Kevin Durant(Kevin Durant Jerseys) had 34 points and 14 rebounds while playing all of regulation for the first time all season, and the Oklahoma City Thunder claimed a spot in the NBA finals by beating the San Antonio Spurs 107-99 on Wednesday night.

Russell Westbrook added 25 points for the Thunder, who trailed Game 6 of the Western Conference finals by 18 in the first half and erased a 15-point halftime deficit before pulling ahead to stay in the fourth.

Durant grabbed the final rebound, dribbled the ball across halfcourt and raised his right fist to celebrate with a sold-out crowd. The franchise will play for the NBA title for the first time since 1996, before relocating from Seattle.

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Put the coronation on hold.

The Los Angeles Kings will have to wait at least three more days for another shot at becoming true hockey royalty after Adam Henrique kept New Jersey alive in the Stanley Cup final. His late goal secured a 3-1 victory for the Devils in Game 4 on Wednesday.

The New Jersey rookie, who scored in overtime to end the Eastern Conference final, showed poise in kicking the puck up to his stick before beating Jonathan Quick high at 15:29 of the third period.

That forced Cup keepers Phil Pritchard and Craig Campbell to put the trophy back in its case. Game 5 of the final goes Saturday at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.

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The Devils have dropped the opening game in each of their past three series in this year’s postseason, and after winning the opener against the Florida Panthers in the first round they faced 2-1 and 3-2 deficits before winning consecutive elimination games to advance.

New Jersey Devils(New Jersey Devils Jerseys)may have to wrest back home-ice advantage from Los Angeles after Anze Kopitar’s breakaway goal 8:13 into the extra period, but it’s a challenge the Devils are more than ready to undertake.

The mood in the locker room was more disappointed than downbeat, in part because the Devils felt they could have won with a better effort. They managed only 17 shots against the Kings and goalie Jonathan Quick, going the first 14:30 of the second period without registering a shot and only collecting two in overtime.

Second-year defenseman Mark Fayne, on his first journey through the Stanley Cup Playoffs, credited the guys in the locker room who have been there before and won multiple titles — like Elias and goaltender Martin Brodeur — for keeping everyone’s spirits up when adversity strikes.

The Devils have dropped two straight just once during these playoffs — the second and third games against the Panthers. They have yet to face a two-game deficit in a series — and doing so in the Final, with the action then shifting to what figures to be a raucous atmosphere at Staples Center, doesn’t seem like an opportune time to start.