Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant took over

On Monday evening, after the Nuggets won their only game of the first round of the series, that they were destined to win, head coach George Karl had dared to propose Ty Lawson was the best player on the floor. Perhaps, in this game, he was. But the best player in the series was not controversial, and, when the Nuggets threatened to make it interesting again opening their Touch shooting in Game 5, Oklahoma City Kevin Durant took over. Whether we like it or not, superstars not only to determine the NBA, they determine its champion. It is a challenge for the Nuggets to go forward, and we should not keep jurisprudence trade Carmelo Anthony, to admit it. Anthony trade should happen. Everyone knows it. And the Nuggets did everything we could in these circumstances, getting Passel talent back when everyone knew they had a deal. It gave them a deep, unselfish team that was a blast to watch. Never more than in the final game, when 10 players are playing 10 players scored and it came to the final shot. But in a game in which the Nuggets outshot the opponent 46 percent to 37, and outshot them from long range 44 percent to 25, Oklahoma City came from behind because it was the best player on the floor, and it can not be denied. Man they call Durantula scored 16 of his 41 points in the fourth quarter. When the thunder had to have a cart, he got up and got it ... again and again. Nuggets, on the contrary, they were not sure who to call down the stretch. They had five players in double figures. They are unlikely top scorer was Aaron Afflalo, who took their last shot. "It is an advantage and disadvantage with 10 good players," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It's hard to play at 10, especially in the playoffs. But when you have them, you'll like to play them. George, a dilemma that every night, because they have 10 good players who deserve to play. "If anyone can handle these guys, he can. But it's not easy to do. As a coach, I know we're playing 10, but (Daequan Cook) does not play many minutes, and Eric Maynor played 14 minutes, so it's a little easier with our 10. " This has become even easier in Game 5 as co-star in Durant, Russell Westbrook, was off all night, making only three of 15 shots. Nuggets had a plan for him, and it worked. "I can not deny, we talked a little about Westbrook today," Karl said after the shootaround Wednesday morning. "There are a couple things ... you know, it'll be interesting to see how aggressive he is out today. We believe that it will be very aggressive." Westbrook vulnerability at this point in his career is the ego, and the Nuggets made it work against him. In fact, they made it all up and down the list of Thunder to miss most of the night. Even Durant was a pedestrian 2-for-10 for long distances. But against the best defenders Nuggets had to offer - Wilson Chandler and Kenyon Martin - Durant threw around the court when it matters most, and stood as a military helicopter to make it the undisputed daggers.