[Highlight] The Oklahoma City Thunder take a 2-1 series lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 123-108 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
To start the game up 15 to 0 and not win is devastating.
At home too.
This is the type of a game that can swing a series.
this series is over.
It shows you how insignificant a start like that is. We see 15 point deficits overcome every night during the regular season (they might not always win but at least make it a close game). It happening within the first 4 minutes is the time for it to happen
TTFU
I remember in the 90s, if a team was up by 10, game was pretty much over lol
I wonder what had changed? Is it solely the 3 balls impact?
That and pace.
Offensive players are just flat out better. Step backs were the move for superstars in the mid-00s. McGrady was known for it. Now everyone has 2 or 3 guys who can do it from the mid range or even the 3.
Tweeners (guys who are 6’7” or so but not a wing or a forward) now have a place as a forward. In the past they were played as 4s but off the bench. Guys like KJ and JWill wouldn’t even be in the NBA despite their skills.
Plus the 3 point shooting emphasis.
I tell people the last 5 minuets of the 4th quarter is when the “real” game starts
At that time this game was already over.
Not really, they had cut it to 9 with around 5 or 6 mins to go and then bricked a few 3s in a row that would have made things interesting while OKC just kept draining shots like they did all night
Yeah basically around then when OKC pushed it back to 15 that’s when I one it was over.
Starting 15-0 to lose by 15 is fucking diabolical
Imo its not quite as series losing as the fucking cavs fiasco game 1 but its brutal
Everyone gunna change their tune when the Cavs spank the living shit out of the Knicks tonight.
Yeah SA gotta figure deep after that one or they are gonna be out in 5.
OkC is #1 for a reason.
True but the spurs weren’t far behind, and their best player was on a minutes restriction all season, and the spurs whooped the thunder during the regular season.
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted for facts lol
Who would downvote it? People rooting for the thunder or spurs? Who exactly would it offend? The spurs were two games behind and had the tie breaker.
Fucking trap game
That’s deadass despair bro 💔😭
Game of runs.
But the refs! And the flopping!
Not really 15 point lead isn’t much in today’s nba especially when it’s to start a game
That 3 from Wemby was already huge in game 1 but its even more crazy now considering the Spurs could have been down 3-0 without it
Yeah without that 3 Thunder most likely would be up 3-0
Lakers getting swept without Luka doesn’t look so bad now, does it?
I mean I wasn’t really surprised. Lakers team was poorly built this season. Kind of just got whoever they could get and relied on top heavy Talent. Of course they would slump heavily without Luka. Also I still think OKC win in 5-6 even with Luka. That roster is not well built
Honestly never did to anyone who watched the regular season. You guys over performed this off-season.
Did it look bad? Everyone knew that was going to happen, I don’t think people are blaming the Lakers for it. They were at a huge talent deficit
I knew this series was over because the spurs played pretty flawless and had to get lucky to win game 1
The spurs didn’t play flawlessly game 1, they had a ton of turnovers. Spurs could definitely win but Castle is just crazy with his passes.
Say what you want about OKC but they’ve had 3 devastating game 1 losses these past 2 years, and have answered back like Champs every time.
Insanely mentally tough team. You can see Wembys will breaking game by game.
Was talking about this with my family, you could really see the mental difference in this game.
That third quarter stretch where Spurs shot like 6-8 straight FTs (all real fouls), nobody on OKC reacted to it.
Nothing rattles them, which is crazy cause im rattled as fuck and im a thousand miles away on a couch
im rattled as fuck 1700 miles away!
I’m rattled in Cancun
So is LeBron probably
Otoh, Castle was absolutely fuming and bricking his FTs. They really are 1 year away, and that’s okay. It’s scary to think of this Spurs team once they go through the growing pains of a young team and get some experience.
Wemby’s face when he bit on Caruso’s pump fake..he looked so done and that was the second quarter.
