By TOM CANAVAN
AP Sports Writer
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- Russell Westbrook capped a 38-point, 15-rebound, nine-assist performance by scoring all of Oklahoma City's 13 points in the third overtime, and the Thunder overcame the absence of an injured Kevin Durant with a 123-120 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.
Jeff Green added a career-high 37 points as the Thunder outlasted New Jersey in a game in which the Nets tied the game at the end of regulation on a running 26-foot 3-pointer by Anthony Morrow, then blew leads of six points in the first overtime and three points with 4.6 seconds to go in the second when Stephen Graham fouled Green on a 3-point attempt.
Brook Lopez led New Jersey with 28 points and 11 rebounds. Jordan Farmar added a career-high 28 points and nine assists while starting for injured point guard Devin Harris. Morrow had 25 points.
Westbrook, who finished 14 of 32 from the field, was 5 of 7 in the final 5 minutes. He hit three straight jumpers to give Oklahoma City a 116-115 lead, then followed his own missed jumper with a layup to put the Thunder ahead 118-117 after Travis Outlaw hit a runner with 1:48 to play to give the Nets their last lead at 117-116.
After Farmar missed a shot, Westbrook went down the lane and converted a three-point play for a 121-117 edge with 51.5 seconds to go.
The Nets wouldn't go away, though. Farmar hit a 3-pointer with 9 seconds to play to cut the lead to a point but Westbrook added two more free throws less than a second later to push the lead to three.
New Jersey had a final chance to tie but Farmar's crosscourt pass was stolen with a second to play and the clock went off without a final shot.
It capped a wild game that seemed to lose most of its glamour when Durant, the NBA's leading scorer, was held out of the lineup with a sprained left knee, while Harris also sat with a knee injury incurred Tuesday night against the Knicks.
The final minutes of regulation and the three overtimes more than made up for their absence.
Morrow forced the first overtime by taking an inbounds pass with 1.5 seconds to play and hitting a running 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie the game at 93.
New Jersey appeared to take control in the first overtime as Morrow hit a jumper, Travis Outlaw nailed a 3 and Morrow added an off-balance jumper with 2:26 left for a 100-94 lead.
The Nets didn't score again. Green cut the lead to four with a baseline jumper and Westbrook tied it with jumpers with 41.1 seconds and 18.9 seconds to go.
Oklahoma City gave a foul with 7.1 seconds left in the extra session and Lopez was forced to take a jumper from the corner that didn't hit the rim.
After Farmar scored the first four points of the second overtime on layups, Westbrook hit two jumpers and fed Green for a 3-pointer to give Oklahoma City a 107-104 lead with 2:13 to go in the second overtime.
A jumper by Morrow cut the lead to a point and Lopez hit a basket in the low post with 52 seconds to go for a 108-107 New Jersey lead.
Westbrook missed three shots in the closing minute, the last with 9.9 seconds to go.
Morrow then seemed to sew up the game for New Jersey with two free throws with 6.2 seconds to go.
After an Oklahoma City timeout, Outlaw gave a foul with 5.4 seconds to go. The Thunder inbounded the ball to Green and Graham tried to surround him with his arms but Green got off a shot and was fouled. The shot hit off the backboard and nearly went in.
Green then sank all three free throws to tie the game and Farmar had a baseline shot hit off the rim, forcing the third overtime.
Westbrook owned those 5 minutes.
James Harden, who scored 16 points, had put Oklahoma City ahead 91-90 with two free throws with 22.7 seconds to go and Westbrook seemed to ice the game when he added two more with 1.5 seconds left.
However, Morrow hit an improbable shot and the game kept going until Westbrook ended it.
NOTES: There were 19 lead changes and 13 ties. ... Oklahoma City outrebounded New Jersey 50-45. ... In the third quarter, Westbrook had a one-handed rebound dunk of a missed shot by Serge Ibaka, who had 11 points while starting for Durant.
Updated December 1, 2010
