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Kevin Durant's big 4th quarter powers Thunder past Spurs 109-103, tying West finals 2-2
• OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- When Lil Wayne turned down Kevin Durant's invitation to watch the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals, he missed quite a show by the three-time scoring champion.
• Durant scored 18 of his 36 points in a scintillating final 7 minutes, Serge Ibaka added a career-high 26 points and the Thunder evened the series at two games apiece by beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-103 Saturday night.
• After seeing his team's 15-point lead dwindle to four, Durant took over midway through the fourth quarter by scoring all 16 of the Thunder's points during a span of just over 5 minutes to keep the Spurs at bay.
• "I didn't tell myself that I need to go score because what we were doing was working," Durant said.
• "We were passing the ball and guys were making shots. ... I just wanted to stick with what we were doing, but it started to open up for me and I could see some lanes that gave me some opportunities to make some shots."
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Today in History
The Associated Press
• Today is Sunday, June 3, the 155th day of 2012. There are 211 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On June 3, 1937, Edward, The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in a private ceremony in Monts, France.
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• On this date:
• In 1621, the Dutch West India Co. received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.
• In 1808, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was born in Christian County, Ky.
• In 1861, Illinois Sen. Stephen A. Douglas, the Democratic presidential nominee in the 1860 election, died in Chicago of typhoid fever; he was 48.
• In 1888, the poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first pub (Continued on page 34)
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