There are plenty of explanations for the Oklahoma City Thunder’s failure over the last week to capitalize on their two-game advantage against the Golden State Warriors in the N.B.A.’s Western Conference Finals.

The TNT analyst Charles Barkley accused the Thunder of playing “hero ball.” Others have pointed to the Warriors’ hyperbolic shooting ability.

But there are those who insist that the Thunder’s downfall came at the hands of the enigmatic Bay Area rapper Lil B, known to fans as the Based God or simply BasedGod, who laid a curse on their star player Kevin Durant.