kevin durant could have easily gotten up a quality shot. instead, did a nice job finding collison along the baseline for the jump. >> jeff: we will talk about durant, we will talk about westbrook. and nick collison off the bench, huge for the thunder. durant shining once again in the fourth. with the shot and the pass. here in the final minute of game one. >> mike: abc monday "the glass house" puts the lives of 14 contestants in your hand. the series premiere monday after "the bachelorette" monday. they watched their team fall behind by 13 in the first half. but a thunderous help, no pun intended, in the second half by oklahoma city. westbrook. not that time. sefolosha, called for a foul. or is it against miami? yep, it's against the heat. so free throws. as battier is called for his first. >> jeff: well, good perimeter crash by sefolosha, battier. laid on the block out. >> mike: sefolosha's defense in the second half, unbelievable. >> jeff: he is an elite defender on the ball. he has everything you want. basketball iq, link, quickness, ant

kevin durant could have easily gotten up a quality shot. instead, did a nice job finding collison along the baseline for the jump. >> jeff: we will talk about durant, we will talk about westbrook. and nick collison off the bench, huge for the thunder. durant shining once again in the fourth. with the shot and the pass. here in the final minute of game one. >> mike: abc monday "the glass house" puts the lives of 14 contestants in your hand. the series premiere monday after "the bachelorette" monday. they watched their team fall behind by 13 in the first half. but a thunderous help, no pun intended, in the second half by oklahoma city. westbrook. not that time. sefolosha, called for a foul. or is it against miami? yep, it's against the heat. so free throws. as battier is called for his first. >> jeff: well, good perimeter crash by sefolosha, battier. laid on the block out. >> mike: sefolosha's defense in the second half, unbelievable. >> jeff: he is an elite defender on the ball. he has everything you want. basketball iq, link, quickness, ant

♪ unstoppable >> what is wrong with kevin durant? [ singing indistinctly ] >> i think i know where your game has gone. >> whoo! >> somebody took it. >> i want to give your talent back. >> you got him believing this e wyou got him believing this >> the best? >> whoa. >> jimmy: martin scorsese's still at the top of his game. you know -- [ cheers and applause ] if you see only one movie this summer in which kevin durant plays himself and switches basketball skills with a teenage boy, make it "thunderstruck." [ laughter ] if we've learned anything from shaq, it's that, when an nba player acts, it doesn't usually turn out well but now, finally, someone i doing something about it. [ slow music plays ] >> hi. i'm gary oldman, actor. some of you may know me from such films as "dracula," "air force one," and "kung fu panda 2." now, just as a professional basketball player spends hours on the court mastering every aspect of his game, i, gary oldman, studied acting for many years to perfect my craft. and just as i, gary oldman, actor, would nev

♪ unstoppable >> what is wrong with kevin durant? [ singing indistinctly ] >> i think i know where your game has gone. >> whoo! >> somebody took it. >> i want to give your talent back. >> you got him believing this nonsense, too? >> show him. >> show me what? >> the best? >> whoa. >> jimmy: martin scorsese's still at the top of his game. you know -- [ cheers and applause ] if you see only one movie this summer in which kevin durant plays himself and switches basketball skills with a teenage boy, make it "thunderstruck." [ laughter ] if we've learned anything from shaq, it's that, when an nba player acts, it doesn't usually turn out well. but now, finally, someone is doing something about it. [ slow music plays ] >> hi. i'm gary oldman, actor. some of you may know me from such films as "dracula," "air force one," and "kung fu panda 2." now, just as a professional basketball player spends hours on the court mastering every aspect of his game, i, gary oldman, studied acting for many years to perfect my craft. and just as i, gary oldman,

. >> jeff: good job by kevin durant, pulling his hands back, knowing that ibaka is coming. they double-blocked that. if you're guarding sefolosha right now, you have got to be given complete help. >> mike: durant drives. a blocking foul called on battier. late whistle. battier tried to throw up a sixth foul on durant. instead he picks up a personal. that's a big call as battier picks up his third and durant to the line. boy, that's very close, a tough, tough call. he's sliding a little bit on durant after he went up. we're watching slow motion and still undecided. unless you're already decided. durant misses the free-throw. >> jeff: the ball don't lie. on that missed free-throw by durant. to me, that's the one you -- those are such 50/50 calls. if you don't know, i don't care if they make no call on that. >> mike: bounces around the rim, five-point game. with 3:20 to play. sefolosha back in. he's guarding wade. harden is guarding lebron james. durant on battier with his five fouls. durant, by the way, only fouled out twice in his career, last time back in 2010. >> jeff: bos

