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NBA: Okla. City 110, Philadelphia 105 (OT)

PHILADELPHIA, March 9 (UPI) -- Kevin Durant's game-tying shot late in regulation and Russell Westbrook's five overtime points Wednesday brought Oklahoma City a 110-105 win over Philadelphia.

Durant scored 34 points and seized 16 rebounds in helping the Thunder win for the fourth time in five games. He hit a 3-pointer with 9 seconds to go in the fourth quarter to force the extra period and Nick Collision then scored the first four points in overtime to get the Thunder started.

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Collison finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

Lou Williams and Jrue Holiday both had 22 points for Philadelphia, which had won three in a row.

Philadelphia had a five-point lead in the final minute of regulation but Durant reduced that to three with a running jumper that came with 36.9 seconds to go. Durant then blocked a jump shot by Andre Iguodala before making the 3-pointer that tied it.

He missed a 3-point try that would have won the game at the buzzer.

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