Chants of MVP filled the Chesapeake Energy Arena as Kevin Durant stepped to the free throw line with 19.8 seconds left in overtime Sunday night against the Denver Nuggets. Durant dropped both shots from the charity stripe, giving him his 50th and 51st points of the night and icing the game at 124-118.

Durant’s first career high 51-point effort wasn’t all the Thunder dished out against Denver. Russell Westbrook finished with 40 points and nine assists and Serge Ibaka recorded his first career triple-double marking the first time in NBA history one team had a 50-point scorer, a 40-point scorer and a player with a triple-double in a single game.

The game itself was a 48-minute fast break. The Nuggets got off to a clean and efficient start and held a 15-9 lead midway through the first quarter before Oklahoma City erased it with a 15-2 run. However, the Nuggets went on a 10-0 run themselves to end the first quarter with a 27-25 advantage.

Denver kept the momentum in the second and extended their lead to 14-points with 6:29 before the break. Kosta Koufos was unstoppable during Denver’s run. He nearly recorded a double-double in just the second period with 11 points and eight rebounds. However, Oklahoma City bounced back with another 8-0 run to end the half and cut Denver’s lead to five.

The Thunder turned their 8-0 run into a 20-0 run at the start of the third period and regained a 7-point lead with 8:02. Westbrook sparked the run as he scored or assisted on 15 of Oklahoma City’s first 17 points in the period. However, Denver kept the theme of the game going with another run to tie the game at 83 before the final period. The Nuggets ran off 19 points in the final 5:46 of the third with Andre Miller scoring nine of their final 10.

Denver again got off to a quick 9-point lead four minutes into the fourth quarter and held the advantage until a 15-foot jumper from Westbrook tied the game at 102 with 2:52 left. Both teams battled until Ty Lawson knocked down a clutch 3-pointer with 54 seconds to go and gave Denver a 109-106 lead. Al Harrington extended the lead to five after knocking down two free throws before Durant took over.

Daequan Cook missed a 3-pointer with 34.9 on the clock, but Westbrook climbed through a crowd, pulled down a clutch rebound and found Durant beyond the arc to cut the lead to two with 30 seconds left. Lawson missed a jump shot at the other end and out of a timeout, Durant took the ball straight to the hoop and slammed home a dunk to tie the game with four seconds and sent it to overtime.

Durant and Westbrook scored all of Oklahoma City’s 13 points in overtime and the Thunder’s defense held Denver to just seven giving them their Western Conference-best, 24th victory.

“This is probably an understatement, but that was a heck of a game,” Thunder coach Scott Brooks said after the game. “It was a game of runs, but sometimes you win that way. As a player, those are the kinds of games you like to play. Those are the kinds of games the fans like to be a part of.”

“It’s always good to play playoff style intensity in the regular season,” Brooks added. “We’ve had quite a few of them, but it’s always good to play games that come down to the last five minutes. That’s how you improve as a team and that’s how you figure out things as a team.”