. >> jeff: good job by kevin durant, pulling his hands back, knowing that ibaka is coming. they double-blocked that. if you're guarding sefolosha right now, you have got to be given complete help. >> mike: durant drives. a blocking foul called on battier. late whistle. battier tried to throw up a sixth foul on durant. instead he picks up a personal. that's a big call as battier picks up his third and durant to the line. boy, that's very close, a tough, tough call. he's sliding a little bit on durant after he went up. we're watching slow motion and still undecided. unless you're already decided. durant misses the free-throw. >> jeff: the ball don't lie. on that missed free-throw by durant. to me, that's the one you -- those are such 50/50 calls. if you don't know, i don't care if they make no call on that. >> mike: bounces around the rim, five-point game. with 3:20 to play. sefolosha back in. he's guarding wade. harden is guarding lebron james. durant on battier with his five fouls. durant, by the way, only fouled out twice in his career, last time back in 2010. >> jeff: bos

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and, when you are led by a special talent and a special player like kevin durant, who is so gifted, so humble, it started to fall into place. and you love the line that he always uses. >> jeff: yeah, i just love their whole approach. i love that they come to work, they're hard-working team. it's set by the trio of durant, westbrook and harden. and scott brooks' demeanor with his young group, to me, gives them the core of a great coach and three very, very talented young players.'s hard to get to spot. >> mike: the line that you love so much is that he said, we weren't losing back then, we were learning how to win. >> jeff: how to win. and when you take that many losses, it's hard to keep a team upbeat. but they just kept focusing in on improvement. >> mike: wade kicks it out. chalmers to james. bosh the jump shot. exclamation points. by the way, scott brooks, his contract is up, as harden drives to the basket. but sam presty has been raving about scott brooks and talking about how he wants him to be the coach for their future. you would assume it's just a matter of crossing some ts and

and, when you are led by a special talent and a special player like kevin durant, who is so gifted, so humble, it started to fall into place. and you love the line that he always uses. >> jeff: yeah, i just love their whole approach. i love that they come to work, they're hard-working team. it's set by the trio of durant, westbrook and harden. and scott brooks' demeanor with his young group, to me, gives them the core of a great coach and three very, very talented young players. but it's hard to get to this spot. >> mike: the line that you love so much is that he said, we weren't losing back then, we were learning how to win. >> jeff: how to win. and when you take that many losses, it's hard to keep a team upbeat. but they just kept focusing in on improvement. >> mike: wade kicks it out. chalmers to james. bosh the jump shot. exclamation points. by the way, scott brooks, his contract is up, as harden drives to the basket. but sam presty has been raving about scott brooks and talking about how he wants him to be the coach for their future. you would assume it's just a matter of crossing

kevin durant from deep. that's good. a five-point lead for the thunder. durant has 32, fourth quarter. how about -- that is a tough left-handed runner. the thunder talk their first lead of the game with 9:30 left to play. 103-97, to 99, is where we sit right now. which is just a couple minutes ago. one minute left in that game. and in the stanley cup finals, the devils stave off elimination against the kings. kings going for the sweep. couldn't get it. devils win 3-1. there will be a game five. there will be a game five. >> fat lad when mitt romney says "planned parenthood we're gonna get rid of that." there will be a game five. >> fat lad romney is saying he'll deny women the birth control and cancer screenings they depend on. when romney says "do i believe the supreme court should overturn roe v. wade? yes." he's saying he'll deny women the right to make their own medical decisions and when his campaign can't say whether he'd support equal pay protections. "and we'll get back to you on that." romney's putting your paycheck at risk. planned parenthood ac

