The Oklahoma City Thunder play the San Antonio Spurs on Monday in Game 1 of the 2014 NBA Western Conference finals. Tipoff is at 9:00 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Oklahoma City will be without a key player in the postseason for the second straight year. The Thunder lost forward Serge Ibaka, the league's leading shot blocker, to a left calf injury in Game 6 of their second-round series against the Los Angeles Clippers.
Because of the high reinjury rate, Ibaka's season is likely over.
"It's hard, but we're going to move on," Thunder center Kendrick Perkins told the Associated Press. "We're a very prideful organization and team. We're going to move on."
While Ibaka's absence gives the Spurs an advantage, the veteran team isn't expecting the Thunder simply to roll over: San Antonio has won only two of their last 12 games against Oklahoma City.
"You never get overconfident in that situation, especially against a team that we haven't beat this year," Spurs guard Manu Ginobili said. "We know how talented they are. They can really score in bunches. Very athletic, strong, play good defense. So, no, we're not going to get overconfident for sure."
Oklahoma City still has All-Stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook, both of whom San Antonio will have a difficult time matching up against.
"We know them very well," Spurs star Tony Parker said, via USA Today Sports. "I think ball movement, execution (must improve). We need to execute a lot better, because against them you can't go half-speed. You have to go full speed, and we have to be perfect because they are younger than us and they're more athletic than us. So everything has to be more perfect."
San Antonio needed only five games to advance past the Portland Trail Blazers and earn a spot in the conference final.
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (OKC) and HERE (SAS).
