team played a lot of defense tonight." Jamal Crawford, who was named the NBAs Sixth Man of the Year on Thursday, totaled 20 points in a losing cause. DeAndre Jordan had 10 points and 11 rebounds, while Matt Barnes added 14. This marked the first time, regular season and playoffs, that the Clippers lost a game (35-1) at home when leading after three quarters. Griffins layup had the hosts within 108-107 with 2:33 remaining, but Westbrook then drained a 3-pointer from the top of the arc. Following a Paul missed 3, Durant sank a turnaround shot over Paul from the right wing to make it a 113-107 margin. "Were used to getting stops in those situations, but we didnt tonight," Paul said. Two free throws from Jackson made it 115-107 with 22.7 seconds left, essentially sealing OKCs victory. The Thunder are a playoff-tested group. They made the NBA Finals two years ago and didnt advance past this round last season because Westbrook went down with a knee injury. "I think we did a good job of weathering the storms throughout the game and sticking together," Durant said. "Were going to have to do that even more next game if we want to win. Its going to be probably the toughest game of the series." The Clippers have never gotten past this round. Game 5 will be Tuesday night back in Oklahoma City. https://www.miamishopfootballshop.com/99-Jersey . Listen to the Rangers vs. Kings live on TSN Radio starting at 7pm et/4pm pt. You can also stream the post-game press conferences live on TSN. https://www.miamishopfootballshop.com/31-Jersey. Williams withdrawal came less than 24 hours after losing in the final Auckland WTA tournament final. "I dont believe she has an injury," Hobart tournament director Mark Handley said.DALLAS - John Klingberg, Cody Eakin and Jason Spezza all scored in the third period, rallying the Dallas Stars to a 3-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night.Ales Hemsky had two assists as Dallas ended a seven-game home losing streak (0-5-2), winning for just the second time in 11 home games (2-5-4).Arizona has lost its last five games in Dallas.Klingberg and Eakin scored 33 seconds apart in the opening minute of the third period. Klingbergs goal from the slot was his first in the NHL, in his sixth game, and tied the score 19 seconds into the period. Eakin tipped Trevor Daleys shot from the blue line over Arizona goalie Mike Smith at 52 seconds.Spezza made it 3-1 with 4:18 remaining as he skated behind the net, came out on the left side and shot into the net.Lauri Korpikoski scored for the Coyotes with 5:39 left in the first period. He put in a rebound of Sam Gagners shot off Stars goalie Kari Lehtonens pads.Smith and Lehtonen both had 24 saves.The Coyotes dominated the early play. When Korpikoski scored on the power play, the Coyotes had outshot Dalllas 9-4. https://www.miamishopfootballshop.com/Customized. The Stars put the final five shots on goal to finish the period 9-9.Dallas appeared to tie the score with 5:22 left in the second, when Eakin redirected a pass from Travis Moen past Smith. However, the referees ruled that Brenden Dillon had remained in the blue area in front of the net too long.The score remained 1-0 after the second period, when the Coyotes outshot the Stars 10-9.NOTES: The Stars started players from five countries — Dillon and Spezza (Canada), Lehtonen (Finland), Klingberg (Sweden), Hemsky (Czech Republic) and Antoine Roussel (France). ... RW Patrick Eaves returned after missing three games because of a foot injury. .. C Ryan Garbutt (upper-body injury) is expected to be out for a week. Garbutt scored the winning goal, short-handed, in Dallas 4-3 victory Nov. 11 at Arizona. ... Coyotes C Martin Hanzal (lower body) missed his second game. ... Gagners assist was the 200th of his career. ... Arizona is 2-5-1 in games with three or fewer goals scored. Dallas is 2-1-1. ... Smith is 7-5-5 against his former team. ' ' '
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