quiet is, what did kevin durant do to erase the lead in the fourth quarter? it's "way too early" for this. >>> good morning, i'm willie geist and this "way too early," the show that's psyched about the new bacon sundae at burger king. have you heard? it's real. a sundae with chocolate and bacon. i'm glad you're up with us this morning, watching on msnbc or listening live on sirius xm radio. shoot me an email or tweet me @williegeist1, or do text the word awhack followed by your response to 622639. >>> we'll read the best responses late anywhere the show. >>> the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this wednesday, june 13th. a lot to tell you about, including late results from the special election in arizona to fill the seat vacated by gabrielle giffords. we'll tell you how that turned out. plus stephen colbert weighs in on mitt romney's continued use of the sport, as in you're a tall fella, i'll bet you play sport. that clip later. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 roc

kevin durant turned up the heat on miami in the fourth quarter of game 1. finished with 36 points. and then some guy ask him today a reporter, why do you wait until the fourth quarter to play so hard? >> i do not want to sound like a jerk or anything, but i do not care what people say outside the locker room. i know when to take shots and went to make the right play. people can say this and that. i learned to adjust to it out and play my game. >> kevin durant just playing his game and not listening to these guys. a series begins with the new york yankees tomorrow night at the ballpark. and the giants pitched a perfect game last night, 14 strikeouts. how about the long fly ball in the seventh? flacco chased it down. matt cain, the first pitcher in the 128 years of the giants' organization to go perfect. the 22nd guy in the history of the game to get a perfect game. and how about the umpire? he was behind the plate not only for this for the game, but he was there for david cone when he passed his in 1999. can you a imagine that? >> what are the chances? >> strike three. ♪ ♪ [ mal

. >> a big night for local nba start kevin durant. he helped lead the oklahoma city thunder to a spot in the finals. good morning, it's thursday, june 7. i am cynne simpson. >> i am steve chenevey. getting close to the weekend. let's start with traffic and weather as we do every 10 minutes. adam caskey is up first. >> almost friday. we are in the belfort furniture weather center tracking temperatures. no showers to speak of. clear skies. temperatures on the cool side again. 57 degrees in leesburg, 52 and fort washington, 56 in arlington. 55 in suitland. 56 in rockville to start the day. we will warm up to about 80 degrees. a few thundershowers possible, nothing stronger or severe, nothing widespread. just a few stray thunderstorms will pop up in the afternoon and evening. that's from 2:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., with a light breeze. near 90 degrees by sunday. our return to a little humidity by them. >> 95 in virginia northbound, coming out of fredericksburg into stafford, there's lingering road work at 610 but there's only one lane bloc

mime -- kevin durant and he had 25. okc is down one. less than five minutes to go and duane wade and he had 25. lebron, aggressive going to the basket. crashes into durant. forces him to pick up his fifth foul. heat were up seven. and then in the final seconds okc was down for inbounding and he threw it away. 91-85 the final. miami takes a 2-1 series lead. >> if we do what we need to do defensively and we ma i can tough shots and -- we make tough shots and we rebound and we give ourselves a good chance to win game four. looking forward to it. >> simpson is a 26-year-old from north carolina. he was playing in his fifth major. thoab was expecting simpson -- nobody was expecting simpson to beat the likes of tiger woods and jim furyk. hello fog. tiger was in a fog. a terrible start, 4 over on his first three holes. here on three and chips it way too long. tiger shot 73 and finished seven over. how about the shot of the day? up and down for birdie on 13. jim furyk was leading until 16. he was plus one and just cranks this thing and yanked th

they have their hands full with kevin durant and westbrook. look at him getting up and getting up high. he chips in 23 for the thunder. the spurs did make it interesting. tony parker to boris diaw. diaw back to parker. parker hits the three. had he 23. the spurs up by 15 at the half! in the third, the thunder just come reorganize back. kevin durant hits the three. he had 34 for oklahoma city. fine minute, thunder up by four. durant with the great pass here to kendrick perkins. these guys are making it look, oh, so easy! how about kevin durant? he is celebrating with his mom and his brothers on door. that was a really cool scene last night. >> loved it. >> thunder proved doubters wrong and they win it 107-99 and take the series four games to two and now await the winner of the heat/celtics series. >> we knew we had a great opportunity coming into the game to try to close it out. and it just felt good. felt good for the city knowing where we came from and how hard we worked. so we just got to continue to keep going and keep believing and we will

