Russell Westbrook’s Buzzer-Beating 40-Footer Highlighted A Wild Game Between The Thunder And Magic

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It was an absolute barn-burner in Orlando Friday night as the Magic hosted the Thunder. With 13 seconds left in the fourth, Kevin Durant took an inbounds pass and drained a three-pointer to tie the game at 114-114. On the ensuing play, Victor Oladipo crossed up his defender and nailed a three of his own to put the Magic back up with three seconds remaining, but that lead didn’t last long as Russell Westbrook took the ball and bolted across halfcourt and banked in a 40-foot buzzer-beater to send the game into overtime.

Then, at the end of the first overtime, Oladipo hit another Hail-Mary three to force double OT.

The Thunder would eventually hold on to win 139-136 and avoid what would’ve been a grueling third overtime. When all was said and done, Westbrook and Durant combined for an absolutely incredible 91 points (on 48 percent shooting), and OKC needed every bit of it as there were only two other Thunder players in double figures for the night. Westbrook finished with 48 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, while Durant added 43 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal.

Orlando, on the other hand, had a more balanced attack that included four players scoring 20 or more points. Oladipo was one of those players as he posted an impressive triple double: 21 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists. But despite his heroics, it was an overall inefficient outing as he went just 8-of-27 from the field, including 3-of-10 downtown. Tobias Harris was the high scorer for the Magic with 30 points on 9-of-19 shooting, and Nikola Vucevic added 26 points, seven boards and five blocks.

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