1	2	3	4	T
OKC	19	19	22	22	82
SA	28	22	28	25	103

Team	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
OKC	30-91	33%	6-33	18%	16-18	89%	47	22	9	5	20	25
SA	35-90	39%	9-33	27%	24-32	75%	52	25	11	10	13	20

Oklahoma City Thunder
Starters	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Isaiah Hartenstein#55	18	12	⁶⁄₁₁	0-0	0-0	7	3	1	0	0	2	5	3	-16
Chet Holmgren#7	26	10	³⁄₈	0-1	⁴⁄₆	9	2	3	0	1	3	6	2	2
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander#2	31	19	⁶⁄₁₅	0-1	⁷⁄₇	4	7	4	2	0	0	4	3	-18
Luguentz Dort#5	17	2	¹⁄₂	0-1	0-0	4	0	1	2	0	2	2	5	-16
Cason Wallace#22	21	5	²⁄₈	¹⁄₃	0-0	4	1	0	2	0	2	2	1	-10
Bench	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Jaylin Williams#6	22	3	¹⁄₇	¹⁄₇	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	-11
Alex Caruso#9	14	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	-22
Kenrich Williams#34	23	10	³⁄₇	²⁄₄	²⁄₂	5	3	1	1	0	0	5	4	-4
Isaiah Joe#11	18	11	⁴⁄₉	²⁄₇	¹⁄₁	5	2	1	2	1	0	5	0	6
Aaron Wiggins#21	20	4	²⁄₁₁	0-4	0-0	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	-4
Jared McCain#3	24	4	¹⁄₁₀	0-5	²⁄₂	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	-13
Nikola Topic#44	3	2	¹⁄₂	0-0	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team		82	30-91	⁶⁄₁	16-18	47	22	17	9	5	11	36	25
		33%	18%	89%

San Antonio Spurs
Starters	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Julian Champagnie#30	29	2	¹⁄₇	0-5	0-0	4	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	0
Victor Wembanyama#1	31	33	¹¹⁄₂₂	³⁄₇	⁸⁄₉	8	5	4	2	3	3	5	2	29
De’Aaron Fox#4	31	12	⁵⁄₁₃	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₁	10	5	0	1	1	2	8	3	-3
Devin Vassell#24	33	13	³⁄₇	²⁄₄	⁵⁄₆	6	3	1	1	1	0	6	0	27
Stephon Castle#5	30	13	⁵⁄₁₁	¹⁄₃	²⁄₂	3	6	1	1	1	2	1	5	25
Bench	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
Harrison Barnes#40	16	5	0-4	0-2	⁵⁄₆	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	13
Kelly Olynyk#8	3	3	¹⁄₃	¹⁄₂	0-0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1
Lindy Waters III#43	3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Keldon Johnson#3	18	6	³⁄₁₂	0-4	0-2	3	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	7
Carter Bryant#11	6	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	4	-10
Luke Kornet#7	13	6	³⁄₄	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	0	2	2	5	1	-9
Jordan McLaughlin#0	3	3	¹⁄₂	¹⁄₂	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-1
Dylan Harper#2	21	7	²⁄₄	0-1	³⁄₆	5	2	2	0	0	1	4	2	25
Bismack Biyombo#18	DNP
Mason Plumlee#45	DNP
Team		103	35-90	⁹⁄₁	24-32	52	26	12	11	10	14	38	20
		39%	27%	75%

Isaac_GoldenSun

6812 | 4 months ago

Outscored by Bam Adebayo

shangalang69 | Raptors

2448 | 4 months ago

WILT

BAM

THUNDER

KOBE

thecarrot78 | Trail Blazers

611 | 4 months ago

THE 4 GREATEST BASKETBALLS OF ALL TIME

darklord0530 | Lakers

1331 | 4 months ago

OKC didn’t score 83 out of respect for Bam

curious_Jo | Bulls

244 | 4 months ago

Ethical.

Logical_Welder3467

109 | 4 months ago

But why did they disrespect Kobe like this?

