Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, and LeBron James stand together during the trophy presentation following the Heat's 101-88 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference Finals playoff series, Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, left, and LeBron James stand together during the trophy presentation following the Heat's 101-88 victory over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 in the NBA basketball Eastern Conference Finals playoff series, Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant holds the western conference trophy after Game 6 in the NBA basketball Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Wednesday, June 6, 2012, in Oklahoma City. The Thunder won 107-99 and move on to the NBA Finals. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Miami Heat's LeBron James (6) drives to the basket as Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett (5) defends during the second half of Game 7 of the NBA basketball playoffs Eastern Conference finals, Saturday, June 9, 2012, in Miami. At right is Celtics' Brandon Bass (30). (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
After surviving those old Celtics, LeBron James and the Heat get the Thunder's young guns in the NBA finals.
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and the rest of the Western Conference champions will host Game 1 on Tuesday night when the NBA's championship series comes to Oklahoma City for the first time.
The Thunder finally got their opponent Saturday night when the Heat finished off the Celtics with a 101-88 victory in Game 7, sending Miami to its second straight finals berth and giving James a third attempt at his first ring.
James had 31 points and 12 rebounds to set up a marquee matchup with Durant, the NBA's scoring champion whom he beat out for the league's MVP award.
"We all know how tough it's going to be but we're going to fight to the end no matter what, leave it out on floor and we'll live with the results," Durant said.
James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh fell short in their first season together, losing in six games to Dallas last year. The Heat earned another chance by winning the final two games against the Celtics, whose older legs might have run out of steam after Boston led the decisive game by seven at halftime.
Energy won't be a problem for the Thunder, whose core of 23-year-old Durant, the league's three-time scoring champion, Westbrook (23) and James Harden (22) was born when the Celtics' Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce was around middle school age.
The Thunder, who moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, roll into their franchise's first finals appearance since the Seattle SuperSonics lost to Chicago in 1996. They surged past San Antonio by winning the final four games after dropping the first two to the No. 1 seed.
After eliminating defending champion Dallas and the Lakers in the first two rounds, the Thunder look to knock out another heavyweight in the Heat, the 2006 NBA champions.
The Thunder will host the first two games before the series moves to Miami for Games 3-5.
The teams split a pair of meetings during the regular season, each winning at home.
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