Summary
Manu Ginobili and Boris Diaw were electric off the bench as the San Antonio Spurs routed the Oklahoma City Thunder 117-89 in Game Five of the Western Conference Finals Thursday to move one win away from a berth in the NBA Finals.
Ginobili scored 19 points, Diaw added 13 and veteran forward Tim Duncan contributed a team-high 22, along with 12 rebounds, as the Spurs made the most of home court advantage to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.
The Thunder began well enough to take early control, a Durant layup capping a 15-3 run as they moved ahead 19-12, but the Spurs hit back with a flurry of three-pointers to even the score at 32-32 after the first quarter.
Roared on by their home crowd, San Antonio shot at better than 60 percent from the field during the second quarter, late three-pointers from Diaw and Ginobili helping them to a 65-55 advantage at halftime.
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