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Thunder sweep up Spurs to knot series at 2-2

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Just hours before the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs squared up against each other in game 4 of a highly entertaining Western Conference semifinals, there was a widespread tornado warning issued from the Oklahoma Red Cross. It seems the tornado whisked its way into Chesapeake arena, and bolted straight for the Spurs in the 4th quarter. That tornado was Kevin Durant and the Thunder. The first three quarters were agony for the Thunder. They made an exhilarating run mid-way through the 2nd quarter to tie the game at 40 on a ferocious Kevin Durant ally oup. The run took the Thunder a good five minutes. They were quietly getting stops on defense, then loudly slicing the Spurs up on offense. There was a Steven Adams Dunk, a Dion Waiters three-pointer and Russell Westbrook being his usual freak athletic self. Less that two minutes after the Thunder tied the game, the Spurs romped right back, and before you knew it, the Thunder were down eight points at halftime. It mu