Zellefin

199 | 4 months ago

Respect to Bam

joebrozky | Hornets

178 | 4 months ago

[Shams] Heat president Pat Riley says he would not consider trading Bam Adebayo for the whole OKC Thunder team

Leozenyang

63 | 4 months ago

Wilt ☝🏼, Bam ✌🏼8️⃣3️⃣… OKC.

Omnomnomnivor3

58 | 4 months ago

Bam could’ve swept the West easily

BlindManBaldwin | Nuggets

36 | 4 months ago

Lmao

Prankstaboy6 | Heat

35 | 4 months ago

I hope this becomes a running gag for as long as Bam’s in the league.

Shout out to Bam.

suzukigun4life | Cote D'Ivoire

5725 | 4 months ago

First time OKC’s been held below 90 all season.

NotFrankSalazar | Spurs

1727 | 4 months ago

That’s actually a crazy stat

NathanFielderFriend | Canada

1033 | 4 months ago

The Wemby effect is STILL somehow underrated lol

I’ve never seen a layup look so hard for high level nba players

chillbinton-

498 | 4 months ago

Last game I thought we determined he was washed

chillinwithmoes | Timberwolves

557 | 4 months ago

First rule of sports subreddits: the most recent game is the only one anyone can seem to remember

Wendell-Short-Eyes | Spurs

222 | 4 months ago

It’s why I avoided the last game thread and now I am completely enjoying this one.

dlanod | Slovenia

29 | 4 months ago

I avoided the last one and I’m avoiding this one too!

homefree122 | Thunder

204 | 4 months ago

Was literally our worst 3 point shooting game of the season. 18% from 3. Brick after brick, with your occasional air ball.

emoney_gotnomoney | Spurs

237 | 4 months ago

Honestly it was a brick masterclass by both team. We didn’t do much better at 27% ourselves

SolvedRumble | Spurs

61 | 4 months ago

And if we did…this would’ve been a slaughter BALA

joeske | SAS

38 | 4 months ago

Absolutely. This easily could have been one of those 40 point blowouts, neither team shot well.

fundraiser | Knicks

48 | 4 months ago

feels like that was mostly brought down by KJ. was hoping he would get some easy buckets at the end there to get some rhythm but it just ain’t working for him this series

emoney_gotnomoney | Spurs

37 | 4 months ago

Yeah I honestly have no idea what’s up with him this series. He has been absolutely awful and just straight up unplayable.

He’s been even worse than Chet. Joking….only kind of though

pmurt007 | Lakers

80 | 4 months ago

They found out how hard it is to score when teams are allowed to play with the level of physicality they were allowed during the regular season + hand checking.

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1124 | 4 months ago

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wcooper97 | OKC

344 | 4 months ago

Lights too bright once again

samhit_n | Lakers

216 | 4 months ago

I love how they scored just 82 points out of respect to Bam.

LemonButterRum

148 | 4 months ago

Biblically low

Confident_Ad_5345

147 | 4 months ago

it was the nuns

Available_Story6774 | West

134 | 4 months ago

They really need J Dub and Mitchell back, I wrongly called J Dub overrated this post season due to how well they played without him in the regular season, but he’s really important for the Thunder, if they don’t come back, I think the Spurs take this series tbh.

Friendly_Molasses532 | Spurs

67 | 4 months ago

I hope so. I have feeling OKC is going to respond game 5

herbalite | San Diego Clippers

33 | 4 months ago

wow

FatalTortoise

3285 | 4 months ago

This game had everything

This game had boobs

This game had nuns

This game had the extender

This game had a 40 footer

This game had SGA sitting in the 4th, not even trying to come back

Comrade2k7 | Spurs

697 | 4 months ago

Damn I missed the boobs apparently. I was only able to watch highlights.

Mindless_Ad5714 | Spurs

596 | 4 months ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/NBASpurs/comments/1tmu3p0/another_hot_start_for_the_spurs/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Comrade2k7 | Spurs

347 | 4 months ago

Lmao is this the same girl from game 3?

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

136 | 4 months ago

Same thoughts lmao.

