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Video: Russell Westbrook’s insane, impossible scoop bank shot

Russell Westbrook

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) reacts after hitting a basket against the Los Angeles Lakers in the third quarter of Game 5 in their NBA basketball Western Conference semifinal playoff series, Monday, May 21, 2012, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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One shot does not decide a game. There are always circumstances, things that might have gone differently.

But one shot can spark a run and change the feeling of a game. All Game 5 Monday night the Lakers hung close. They would not go away. Kobe Bryant dropped 42. But you just had the feeling at some point the Thunder would go on a run and pull away.

Then Russell Westbrook happened. And after that shot, you knew the Thunder would advance.