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(Sports Network) - The top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder need to win Wednesdays Game 5 at Chesapeake Energy Arena against the Memphis Grizzlies or their season is over. The Grizzlies lead the series 3-1 after an overtime victory in Game 4. You can see all the action on TSN and TSN Mobile TV beginning at 9:30pm et/6:30pm pt. "Two things Ive always known about our team is that its never easy and that we never quit," OKC coach Scott Brooks said on Tuesday. "I expect that same effort that weve had all four games to be the same tomorrow night. We did a lot of good things last night. We just didnt finish the game. Every game has come down to the last two or three minutes. Hopefully we can do a better job of closing out the game." The Thunder made it to the NBA Finals last season before losing to the Miami Heat. They earned the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference playoffs, but lost All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Houston Rockets. OKC and Memphis battled in Game 4 with no team having larger than a five-point lead in the fourth quarter. Kevin Durant tied the game with a finger roll with less than seven seconds on the clock. The game went to overtime and thats when the Grizzlies dominated. They took the extra session by a 9-3 margin to claim a 103-97 victory. The win provided some sense of revenge for Memphis, which fell down 17 points on Monday. Two years ago, armed with a 2-1 series lead, the Grizzlies blew an 18-point lead in Game 4 and fell to the Thunder. "We were able to overcome a lot," Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins said. "We just kept battling through and got a win." Now, the Grizzlies are in position to make the Western Conference Finals for the first time in franchise history. "We are a team that plays hard and doesnt quit," said Hollins. "Were not the most-talented team in the playoffs. We try to do whatever we can to get a win." Mike Conley scored a team-high 24 points while Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol chipped in 23 apiece to go with 12 and 11 rebounds, respectively, for Memphis. Conley and Gasol, the Defensive Player of the Year, both made the All- Defensive Second Team on Monday. Durant led the Thunder with 27 points, but went 0-for-5 from the field in overtime. He had seven boards and seven assists. Kevin Martin added 17 off the bench, followed by a double-double from Serge Ibaka, who had 17 points and 14 rebounds. Reggie Jackson and Nick Collison both cracked the 10-point mark as well. The Thunder are down, but have two possible home games left. Not that they are looking that far in advance, but OKC is far from out of it, at least in its mind. "Were going to keep fighting," Brooks said. "Were going to keep competing. All were worried about is winning one game. Its a great place to play. The energy in our crowd hopefully can get us over that hump. We know that all were focused on is if we win one game." 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Warriors coach Andrew McFadden says his sides tilt at an NRL finals berth is dependent upon an improvement in attacking execution.The Warriors enjoyed 54 per cent possession in the first half of their golden-point loss to Canberra on Saturday, hitting the Raiders with wave after wave of attack.But they only had veteran winger Manu Vatuveis wonder-try to show for their efforts in the opening 40 minutes.Two late first-half tries and two more after the break put Canberra in a dominant position before the Warriors staged a late comeback to push the match into extra time only to suffer a golden point loss.McFadden told reporters on Wednesday he was disappointed by his sides inability to put together an 80-minute performance.Defeating the eighth-placed Panthers on Saturday would depend on converting phases of dominance into points.I thought we started well on the weekend, we just lacked a bit of polish on some of the ends of our plays and sets, McFadden said.Rising star Tuimoala Lolohea has been reinstated in the starting 13 at fullback in an attempt to add attacking thrust to the line-up.Incumbent No.11 David Fusitua moves to the centres, while Blake Ayshford drops to the bench.ddddddddddddThe options (Lolohea) gives us, not just from an offensive point of view but for last plays from kicking, might be a bit better balance, McFadden said.He showed me enough on the weekend, he was energised and he was very professional in what was a very difficult week.The 21-year-old Lolohea admitted his time spent on the pine had been unsettling but maintained he was happy in Auckland.He understood McFaddens decision to bench him in three of the Warriors last four matches.I react a bit too slow, Ive just got to get my body in front and some of the contact stuff, especially when theres line breaks, Lolohea said.McFadden said the match against Penrith would go a long way towards determining their finals fate.Penrith sit one place ahead of the ninth-placed Warriors on the NRL ladder, holding a two-point advantage with six games to play.Its almost like a four-point game, McFadden said. 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