What Williams said, exactly, couldn't be heard over the deafening home crowd. Maybe that was for the best, but the ball shouldn't take it personally. The real message was meant for Williams' critics,

A tough string of performances had doubt and criticism being thrown at him from a national level and within Oklahoma state lines, questioning if this could be the Thunder's second-best player on a title-winning team.

The Thunder will host the Nuggets in Game 7 with a conference finals bid on the line. It will be the fifth Game 7 in Thunder history.