Tree_Weasel | Spurs

107 | 4 months ago

Yes: https://www.reddit.com/u/bluebeari3/s/cp6QZRgJaF

Doctor_Muscle_Fiber

52 | 4 months ago

Yes. Like some people with faces, I never forget a set.

crankywithout_coffee | Spurs

48 | 4 months ago

Orange top girl?

thesagenibba

33 | 4 months ago

link for the people

DerrickWhiteMVP | Spurs

133 | 4 months ago

Someone in the game thread said they were OF models and he found their links

SiliconSage123

133 | 4 months ago

Amazing marketing, those tickets will pay themselves off easily

BeforeSunrise33

95 | 4 months ago

The Comissioner and NBA has to do something about this and by do something I mean have big boobed women on every national broadcast, every game from here on out.

Some-Nothing728

80 | 4 months ago

There were boobies sitting near the spurs bench. Everytime they cut to Spurs coach you got a gander

brianbrainbrian | Lakers

35 | 4 months ago

Need boob highlights

GroboDubbins | Trail Blazers

79 | 4 months ago

Here’s a link (NSFW)

midromney

260 | 4 months ago

“This game had a 40 footer”

Cmon Wemby ain’t that tall

OsuLost31to0 | Cavaliers

225 | 4 months ago

San Antonio’s hottest club is WEMBY:

This 7’4 French stick figure located in Texas’ crotch is a mix of Kareem Abdul-Jabar, Jean Valjean, and Gumby.

This guy has everything: odee hang pulls, The People’s Elbow, an Asian disposition, and the mentorship of an old white man who once angrily grabbed a microphone said “This is not who we are” to a crowd of thick Latina women.

TheHof125 | Trail Blazers

38 | 4 months ago

Shakespeare couldn’t dream of writing a Reddit comment with this much poetry in it.

mekarz

81 | 4 months ago

The boobs sequel was great

superhappyfuntime13 | Rockets

2945 | 4 months ago

Spurs bench took all the talk personal. NEARLY OUTSCORED OKC BENCH 30-34 BABY

suzukigun4life | Cote D'Ivoire

960 | 4 months ago

Meanwhile Wiggins and McCain combine to shoot ³⁄₂₁

Apollo611 | Lakers

799 | 4 months ago

Turns out Caruso isn’t the greatest shooter of all time

fattest-fatwa | Spurs

604 | 4 months ago

But he does have the beard of a 16 year old and the hair of a 60 year old. So he’s got that going for him.

TheForceWithin | Bulls

139 | 4 months ago

I honestly didn’t think that combo was possible

OneLuckyContestant

90 | 4 months ago

Uncle up top, nephew down below

CapableRequirement15

37 | 4 months ago

I thought Jaylin Williams and Alex Caruso were Asian and Bald Steph Curry from the other games

Wembanyanma | Spurs

35 | 4 months ago

Wild what happens when you close out on shooters and dont leave them wide open

purplebuffalo55 | Kings

33 | 4 months ago

By all accounts, McCain is a great teammate and great person overall. However, there’s something about the way he plays that just pisses me off and I can’t figure out why

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

30 | 4 months ago

I didn’t expect him to get as much run this series - Spurs guards are just too big. They’re leaning heavy on him with Dub & Mitchell hurt tho and he wilted tonight. Game 5 looms large. Thunder will need him to be hitting to have a chance to score on this Spurs defense.

Max0699 | NBA

199 | 4 months ago

OKC can’t score more points than Bam in one game

Proud-Importance-302

101 | 4 months ago

PRIME BAM > OKC

theweatherguy69 | Spurs

45 | 4 months ago

Ive heard enough. Trade everything for Bam.

Southern_sky | Spurs

186 | 4 months ago

For what it’s worth, as historically bad as the bench margins were, our losses were “just” by 9 and 15. We don’t necessarily need to outright win the bench matchup, we just need to not lose it as horrifically as they did in games 1-3 to have a chance at winning.

cloud-y-meatball | Spurs

146 | 4 months ago

Not doubling SGA shut down the bench real quick. Let the MVP cook, he’s not scoring 100 points. It pains when role players cook us because they’re wide open

Subject_One_1673 | 76ers

89 | 4 months ago

It helps that you guys have bodies to throw at him too. Castle, Carter, Dylan; then we he gets close to the paint the greatest rim protector of all time is waiting.