I think it’s just tiredness. They just don’t have the depth to stay fresh enough to think well enough to keep up.
This is maybe the most minutes Wemby has played in this amount of time in his entire life because of that double OT.
I also really wonder about his overall cardio health. He’s 7’5. That’s a lot of work for his heart.
He was working crazy hard on both ends of the court in Game 1 too. I think he really over-extended himself, and should have held some of that energy back.
This is huge for us because last year our team sucked in game 3’s. We lost 3 out of our 4 game 3’s last playoffs and the only win we got came off a 30 point comeback. So far this year we’re undefeated in game 3’s
I always say thunder play their best when down. Even at half time I rather see them trailing than ahead. Something their drive to overcome. That 0-15 start was what won them the game.
I was fully expecting the usual game 3 meltdown after going down immediately 15-0. But they rallied back and kinda put BTA the rest of the way
How Wemby rebuilds from this will be telling.
Daryl Morey
Should be fired for that trade.
He did. Damage was already done
He should’ve been fired back in the Houston days he’s a cancer to the league like Danny Ainge.
Is Ainge a cancer? I don’t like him, but at least he feels like he actually tries to improve his teams.
Take away one of the Sixers picks to compensate for this terrible trade
No thank you, it’s bad enough here.
Daryl Morey is r/nba’s 9⁄11
The real question is does anyone know where Darryl Morey was on 9⁄11?
Spurs wanted this game too badly and lost their composure. Too many rushed possessions, careless fouls, and defensive mistakes after every pump fake. Meanwhile, OKC stayed patient, adjusted step by step, and slowly took control of the game. That calmness was the biggest difference tonight.
They are tired. There a 5 players playing more than 38 minutes per game this series, shai and 4 spurs starters.
The only other thunder player playing more than 30 minutes is chet at 31.
bingo. and Wemby only played 29 minutes or less most games this season and those were a lot of blowouts. Now its high pressure vs the defending Champs and he’s having to play big minutes and it’s showing. Also Way too many turnovers and threes by the Spurs. They need to acquire a big physical inside player this off-season.
Championship experience
And depth
Spurs were pressing for sure its like they OD’d on that euphoria going up 15-0
composure. Spurs right now don’t have it. and Fox the veteran is injured playing point guard.
Spurs don’t have the experience yet
100% agree.
The experience and championship pedigree will carry them to a championship
OKC Bench : 76, Spurs: 23.
McCain: 24, Spurs Bench: 23
Post game interview should’ve been him doing a tiktok dance
Facts the needs to lean into this
Sold high..
*Sold while high..
diabolical
Took it right to wemby too, Thats was AWESOME.
Spotted them the first 15 and then won by 15.
Just Thunder basketball lol.
You know it’s a bad loss when OKC flairs aren’t being downvoted into oblivion
nothing to say about this game but Spurs got their butts whooped lol.
that and I hate Daryl Morey.
The difference in depth and experience is just too much
Spurs can’t compete when Wemby isn’t on the court and he can’t play 40.
Well he will play 40 if he has to but he will play way less effectively. That first game with the double overtime seemed to take everything out of his tank. I saw something similar in the Timberwolves series where the reason they were able to beat the Spurs in game one is because they tired him out. The problem they then had was they didn’t have a deep enough bench to do that effectively throughout the series.
And every game he will be more tired as he has to basically 1v5 the entire Thunder.
Kornet lost the tie and they couldn’t catch up
Fuck you Clippers you stupid fucks.
Dame knocked over that first domino
from 38 feet
Yep that Dame wave lived rent free in my head till we won the chip last year.
You know, in a weird way. Thanks Dame.
Crazy how the butterfly effect works
I thought it was a pretty fair trade at the time too.
I guess since everyone knew it was required to get kawhi it seemed a lot better in hindsight but still risky.
