The game should have never been that close. I blame it on Perkins for launching the ball out of bounds when the Thunder were up 8 with 40 seconds to go.
If he just inbounds the ball and OKC makes a free throw, Denver would have pretty much given up. Instead, Denver gets the ball back down 8 and hits a 3 pointer right away. Instead of being down 9-10, they are down 5 with a little hope and they start fouling, hitting threes, calling timeouts, ect.
Either way, a win is a win. I hope people will shut up with the Thunder being overrated. If anything, the Nuggets are overrated. The Thunder had the best two players on the court and Ibaka and Perkins were the best big men. The Thunder ARE the better team.