worry_ab-urself-bud

38 | 4 months ago

Vassell has done as good a job as Castle on SGA I’d say too.. so many athletes to keep up

samhit_n | Lakers

43 | 4 months ago

I also feel a lot better about Ajay Mitchell’s performance against us last round because the Thunder looked lost on offense without him.

eastrunsthroughcavs | Cavaliers

2103 | 4 months ago

The basketball nuns were the real MVPs this game

composer_7 | Hawks

733 | 4 months ago

Spurs cheating. They got +5 Holy power this game

Wembanyanma | Spurs

299 | 4 months ago

Holy Power is super effective against demonic entities…

Trippsyn

62 | 4 months ago

Does that mean OKC are undead? Explains why they fall down a lot

NewYearsD | Lakers

108 | 4 months ago

nbc had a hard-on for those nuns

CranberryNapalm | Knicks

60 | 4 months ago

I think that’s breaking one of the Ten Commandments.

GGezpzMuppy | Spurs

1758 | 4 months ago

Don’t know how long we can keep it up, but the level of pressure and intensity on defence was crazy.

They’re not gonna keep missing like tonight but if we keep up that level, gonna be tough to beat.

myfatbasketballs

626 | 4 months ago

That was the difference. Everyone was flying around from the jump and never stopped.

Love to see it

saylab_the_bigkat

333 | 4 months ago

The closeouts and rotations were more controlled, more disciplined, a lot less over helping. Spurs were flying around last game too, just aimlessly, too aggressively. Didn’t overreact to Hartenstein hitting 4 straight floaters to start the game, just kept following the gameplan and Victor came out aggressive offensively.

dreamvomit | Knicks

62 | 4 months ago

Thunder missing jdub and ajay is huge because they are the dudes that can really capitalize on close outs. I thought the thunder could win the series without them but now idk. After last game, I was thinking it’s not great for the thunder to be relying heavily on jwill and McCain offense

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

161 | 4 months ago

This spurs team’s defensive energy is refreshing to see, loved it

NathanFielderFriend | Canada

61 | 4 months ago

They got young legs and the Thunder had
Two ball handlers out, they need to keep this up and pressure more. Even if a guy breaks free they have to meet Wemby in the paint

CapableRequirement15

99 | 4 months ago

And stopped turning the ball over 1000000 times, we did have a favorable whistle this game imo (although OKC did in game 2 so it evens out ig)

SiphenPrax | Knicks

1544 | 4 months ago

Ladies and gentlemen, we officially have ourselves a series!

GGezpzMuppy | Spurs

793 | 4 months ago

Both of us gonna be near death only to face New York and their fans.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

342 | 4 months ago

I pray you’re right but this franchise has been cursed for 53 years. I’ll finally believe it if/when I see Jalen Brunson hoisting the Larry O’Brian trophy for my team next month.

master248 | Spurs

169 | 4 months ago

Would feel like history is repeating itself. The last time Spurs faced NYK was in 1999

mainvolume | Spurs

74 | 4 months ago

I myself am hoping for a continuation from 1999.

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385 | 4 months ago

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Sim888 | CHI

299 | 4 months ago

I will continue to overreact after every quarter, thank you very much!

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

59 | 4 months ago

Every quarter? We are doing every possession here man, keep up!

Uncle_Freddy | SAS

113 | 4 months ago

Game 3 left a lot of questions from me, we were never in control of that game after the 15-0 start, and it’d been months since the Spurs looked that helpless. The chess match continues though, and OKC will have a new scheme to figure out how to break down and counter. Around and around it goes, just two great teams battling it out

Spiritual_Corner_977 | Clippers

106 | 4 months ago

People were so quick to shit on Wemby hype because he isn’t effortlessly dominating OKC in his first WCF appearance, in his third year of the NBA lol

HOFredditor | Warriors

100 | 4 months ago

Not only this is Wemby’s first WCF, it’s his first playoffs appearance. Like give him a break lol

mercfan3 | Spurs

87 | 4 months ago

And it’s not only his..it’s Castle’s, it’s Harper’s, it’s Vassell’s, it’s Keldon’s, it’s Juju’s..shit it’s also Mitch’s.

