They truly deserved the win, they work for it and like he said, they learn from their past experience and they improve now.
They indeed had work hard for the win, Because OKC were for most of the game and had the biggest leads of the match even at some point in the 4th quarter OKC had a 15 point lead, I still wonder how the lost the game though.
Watching that game only reminds me how Westbrook used his mouth than his brain, if he only past the ball to George as there's a lots of time left to execute the play, although considering him as a franchise player but he can past then get it back for much clearer shot, instead of forcing it inside leaning for the ref to call a foul, but that Lilard buzzers really a magical one out of determination to win, they deserve it.
He already committed himself, and I think it was a design play for him to take the ball directly. However, Portland has anticipated his one-on-one, put a good defender forcing him to make a tough shot and obviously he misses.
So much for that trash talk, Damian Lillard won this time, and he can't can just to Damian to win playoff games first, because they are now off to the next round and Westbrook is no where to be found.