Blame the gm and that fucker got an extension too. Should have been fired like Daryl morey
And fuck the Sixers too
OKC gave them a 15-0 headstart and still won by double digits in San Antonio. Spurs are frauds. Excuse my flair
Went from 0-15 to winning by 15
just for that, i want yall to win tmrw
I hate internet discourse. The Spurs are very clearly not frauds and its apparent that they lack experience. Lots of dumb mistakes and they kept getting close but just couldnt close the gap.
Yup. They seemed to get the nerves both Games 2 and 3.
That comment got me rooting for the Cavs now. Go Cavs!
Spurs aren’t frauds. They are young as shit and need to go through their playoff growth, just like literally every other team.
You’ll win game 3
The Spurs are pretty good, they just need a few of their guys to develop a bit more to even the load a little. Wembys a great player but he cant do it all especially when the Thunder are just such a deep team that requires top-tier play for the entire 48 minutes
My observation is Wemby needs to be more like Hakeem or Kareem and less like a giant guard.
Spurs aren’t frauds, we’re just the truth
I happen to know of a young man who believes he’s the truth
Spurs need some heart on their bench cus damn
Honestly this series is exactly what the Spurs need.
This so far is like OKC vs the Mavs a few years ago. The star plays well but everyone else is ass. GM sees the team needs a few changes (shooters for OKC, get off Giddy for Caruso, sign Hart to due to poor rebounding), then leverage the youth on the rest of the team to just get better.
Spurs need some consistent shooters off the bench. Im sure that’ll be a priority and you’ll be even more dangerous. Possibly also a legit 5 to start with Wemby who can play some 4 to 5 big action. A passing big next to Wemby would be unfair.
Deandre Jordan, you’re a Spur
Like Dylan Harper?
Spurs blew a 15 point lead with home court advantage. This subreddit forgot it’s a series not one game where a below 40% 3 point shooter hits a bank shot from near 40 to basically win them the game , those miracles don’t come around often.
If SGA didn’t play hot ass game 1 I firmly believe it would’ve been 3-0 Thunder rn
It wasn’t just SGA either we had multiple players playing below average, maybe the first one this year i can remember where many great players played bad at once
SGA Chet Hartenstein and Mitchell all had their worst games of the playoffs and we still only lost by 4. Mitchell particularly had his worst game in a long time
J Will and McCain legacy games tonight. They were both fucking electric. Phenomenal overall performance by our bench.
This is why J-Will is so important. Great teammate, insane energy, he’ll never lose you a game. He could probably start on some other teams. Everyone wants a J-Will type on their team.
Fuck yeah OKC
Shoutout Toronto for our MVP.
Give me TikTok McCain over some draft picks. Sixers fumbled this really hard. 😭
Ngl champagnies shooting was Hella off tonight bro made like 1 3pt. Spurs missed Hella shots tonight
Champ is really only out there to shoot 3s and occasionally rebound honestly. Been pretty ass at both this series I can’t lie
Sham Penny needs to turn into Shammy Wells ASAP
He’s been their worst player. Vassell has definitely made up for it though. Hopefully he comes back down to earth at some point
He been ass the whole series
Thank you Daryl Morey we got a playoff raiser.
I can’t check the stats right now but that game 1 by SGA had to be an all time worst of his.
He was missing easy lay ups and giving up turnovers. If he shot a little bit better its 3 and 0
Been peeping he’s always ass game 1s due to rust
the consistency shit seems like a joke but i genuinely think there’s some truth to it
Granted it was quite low efficiency but if 24 and 12 is an all time worst game Thats a great baseline
He’s getting crazy attention in the playoffs as expected also. So many doubles, multiple bodies being thrown at him and just allround pretty physical defence.
He often gets rust after time off. Worth looking at his stats for the other game 1s this year - not as bad as his effort vs the Spurs but there’s definitely a trend
Daryl Morey you abomination
Him and funny enough Damian Lillard are why we are here today with this steroid Thunder team
Lawrence Frank you dumbfuck
Safe to say Morey didn’t sell high lol
Safe to say Morey sold while high
Fully healthy, go up 15-0 to start, shoot 30 freethrows in 3 quarters and still lose to OKC without their 2nd best player on your home court by 15. Your 7’5 center can’t grab a measly 4 rebounds and you can’t let a bench drop 76 points on your head if you want to win.
