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Minnesota Wild 2 Winnipeg Jets 1 – It was game one of five between these two teams in what is expected to be a very good divisional rivalry. For the Wild it was their first win of the season and they now have a record of 1-1-2 while the Jets fall to 2-2. Jets start a six game home stand Friday with another divisional game, home to the Dallas Stars. (TSN Jets, TSN 1290) This is the first of 10 times this season that the Jets will be playing on consecutive nights. They are also in a stretch of three in four nights with the New Jersey at MTS Centre Sunday. Jets were the better of the two teams in the first period despite being outshot and were tied at one, thanks to a late goal scored while they were on a five on three power play. Interesting to note that in ten tries last season, the Jets did not score a goal while on a two man advantage. Bryan Little (3rd) redirected a Toby Enstrom shot, giving both players a point in each of the Jets four games this season. The games opening goal went to video review and it was ruled that Jonas Brodin had the puck go off his glove and in rather than be intentionally direct it into the net. The game winning goal came in the second period following an offensive zone face-off win by the Wild. Ondrej Pavelec, again outstanding, lost his goal stick and after stopping a sharp angle chance by Torrey Mitchell, felt the play should have been stopped with the puck under his pad. However, Matt Cooke jammed at Pavelecs pad knocking the puck into the net. Wild outshot the Jets 12-4 in the second and have now outshot their opposition 54-19 in second period action this season. Jets did create some chances in the third period despite only five shots on goal, but Josh Harding shut the door to record the win in his first ever game against the Jets. Final shots were 30-15 in favour of the Wild, and in post-game interviews Jets players were first to say 15 shots is not good enough. Evander Kane led the way with four shots, Blake Wheeler was held to one, while captain Andrew Ladd had none. Coach Claude Noel juggled his top unit trying to create more offense. Its very difficult to judge the game simply because of the face-off results. The Jets won only 26% of the draws and as a result were chasing the puck all night. Mark Scheifele was the best in the circle winning six of ten face-offs. Bryan Little won only one of 20 tonight, at times the last two seasons Little would be in the 60% range. Ladd did feel the team lacked "jump". Coach Noel agreed. "We chased a lot, and never created much." Kane also mentioned "too many turnovers." The power play went 1-5, while the penalty kill for the second straight game was perfect, going six for six against one of the NHLs best power plays. Wild came into the game with five power play goals on thirteen chances. Sam Mewis Jersey . Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers were left fretting over an MRI on the stars left knee. 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Weve got that bad taste in our mouths still." A trio of 30-somethings led the way for the Spurs. Duncan had 19 points and 15 rebounds, Boris Diaw scored 26 points and Manu Ginobili chipped in 15 points and six rebounds for the Spurs. San Antonio pulled this one out despite All-Star point guard Tony Parker missing the entire second half and overtime with left ankle soreness. Popovich said Parker had been struggling with the ankle since Game 4 of the series. The Spurs overcame it the way they have for more than a decade -- with teamwork, passing and great performances by role players. "We didnt know how much Tony was hurt in his ankle," Diaw said. "But we didnt want to go to Game 7, and we didnt know if he would be ready to play if we did or if he would be 100 per cent, so we tried to get it over with tonight." It was the third-best playoff scoring effort of Diaws 11-year career and his best since 2006. "Boris was amazing," Duncan said. "He had an unbelievable game. Hes had a great series." Russell Westbrook had 34 points, eight assists, seven rebounds and six steals, and MVP Kevin Durant added 31 points and 14 rebounds for the Thunder. But Oklahoma City committed 20 turnovers that led to 33 points for the Spurs. Westbrook and Durant each had seven turnovers. "We started settling for too many jump shots," Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. "It just seemed like we couldnt get enough good looks at the basket. Defensively, they just had us scrambling around." San Antonio also handled Serge&nbbsp;Ibakas return from injury.dddddddddddd Oklahoma Citys defensive star missed the first two games with a strained left calf, but he returned to help the Thunder win the next two games and tie the series. The series featured five blowouts wins by the home teams, but the closeout game was a gem. Oklahoma City overcame a 12-point deficit in the fourth quarter to force overtime. "I have to be honest, this victory is really sweet because we know we played one hell of a team, and we take great satisfaction in that since theyre so special," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said. In overtime, Duncans shot from the baseline rattled in to give the Spurs a 110-107 lead with 19 seconds to go. Durant missed a good look at a 3-pointer, and the Spurs rebounded and went to the line. Diaw missed the first and made the second free throw to make it a four-point lead for the Spurs. Westbrook missed a wild 3-pointer, and Spurs wrapped it up. San Antonio led by 12 early in the fourth quarter, but the Thunder chipped away at the free throw line after getting the Spurs into foul trouble. Back-to-back baskets by Westbrook and Durant cut San Antonios lead to 93-91 with 4:01 to play, leading to the frantic final minutes. Westbrook was fouled on a drive with 9.3 seconds to play. He made both free throws to tie the score at 101. Ginobilis fadeaway at the free-throw line against Westbrook missed, and the game went to overtime. Ginobili said the Thunder were a significant hurdle, and he expects them to be a roadblock in the future. "They are a pretty good team," he said. "They have so much talent, so much athleticism, so much future. They are a tough team." Notes: The Spurs had just two assists and missed all five of their 3-point attempts in the first quarter. ... Spurs C Matt Bonner started for the second straight game. He made just 1 of 5 3-pointers in the first half as the Thunder backed off of him. ... Westbrook had four steals in the first half. ... Thunder coach Scott Brooks was issued a technical foul in the third quarter. ... Westbrook made his first 10 free throws and 17 of 18 overall. ... Thunder G Derek Fisher, 39, played every minute of the fourth quarter and overtime. ' ' '