THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM NBA CUP CONTENTION
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama after upsetting the Thunder in the NBA Cup semifinals: “I’m just glad to be part of something that’s growing to be so beautiful — pure and ethical basketball.”
[Highlight] Slenderman matchup ends with a Wemby stuff on Chet
[Highlight] Wemby extends the run to 13-0 with the deep 3
[Highlight] The San Antonio Spurs defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-109 to advance to the NBA Cup championship. The win snaps Oklahoma City’s 16-game winning streak.
[Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (18-7) defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (24-2), 111-109 in Wemby’s first game back from injury!
[Highlight] Brunson breaks Anthony Black’s ankles for 36 on the night
[Highlight] Chet misses the free throw and Wemby is hyped up
[NBA on Prime] Steve Nash says that OKC has “mastered the rules” and that they are “efficient with playing the referees”
[Highlight] Castle pirouettes for a miraculous finish
[Highlight] CARUSO CAN’T FINISH AND IT’S A SPURS WIN
[Adam Friedland] “If David Stern were commissioner, Pablo Torre would be dead”
Victor Wembanyama in the win tonight in just 20 minutes: 22/9/2 on 6-11 FG and 1-1 from 3PT with 1 steal and 2 blocks, game-high +22
Josh Hart: “He’s barely a 6’0” guard.” -Jalen Brunson: “This is your fault.”
[Highlight] SVG on the Alien nickname for Wemby: “The only thing is, in the current political environment, you gotta watch that word, Michael Grady. They deport those. We do not want Victor Wembanyama deported”
[Linn] The Clippers canceled practice today and just did film. Ty Lue said the decision was because certain players couldn’t practice, but he wouldn’t say who. “I can’t say anything. I don’t think I can say that.”
[Highlight] Chris Paul and Wemby embracing after the game
[Highlight] Chet blocked AGAIN by Fox, Wemby hits on the falling fade!
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama retains control of the ball and makes the clutch fadeaway jumper over Alex Caruso to give the Spurs the lead (with replays).
He also point on Caruso afterward
[Dirk] did not like Wemby’s answer about his upcoming matchup with Chet Holmgren: “I wish he would’ve gave him a little credit. You can say, hey they have the MVP, Shai is incredible… but I didn’t love that answer. To me it was too swaggy, too dismissive of Chet… but hey, get the popcorn out.”
[Highlight] The New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic and qualify to the NBA Cup finals! The Knicks players on the bench are celebrating
[Highlight] Shai kicks out his legs for a foul call
Victor Wembanyama following today’s win against the OKC Thunder: “Some people are built for this moment and some aren’t. We definitely are.”
Stephon Castle on the OKC Thunder: “People say [the Thunder] are unbeatable, but we come into every game feeling like we’re unbeatable too.”
Shai Gilgeous Alexander in the 4th quarter tonight: 6 points on 2 of 5 shooting, 0 of 3 from 3 and 2 of 2 from the free throw line
[Highlight] Stan Van Gundy comments on Wembanyama’s “Alien” Nickname
[MacMahon] “Party in the USA” is blaring from the Spurs’ locker room after they snapped the Thunder’s 16-game winning streak
Victor Wembanyama off the bench as Spurs advance to NBA Cup Finals: 22 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 STL, 2 BLK, +20, 20 MIN
[All the Smoke Pod] SGA asked if Sam Presti would be at the sonogram for Bam Adebayo and A’ja Wilson baby one day: “Sam takes his job very seriously and whatever it takes to be great, he will do so if that’s what it takes, that’s what it takes”
[Haynes] The Knicks, Heat, Warriors, Spurs, and Timberwolves have all expressed interest in acquiring Giannis Antetokounmpo. Giannis Antetokounmpo prefers to play on a team where he could “get some sun,” be in a “big market” and contend for a championship.
The final 10 seconds of the Thunder Spurs game took 11:44 seconds of real time
Jaylen Brown challenges a streamer to score a point against Jordan Walsh for a 10-day contract
Over the last 82 regular season games OKC has a 72-10 record
Victor Wembanyama with arm inside the rim dunk during the pre-game warmup. He can nearly touch the bottom of the net
Spurs have now beaten OKC,Denver,Houston,LA.
[Post Game Thread] The New York Knicks (17-7) defeat the Orlando Magic (15-10), 132-120.
[Highlight] David Jones-Garcia hits the finger gun celly after a Fox three, Lindy Waters advises against it
Jalen Brunson in semi-final win over Orlando: 40 PTS 4 REB 8 AST on 16⁄27 FG 6⁄9 FT 2⁄5 3P
De’Aaron Fox is done for the night: 22 PTS, 2 REB, 4 AST, 2 STL, 1 BLK, +8, 37 MIN
Wemby on tonight’s matchup with Chet: “The MVP’s on that court[…]anybody is hard to guard when you have to help on the MVP.”
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama blocks Chet Holmgren and the Spurs force a 24-second violation on the Thunder (with replays)
[Highlight] Lockdown Spurs defense culminates in a Wemby block; Dylan Harper races down the floor to make it a 10-0 run
Last night marked Steph Curry’s 94th 35 PT game after turning 30. That is now the most in NBA history, passing Michael Jordan’s 93.
Oklahoma City has to go 50-6 the rest of the way to break the Warriors 73-9 record
[Highlight] Victor Wembanyama FOULED HARD by SGA
Endings like this are miserable, give me the Elam ending.
Thunder vs Spurs is going to be the next great rivalry
Stephon Castle full postgame interview, after the Spurs beat the Thunder and secured a place in the NBA Cup Finals