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it doesn't mean anything at this point. >> reporter: dc's kevin durant & co. will get back to work tomorrow as the nba finals shift to south beach for a week. lebron james and the heat came back to take game two. durant says it will be a fun one tomorrow. here's what d-wade and lebron james had to says say. >> you have to be able to take your home court. now you need to win on the road but you have to be able to take your home court or you are fighting uphill. >>> people coming today feel like they had a disadvantage already before the game starts. our fans here, are great. have been great. throughout the whole season. >> finally, this is how a hard nosed sports reporter guy spends his day. prior to coming to work wizards dance team tryouts. hundreds of ladies vying for spots on this year's team. i was a celebrity judge. i had to rate them on dance moves and how they connected with the audience. let me tell you, i was a very tough judge out there today. >> you weren't looking at grade point averages, what were you specifically looking at? >> you know facial ex

a disappointed kevin durant is talking with the media. >> john from usa today. fellows, in the end did it come down to defense for miami? is that why they are champion? >> they just found a way to win, man. i don't think our guys came out and didn't want to defend. but, you know, just unfortunate for us and you know how hard these guys work on this team and to get better, how much family watched to try to stop them. i don't know what it came down to but they were just the better team. >> kevin? >> their defense is really good, you know. those guys are really good over there. i didn't want to admit it during the series but now that it's over, those guys are really good. last team standing so you have to tip your hat. it's unfortunate for us, man. we wanted it so bad. but we all got to keep our heads high. i'm a positive guy so i will continue to keep my head high. >> mike sure man. russ and kevin, could you guys both describe what was going on on your bench as the game wound down and why you did it? >> just thanking everybody for the support. just going down the

and the spotlight is shining brightly on kevin durant. like me, he was raised in prince george's county. he spent his senior year in high school at montrose christian. >> at the montrose christian gymnasium today he captured the attention of some aspiring basketball players. not long ago kevin durant was one of those kids. >> he was one of the most talented players i've ever had. >> his personality on the court and off capt grounded and he was looked at as the backbone of the team appeared -- kept him grounded and he was often looked at as the backbone of the team. his pass accolades shine. and in the present, he is never too far away. >> i tell him how proud we were and that we believe in him. >> that night, durant scored 36 points in the oklahoma city's wind. even though durant is gone all he has to do it. to the banner and that is like the superstar never left. -- is to point to the banner and it is like a superstar never left. >> with kevin durant i have the best reference. there is. >> they sure love him over there. he played at nati

last night in san antonio, the -- from okc are not there and how about kevin durant? and to him for two of the 23 and then at the end of three, durant doing what he does. the -- [ indiscernible ] 27 points for durant. oklahoma city tried to hold on and they were doing in the final minutes. sitting off two and they're now up 5 and that is a 3 and that would lead to a 10ity-102 win for oklahoma city, and that series is again tomorrow night n. >>> novak had a rally from .271 down and to win. how about roger federer? down two sets to 1, comes all the way back to win the final against juan martin. tonight at 7:05, the nets against the mets, game one in the series. back to you. >> and you have to fill some seats behind me. >> they will be packed and filled tonight by 6:30. >> thank you very much. >>> sue, let's check in with you quickly. the rain's holding off for tonight? >> we have seen so and have a picture from nasa tv that we're able to show you and show you the five-day forecast. the temperature by 74 and dropping, guys, blocking these to the far left corner there and

kevin durant scored 17 of 36 points. lebron james scored 30 points, but not keep pace with kevin durant. >> we came out on fire, knocking down shots. we just want to continue playing. >> they did not make many mistakes. >> everybody has the glasses. >> on both teams. i am over the glasses. game two is thursday night in oklahoma city. >> tim brant has the rest of sports. >> hello again. the nationals won again last night in toronto, let's five in a row. they are 15 games over 500. bryce harper , launching them along. this goes to deep center field. look at this. harper went 3 for 4. he is batting over 300. danny espinoza gets a fastball and says punched them all. the nationals go want to be the toronto. the greatest golfers in the world have gathered for the u.s. open. tiger woods injured his back a little on the range yesterday. he is ok. las vegas has made him the odds on favorite to win. what does that mean to win your 15th major? you know that he has to be thinking about that. this afternoon the nationals play in toro

