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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING

Here's a look at what coaches, players, analysts and others had to say during Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals on Thursday in Oklahoma City:

photo - Charles Barkley holds a pair of boots on the TNT set before game three of the Western Conference Finals in the NBA playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 31, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman

Charles Barkley holds a pair of boots on the TNT set before game three of the Western Conference Finals in the NBA playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Thursday, May 31, 2012. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman


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* TNT analyst Steve Kerr: “(The Thunder has) finally figured out they're not going to beat San Antonio off the dribble. They've got to make that extra pass and they're doing exactly that tonight.”

* TNT analyst Reggie Miller: “(Thabo Sefolosha) gets the game ball for what he's done. Sefolosha's finger prints are all over Game 3.”

* Kerr: “You're going to look at the stat sheet tomorrow and say ‘Egh, (Russell Westbrook) was all right.' But I tell you, he's been the biggest difference tonight.”

* Kerr: “I thought the Spurs were just out-toughed tonight.”

* Sefolosha: “I think switching me to (Tony) Parker worked out well for us. It was good to get a win in front of our home crowd and get our confidence up.”

* Sefolosha: “We knew coming back home, it would be a different ballgame.”

* TNT analyst Charles Barkley: “I will tell you, everybody in Oklahoma has been fantastic.”

* TNT studio host Ernie Johnson: “Well the governor got this one right. Mary Fallin predicted the Thunder would win.”

* Barkley: “This is an impressive home court.”

* TNT analyst Shaquille O'Neal: “(The Thunder) fed off the energy of the crowd. The good thing was they maintained it for all four quarters.”

* Thunder coach Scott Brooks: “Defensively, that was as well as you could play against the best team in basketball.”

* Brooks: “You're not going to beat (the Spurs) by playing one-effort basketball. You're going to have to have two, three, four and even five.”

* O'Neal: “You really have to give Scott Brooks some credit. He really showed some guts tonight and some confidence in his guys.”

* San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich: “They played like it was a closeout game. They beat us good.”

* Popovich on what he'll change vs. Sefolosha: “I can ask Scotty not to play (Sefolosha). I don't know what kind of changes will help.”

* Popovich: “I think they played smarter than we did, and I think they played harder than we did.”

* Spurs forward Tim Duncan: “We hope to win every game in a row in the playoffs, but we didn't. So here we go.”

* Duncan: “We didn't step up. We didn't take charges and we didn't defend very well.”

* Duncan: “We're going to see how we react. Obviously, we haven't lost in a while, so we'll see how we react to it.”

* Barkley: “The ‘others' clearly won the game for OKC tonight.”

* Spurs guard Tony Parker: “They definitely played with a lot more energy and a lot more passion than us tonight.”

* Parker: “OKC put (Sefolosha) on me last year, two years ago. It's nothing different for me. I just have to find my spots.”

* Parker: “Manu (Ginobili) will figure (the Thunder's defense) out. He'll be more aggressive next game.”

* Thunder forward Kevin Durant: “We need everybody to be aggressive, and Thabo stepped up for us tonight.”

* Westbrook: “I think we did a great job of making the extra pass. Make or miss we were making the right play.”

* Durant: “We never thought these guys had an advantage over us even though we've lost a few.”

* Durant: “We knew we're not going to lay down and roll over just because we were down 0-2.”

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