NBA Finals: Kevin Durant scores 36 to power Thunder past LeBron James' Heat

“I just like Men in Black,” Kevin Durant said after emerging from a hot and sticky room full of reporters as seemingly the only guy who could keep his cool.

Suddenly, you're reminded that not only is this guy human, but he's still just 23.

But for 45 minutes and 48 seconds Tuesday night, this man in black was on a mission, dead-set on delivering in his first taste of the NBA Finals. His polka dot pocket square and crisp white Air Jordan shoes symbolized quite nicely the streaks of style that had just defined his night full of substance.

Durant scored a game-high 36 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 105-94 comeback win over Miami in Game 1 of the NBA Finals inside Chesapeake Energy Arena. It was the second-most points scored by a player in his Finals debut since the merger in 1976. Allen Iverson scored 48 in 1996.

His efforts led the Thunder back from a 13-point second-quarter deficit and seven-point hole at the half.

“KD is a terrific player, and we all know how (good) he is as a scorer,” said Thunder coach Scott Brooks. “He's led the league three years in a row in scoring. But he's a special player because he defends, and we are a good basketball team because we defend.”