. >> kevin durant did not turn the nba mvp title this year, but he is in the hearts of thunder fans and for many in d.c. the local star played every minute of the game last night to help the thunder to the nba finals. "good morning washington" at 5:00 a.m. begins now. >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> good morning, washington. it is thursday, june 7. i am steve chenevey. >> i am cynne simpson. glad you are joining us. we want to get started with traffic and weather every ten minutes. we will check in with lisa baden to see how the roads are. >> fabulous. no problems on 95, 81, 70 in good shape as well as 66, all clear around the beltway to arundel mills. looks better than last night. we are good as far as the trip south into dale city and north out of richmond up to baltimore. now adam caskey has the weather. >> comfortable start today in the 50's to kickstart thursday morning. we have isolated showers popping up yesterday around arlington alexandria, and waldorf. look at the rainfall totals. in ice accumulation. under a half-inch in alexandria. abou

he has filed against kevin durant now. he says that he has used his trademark to market music recordings, apparel, t-shirts. i don't know if anyone has ever bought any of that. >> it proves anybody can sue, no matter what. >> i say, let it go. >> he is trying. his career did not work out, but he is trying. >> we can put our heads together and come up with a new nickname for him maybe. >> if you would like to get money for your birthday, maybe you got $10 from your on and on school when you were a child -- >> i never got anything like this when i do turn 30. >> prince william got a nice gift for his 30th birthday. >> $15.5 million. this comes from his mother who left it in her state for her son. when they turn 30, this is what they get. not too shabby. >> sometimes when people get cards and shake them, how about putting in that $15 million check? >> what do you think princess kate gave him? >> you find out what they like to do on date nights. >> their favorite thing to do is rent movies on amazon. >> really? >> living it up

the thunder have three-time scoring champion kevin durant. two warriors, but only one will walk away with a ring, unless they get gay-married, in which case they can share, at least. this is gonna be an interesting series. did you know there's a three-pointer now? you get an extra point if you're far enough back. one of the best things about the nba is a lot of the players are on twitter. nba players tweet more than athletes from any other sport. that's a this afternoon. at t thee afternoon. at t thee of them wind up with ore favorites tonight, bhen had an even better idea. why read them when we can geta them for us and with that said, here now, with a tweet from kevin durant of the oklahoma city thunder, the "jimmy kimmel live!" children's choir. take it awy, k [ cheers and apuse ♪ we got company comes over ♪ would you kill you to put some pants on ♪ >> jimmy: no, i don't think it would. [ cheers and applause ] that seems like a request that shouldn't have to be made via tweet, doesn't it? the heat beat the celtics in game seven on sat

kevin durant took over in the fourth, off the turnover. coast to coast for the jam. 17 of his 36 came in the fourth. thunder ran away with game one, 105 to 94. >>> best team in baseball just locked down one of their best players. the dodgers signed andre ethier to a five-year $85 million extension. >>> now to atlanta, the braves cruising along when the yanks grabbed the lead with two big swings. alex rodriguez tied the game with a grand slam. 23rd of his career matches lou gehrig's all-time mark. nick swisher followed that up with a home run of his own, a two-run bomb that gave new york the lead. the yanks tagged the braves for six in the eighth and won it, 6-4. mets also put up six in an inning. ike davis capped off the seventh with a 3-1 blast to right. mets over the rays, 11-2. >>> enough of the home runs. how about some defense. a's and rockies. cliff pennington hit one deep but not deep enough. tyler colvin climbed the ladder and made the leaping grab. rob pennington of an assured home run. unfortunately not enough. the a's won it, 8-

westbrook kevin durant. giving oklahoma city a 7-0 lead. in the first quarter, the spurs would keep it close. they would lead by one after tim duncan gets the runner. but the thunder answer right back. how about kevin durant with a full facial and a mani and pedi to tim duncan. second quarter. serge ibaka. james harden. the fear of beards. maybe that's what the spurs had last night. because oklahoma city just ran wild. there's durant again. he led the way with 22 points for oklahoma city. we're still in the second quarter. a quarter in which oklahoma city outscored the spurs by 15 points. we're in the third now. oklahoma city, not letting off the gas. there's durant again. thunder up 17 at that point. now, at 65-48. fourth quarter now. how many more highlights do you need to see? that was pretty fancy, though. sefolosha with the jam. and up to westbrook. you complete me. thunder, rolling, winning it 102-82. >>> the eastern conference finals continues tonight. the heat look to take a commanding 3-0 games lead. you can see it on espn, startin

