Jefferson lifts Spurs over Thunder 109-108 in OT

Rookie DeJuan Blair set new career highs with 28 points and 21 rebounds while filling in for Tim Duncan, and Richard Jefferson hit the game-winning jumper in overtime to lift the San Antonio Spurs to a 109-108 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

Jefferson ended up with the ball after the Spurs' play went awry, with Manu Ginobili diving out of bounds to save an errant pass that bounced off of Antonio McDyess. George Hill then passed it to Jefferson, who beat the shot clock with a 13-foot jumper in the lane with 9.1 seconds left.

Russell Westbrook missed a potential game-winning 19-footer for Oklahoma City at the final buzzer.

Kevin Durant scored 35 points and Westbrook had 25 points and 13 assists for the Thunder. Jeff Green added 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Tony Parker had 28 points, Hill scored 16 and Jefferson and McDyess each finished with 13 points.

Duncan rested on the second game of a back-to-back set as San Antonio started a four-game trip, and he ended up watching a thriller from the bench.

The Thunder, who trailed by 19 in the first half, rallied back from an eight-point deficit in the final 4 minutes of the fourth quarter to force overtime. Thabo Sefolosha finished off an 8-0 run with a two-handed slam with 57.6 seconds left, and Westbrook was able to answer Parker's jumper.

McDyess missed a 3-point attempt from the left wing at the end of regulation, after Ginobili was double-teamed.

Durant put the Thunder up 108-106 on a 20-foot jumper from the right side with 1:28 left in overtime, and McDyess made one of two free throws to make it a one-point game. Jefferson then blocked Sefolosha's shot to give the Spurs a chance to go ahead.

The ball bounced off of McDyess and then just shy of the end line before Ginobili laid out to save it to Hill. The extra effort turned a breakout performance from Blair into a victory.

Blair had 10 points, six rebounds, two steals and a block as the Spurs opened a 10-point lead in the first 5 1/2 minutes, and the widebodied 6-foot-7 center was also busy setting screens to clear the way for a hot start by Parker. The All-Star point guard had 16 points on 7-for-9 shooting in the first quarter as the Spurs went up 35-18.

The lead reached 19 early in the second quarter before the Thunder stormed back with an 18-4 run, powered by eight points by Westbrook.

But Blair and Parker took over again, scoring 12 of San Antonio's points during a 20-8 push that restored the lead to 63-46 on Jefferson's right-handed jam over Nenad Krstic with 28.4 seconds left in the second quarter.

By halftime, Blair had matched his career best with 18 points, and his 11 rebounds were one shy of his career high.

James Harden, an All-American like Blair last year, made a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left before halftime to get Oklahoma City within 12, and the Thunder kept coming with a 12-2 run as San Antonio missed its first 10 shots of the third quarter.

Durant finally gave Oklahoma City its first lead with two free throws that made it 75-74 with 2:34 left in the third quarter before the Spurs went back ahead on back-to-back 3-pointers by Jefferson and Hill to start the fourth.

Blair rattled the rim with a right-handed jam and a two-handed throwdown off a Ginobili bounce pass as the Spurs extended their lead to 90-83 with a string of six straight points midway through the fourth quarter. Parker followed a Blair layup with one free throw to make it 97-89 with 4:03 to play in regulation.

NOTES: The Spurs also won their only two other games without Duncan this season, beating Toronto on Nov. 9 and Dallas on Nov. 11. Parker also missed both of those games. ... The Thunder had their lowest-scoring first quarter since a Nov. 22 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, getting outscored 35-18. ... The Thunder fell to 16-2 when scoring at least 100 points.