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He wasn’t healthy, but a total dawg for playing anyway. I hope he gets some rest though, high ankle sprains are no joke.
bro that ankle is gonna be sore in the morning but he’ll play game 4, just nowhere near 100%
Fox isn’t healthy and he got injured again in the game. Did u even watch it lol
He got hurt and came back. No player is healthy by your logic
He’s literally playing through injury already lmao, if this wasn’t the payoffs he’d be sitting out entirely
Most players are playing through an injury at this point in the playoffs.
Stop moving the goal posts lol
6’3” Ajay Mitchell outrebounded him. Honestly, we should try him as center next game for fun 😭
Very curious how the Spurs respond in game 4: obvious must win.
Ironically Spurs can’t shoot anything all night and was only able to reduce the gap through fouling
OKC should start prepping for NYK already
honestly the spurs game 1 just seems more and more like a fluke each time
there coach is just telling them to drive and pray + double shai despite getting roasted for it
series isn’t over till its over but im hoping either the knicks or cavs put up a better fight if it comes to that
Waaay better than us on both sides of the court.
Spuuuuuurrrrrs lose
McCain knocking Wemby out the way is too funny. Bro crumpled like an empty bag of chips.
Dary- do i even need to say it
Good news as a neutral. Spurs losing is good for the league.
Big guy can’t do it all. Rest of the guys look tired. Won’t be long now.
Big guy looked tired too. He didn’t score from 33 seconds in the first through most of the third.
He was gassed
Yeah, he’s gonna have to get stronger and heavier. All teams are going to grab, pull, and everything else to wear him out.
Feels like watching the nuggets…. Take wemby or jokic out of the game and they couldn’t hang on…
Spurs played mindlessly after the first quarter. They lost this game and Thunder were especially switched on even with some flops and some favourable whistles, the main point is it’s a make or miss league and this was a make or miss game.
And the Thunder made a lot of their shots count not just first five but even the bench was adding to the lead towards halftime.
gg on to the next one
For as much complaining as this sub does, SA is a 32 foot Wemby three from being down 3-0. This series is competitive and hotly contested. Let’s let it play out.
It’s quiet as fuck in here
Outplayed two games in a row. Not overly pessimistic still but I’d like one more win.
Gotta hand it to the Thunder, they a deeeep team. Well constructed top to bottom, ain’t no way to argue that.
Spurs gotta show that fight and pride again in game 4. Even this thing up, take it to 7. We all wanna see it.
Hate to say it but this series might be over. Knicks are our last chance
Knicks is actually a series if we get them. They are well balanced. Nobody needs to be the hero, everyone can contribute. I think we have a better bench but I think it would be a hell of a series.
I look up at the sky and yell Daryl Morey like Timmy’s dad talking about dinkleburg for trading him to OKC
Good thing morey sold high on McCain huh?
I blame Paul George for this
McCain was so good but I feel like J Will isn’t getting enough love. I feel like when his 3 is hitting this team can’t be beat
The Spurs own this one. No excuses
Spurs seem to have no established game plan. They’re playing LA Fitness bball. Atrocious coaching so far.
The nbwwe is so predictable. Betting $3 grand on the thunder to repeat was free money.
Oklahoma is probably the deepest team in NBA history. Don’t forget this team gets a number five pick this year. Oklahoma feels like a very well run organization. I can see them winning four titles out of the next six years and maybe that’s an under count..
OKC 2026 Championship sponsored by Draft Kings Daryl Morey
Didn’t watch. Was it officiated fairly ?
Good. Now win the next two and sweep the knicks in the finals
This was a highlight indeed.
OKC is good, damn good