in the fourth, kevin durant cut loose with a fast break jam on his way to 17 points in the quarter. a game high 36 total. the thunder would win this thing 105-94. game 2 tomorrow night in oklahoma city. >>> in baseball, plenty of inner league action including the battle of los angeles. the angels led 2-1 in the eighth inning. the dodgers hit a single. his 500th career rbi. quick payback for his five-year, $85 million contract. former angel juan rivera had a three-run homer and that's where it stayed. dodgers 5, angels 2. >>> in baltimore, orioles second baseman got a hit. his first time up after more than a year off since a concussion. added two more against the pirates later. baltimore got three more runs. the orioles won it 8-6. >>> in atlanta, the braves had a 4-0 lead in the eighth but alex rodriguez hit a grand slam. ties up the game and sigh yankee great, lou gehrig for most career slams. with 23. in the same inning, nick swisher hit a two-run homer and the yanks win this one 6-4. >>> when we come back on a wednesday, tough luck for two turtles. they've been around for a centu

thunder now down two, kevin durant using the screen to perfection. he pulls up from three. it's good. he gives them a one-point lead now in the 4th quarter the thunder leading 99-93 with under three minutes left. >>> quarterfinals of the french open six time champion rafael nadal in the near court and he shows a nice touch on the drop shot. wee go on to beat fellow spaniard nicholas almagro in straight sets. on the women's side maria sharapova won to advance to her third french open semifinals. >>> the redskins ota practice tomorrow is open to the media. we will have full reports tomorrow. that's all for sports. then will be right back.   >> the verizon 4g lte sports desk brought to you by verizon 4g lte. crazy, right ? well, with this droid razr by motorola on verizon 4g lte, you guys can stay in touch. ( grunts ) cool. you can video call on skype... send photos. yeah, okay. yeah, let's do it. get $100 off any motorola 4g lte smartphone, like the droid 4 now just $99.99. verizon. >>> a little warmer tomorrow, but a lot warmer for the weekend, temperatures fo

. >>> coming up, kevin durant had a big game. we'll hear from the prince georges county native right after the break. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ >>> welcome back. as the wizards look to the draft, they can't imagine who they will pick with a number three spot. they will look at former college stars for the next 2 1/2 weeks. yesterday, georgetown guard was at the verison center and another local product, d.c. native was one of three players working out this afternoon. robinson helped lead kansas to the national championship game this past season. the forward was a first team all american for the jay hawks and returning home would be a dr

but oklahoma city turned it on behind a stellar performance from kevin durant. 20 of his 34 in the second half. oklahoma city led 79-77. russell westbrook added 25, including a layup plus the foul giving the thunder a six-point lead with under three minutes to play. now the dagger. dur toont perkins. now watch durant. a few seconds later, hugging his family seated courtside. 14 seconds to play. thunder eliminate the spurs after trailing two games to none. the thunder are the western conference champs and await the winner of the heat/celtic series. that's your first look at sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. heat or celtics? >> heat or celtics? i want to see a game seven. i don't care who wins. i just like game sevens. they are fun. a lot of drama. >> the boston and miami fans love you for that. i don't even care who wins. you sound like me now. >> yeah it will be interesting. it will be fun. i can't believe lynn asked me a sports question and i'm failing miserably. here's what you need to know. it's a beautiful start to

but oklahoma city turned it on behind a stellar performance from kevin durant. 20 of his 34 in the second half. oklahoma city led 79-77. russell westbrook added 25, including a layup plus the foul giving the thunder a six-point lead with under three minutes to play. now the dagger. dur toont perkins. now watch durant. a few seconds later, hugging his family seated courtside. 14 seconds to play. thunder eliminate the spurs after trailing two games to none. the thunder are the western conference champs and await the winner of the heat/celtic series. that's your first look a sports. i'm fred roggin. >>> now for another look at the weather, here's nbc meteorologist bill karins. heat or celtics? >> heat or celtics? i want to see a game seven. i don't care who wins. i just like game sevens. they are fun. a lot of drama. >> the boston and miami fans love you for that. i don't even care who wins. you sound like me now. >> yeah it will be interesting. it will be fun. i can't believe lynn asked me a sports question and i'm failing miserably. here's what you need to know. it's a beautiful start to y

