Kevin Durant has hit two game-winning shots versus the Lakers – a fact not lost on Mike Brown.
"Kevin Durant has a quality like a (Michael) Jordan, like a Kobe," Brown said Sunday. "He's going to beat you by putting that ball in the bucket. I don't care if you got one guy on him, two guys on him or three guys on him, he's still going to have a chance to get a shot off.
"We can't have any more one-possession games against these guys. We got to at least be up by two possessions if there's six or seven seconds left on the clock. We could easily be up 3-1 if he doesn't hit two difficult shots."
Durant has three game-winners in the Thunder's eight playoff games thus far.
"From afar you see … he's as cold and steeled as Kobe (Bryant) is when it comes to pressure and closing games," Brown said. "A guy can be talented and have all these tools, but sometimes it can go out the window when it comes to making a big shot. That stuff doesn't go out the window when it comes to Kevin Durant. He wants that ball."