Oklahoma City Thunder are just a win away from securing a ticket to the Western Conference Finals, but the San Antonio Spurs are looking to extend the series and force a match deciding Game Seven.

The Thunder are ahead of the series with a 3-2 advantage, and the team is looking to finish it off at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Thursday when the play Game Six of their best-of-seven second-round series against the Spurs. Oklahoma will be trying to win and avoid going back to San Antonio for the final game of their semifinal showdown.

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"Closeout games are the hardest," Durant, who scored 23 points on Tuesday night's Game Five, said. "We know they're going to try to force this Game 7. We can't rely too much on our crowd. We can't be relaxed knowing that we're going to be at home. And they beat us at home in Game 3."

Russell Westbrook is expected to continue his impressive all-around performance. He had 35 points, 11 rebounds and an assist short for a triple-double production in Game Five.

The Thunder's big men Steven Adams and Enes Kanter are expected to give the Spurs' Tim Duncan and LaMarcus Aldridge a tough time in Game Six.

Adams and Kanter have been successful in containing Aldridge and Duncan in the series. Aldridge, who has averaged 39.5 points in the first two matches, has dropped to 21.3 points per game while shooting 36.7 percent from the field in their last three meetings.

Adams is averaging 10.2 points and 12.0 boards in the series while Kanter is averaging 9.0 points and 7.6 rebounds. Adams and Kanter have put in time to make the experiment of playing together a success for the Thunder.

Oklahoma City also has the edge in the rebound battle; they averaged 44.4 percent while San Antonio has 37.4 percent. The Thunder have outrebounded the Spurs by an average of seven over the first five games.

"Control the boards," guard Tony Parker said. "That's the key of the series. We have to control the boards. We can't keep giving them opportunities to score."

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