in the fourth, kevin durant cut loose with a fast break jam on his way to 17 points in the quarter. a game high 36 total. the thunder would win this thing 105-94. game 2 tomorrow night in oklahoma city. >>> in baseball, plenty of inner league action including the battle of los angeles. the angels led 2-1 in the eighth inning. the dodgers hit a single. his 500th career rbi. quick payback for his five-year, $85 million contract. former angel juan rivera had a three-run homer and that's where it stayed. dodgers 5, angels 2. >>> in baltimore, orioles second baseman got a hit. his first time up after more than a year off since a concussion. added two more against the pirates later. baltimore got four runs scored. the orioles won it 8-6. >>> in atlanta, the braves had a 4-0 lead in the eighth but alex rodriguez hit a grand slam. lieu ger i can for most career slams. in the same inning, nick swisher hit a two-run homer and the yanks win this one 6-4. >>> had we come back on a wednesday, tough luck for two turtles. they've been around for a century but decided they've been together long eno

kevin durant. series tied at 2. second quarter. cook, averaging 2.2 points per game in the playoffs. he scores, eight straight points, for oklahoma city off the bench. kevin durant is loving it. third quarter. here come the spurs. ginobli just coming up huge. one of his three, three pointers in the quarter. spurs up by six. later in quarter. tony parker turns it over. james harden up to k.d. the alley-oop to russell westbrook. believe he is a point guard? part of a 15-4, thunder run. right now in the fourth quarter. oklahoma city up, 101-95. as expected -- goalie thomas isn't coming become to play for the capitals next season. instead, he has been traded to the penguins for a seventh round pick. the pengs signed him to a contract to be the backup goalie for $2 million per. not a bad deal. l.a. kings one win away from the first ever stanley cup. wayne gretzky, dropping the puck. start in the second. kings up, 1-0 on the attack. kopitar, williams, back to kopitar, scores. take another look at this passing. just great team work here.

down in oklahoma city, superstars lebron james, kevin durant in the spot light. second quarter we begin. heat played well in the first half. doubledigit lead. 30 points, he can still shoot. third quarter, thunder begin to take control. russell westbrook left-hand lay-up, and one, ties the game at 73. fourth quarter, three-point lead, a good hustle, rebound, tip back, back to westbrook, he gets it over to durant behind the arc, three-pointer good. 36 for durant. here's the deal, though, 17 of them in the final quarter. fans chanting "mvp." pellup jumper, too. opens a lead for the thunder. pat riley in the stands thinking, whoa, did you see that? thunder owned the second half, long walk bulk to the locker room for he bron and company. here is our hometown hero on the comeback. >> we just wanted to continue to keep playing. it's a long game. every time coach was saying play harder, play harder. that's what we did. >> first of all, those two guys are all-stars for a reason. you can't stop them. you just try to limit them. you know, and russ made some big plays late.

kevin durant, yeah, getting big love from mom. they hoist the trophy, the thunder will take on the celtics, they're in the finals, boston leading three games to two. i watched that last night. >> did you? >> kevin durant, 23 years old, the next coming of a michael jordan type. >> they make it look so easy. >> the guy's fearless. >> we've got to see you on the court some time against mike inouye. >> i'd dominant. >> intimidating. >> yeah, like that. you'll have to bend down to get there. the traffic tradition, yeah, we have 101 we're looking at. this is because of the sig alert. no injuries reported, be uh three vehicles involved, and we have two lanes blocked at montague expressway. one of the cars went off at the roadway, one was in the center divide, there was a traffic break, as well. tow trucks on scene and no major progress reported, we hold steady with that report until they give us an update. 680 north of 580, we do have construction there and some slowing because of those crews, but no major problems because of the light v

westbrook kevin durant. giving oklahoma city a 6-0 lead. in the first quarter, the spurs would keep it close. in fact, they would lead by one after tim duncan gets the runner. but the thunder answer right back. how about kevin durant with a full facial and a mani and pedi to tim duncan. second quarter. serge ibaka. with the steal, to james harden. the fear of beards. maybe that's what the spurs had last night because oklahoma city just ran wild. there's durant again. he led the way with 22 points for oklahoma city. we're still in the second quarter. a quarter in which oklahoma city outscored the spurs by 15 points. we're in the third now. oklahoma city, not letting off the gas. there's durant again. thunder up 17 at that point. now, at 65-48. fourth quarter now. how many more highlights do you need to see? that was pretty fancy, though. thabo receive sefolosha with the jam. and up to westbrook. you complete me. thunder, rolling, winning it 102-82. >>> the eastern conference finals continues tonight. the heat look to take a commanding 3-0 ga

kevin durant with the slam. 37 for durant. russell westbrook going the other way for the big time put down. the thunder god want to take game one in oklahoma city -- the thunder gulch won to take game one -- the thunder go on to take game one. >> they were scaling. -- they work scowling. >> i you tired of typing ".com" in your browser? >> both candidates pushed their recovery plans. >> a homeless man finds a bag full of money in a park in texas. police decide who can keep it. >> we have some better news in the forecast for father's day weekend. >> a better commute this morning as you prepare to head out the door. >> a girl becomes the target of a homemade device. >>

thunder up three here, kevin durant elevates, hits a three. he had 36 points, including 17 in the fourth quarter. since the aba mrjer, only allen iverson has more in a finals debut. the thunder win 105-94, the franchise's first win in a finals since '96 when they were still the sonics. lebron james had 30 points in a losing efforts. the most ever for him in the finals, but in the fourth quarter, just seven points on two of six shooting. game two crucial of course for the heat, only three teams in nba history ever have come back from a 2-0 deficit to win the finals. series resumes thursday, tomorrow night in oklahoma city. >>> yankees and the braves last night in the atl. top of the eighth, yankees down 4-0. alex rodriguez up with the bases loaded, hits one to left, that sneaks out of the yard. that's a game-tying grand slam and a-rod matches lou gehrig's all-time major league mark for career dwrand slams with 23. yankees added a couple more from nick swisher, they're on top of the a.l. east. they've got the best record in the american league.

kevin durant took over in the fourth. off the turnover, coast to coast in the jam. thunder ran away with game one, 105-94. >>> best team in baseball just locked down one of their best players, signing andre edhier to a $5 million extension. the yanks grabbed the lead with two big swings, alex rodriguez tied the game with a grand slam. nirk swisher followed it up with a home run of his own. the yanks tagged the braves for six in the eight and won it 6-4. >>> mets put up six in an inning, ike davis with a three-run blast to the right. >>> how about some defense? a's and rockies, cliff pennington hit one deep, but not deep enough. tyler coughlin climbed the ladder and made the grab. the a's won it 8-5. >>> finally catch of the night, not by a player, but by a fan. fly ball in the foul territory, the phils mike monhill was there but a kid wanted it move, the phils could have use tad kind of glove in the outfield, they lost to the twins, 11-7. that's your "first look" at sports, i'm fred roggin. >>> for another look at your weather, here is nbc meteorologist bill karins.

the thunder have three-time scoring champion kevin durant. two warriors, but only one will walk away with a ring, unless they get gay-married, in which case they can share, at least. this is gonna be an interesting series. did you know there's a three-pointer now? you get an extra point if you're far enough back. one of the best things about the nba is a lot of the players are on twitter. nba players tweet more than athletes from any other sport. that's a fact i made up this afternoon. at the end of the season, some of them wind up with more tweets s gonna read some of my favorites tonight, but then i had an even better idea. why read them when we can get a children's choir in here to sing them for us? and with that said, here now, with a tweet from kevin durant of the oklahoma city thunder, the "jimmy kimmel live!" children's choir. take it away, kids. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we got company comes over ♪ would it cull you to put some pants on ♪ >> jimmy: no, i don't think it would. [ cheers and applause ] that seems like a request tha

lebron james and kevin durant both played well. the heat had a lead. kevin durant, major slammed. james off the glass. steal by fisher. to westbrook for three. yes! closing minutes. two-point minute. to fou no foul called. miami wins. that series is now tied at a game apiece. >> we are selling on with our star-spangled sailabration. >> microsoft has long been a competitor to apple. what the company could announce later today. >> what a way to look at a toy show. the record the toy show tried to break. break. >> i'm jennifer franciotti live at the inner harbor for sailabration. sailabration.