Of course they’re gonna have their rough moments. In Game 1 and 2 they trotted out starting lineup with the same average age as the NCAA Champions. 😂

But they’re also talented AF.

myfatbasketballs

50 | 4 months ago

God may be real

zco22 | Pacers

33 | 4 months ago

Thank you San Antonio nuns!

Balls_of_Adamanthium | Warriors

1372 | 4 months ago

The SGA single coverage adjustment might change the series.

808Kuro | Knicks

612 | 4 months ago

The fact that the Spurs are playing SGA straight up instead of doubling and daring the bench to score on their own is doing them in. SGA never scored above 35 points against the Spurs in the regular season and averaged 5 assists. You know he’s not going to go off for like 40 points because he’s too consistent with hovering around 30 (which the Spurs can live with), so you make his bench do the work and they’re not as good 1v1 players with Wemby lurking in the paint

Isaac_GoldenSun

198 | 4 months ago

The Jokic defense lol

808Kuro | Knicks

297 | 4 months ago

The difference is Jokic playmaking ability is a reliable deterrent. SGA isn’t the playmaker Jokic is on the offensive end when playing man

DudeIAm-blank- | Slovenia

72 | 4 months ago

Yeah Joker’s playmaker ability is a serious threat but that relies on his team able to make shots. Not saying the Nugs has no depth and no one can make a bucket but OKC is deeper than the Nugs

Consistent_Ad1176 | Timberwolves

49 | 4 months ago

The difference is jokic is far more unstoppable and gives you exactly what he needs to win. Teammates shooting well? He’s the best passer ITL and will drop 20 20 20.

Everyone is cold? He’s dropping 50. He is still far away the best offensive player imo, just sucks he’s been hurt the last few months. SGA gets his credit for his consistency, it’s amazing for the whole season.

WhichHoes | Warriors

102 | 4 months ago

I said this strategy in the last game thread. The strength and weakness in Shais game is he will basically get you 2 points every other play.

When the team is rolling and the opponent is trying to make a come back, it makes it impossible. However, when OKC is down, you pretty much know Shai will go for a 2 point shot. Even if he shoots 50% on the mid range, take that vs an open 3 by an other, that will energize the team and open the floor.

JMEEKER86 | Japan

87 | 4 months ago

Yeah, SGA is too consistent. He almost always has a very good game scoring in the 30s and rarely has a bad game scoring below 20, but even more rare is having a nuclear game. Hell, he only finally had the first 50 point game of his career in 2025. His very deliberate play style of breaking down the defense to get to the midrange so he can take a high percentage shot while avoiding bad shots and limiting turnovers by not taking any risks puts a ceiling on his game. They need to defend SGA straight up and let him get his 35 points so that they can focus more on stopping the other guys from having career nights.

WhichHoes | Warriors

50 | 4 months ago

He is very Kevin Durant like, in that regard, except prime Durant Is 7 ft and Shai can pass out of doubles

saylab_the_bigkat

531 | 4 months ago

They were treating him like he was Steph on a heat check for absolutely no reason. Castle staying out of foul trouble helps. Him and Vassell finally played some disciplined defense and didnt fall for the fakes or the stop-start dribbles.

bitz12 | Bulls

132 | 4 months ago

cuz they were relying on his lack of playmaking off the double and the rest of the thunder team not being able to take advantage of collapsing tje defense. turns out the thunder had roleplayers shooting way above average on those open shots, and the spurs did a great job of adjusting their strategy to the way things played out in real time

saylab_the_bigkat

66 | 4 months ago

I mean, they got smoked in game 3 because they didnt adjust their strategy in real time. At least not until they had already lost concentration and fouled Shai a bunch, and let the game get out of hand.

They took the day off and went back and watched film and recalibrated and reconcentrated.

E: Also, they had the option to send the double late or disguise where it was coming from. Instead, they kept doing it half court with Shai smack dab in the middle of the court. Its the worst place for a double team.

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

133 | 4 months ago

If we don’t have dub or Ajay probably we don’t have any other ball handlers we were turnover central

Balls_of_Adamanthium | Warriors

96 | 4 months ago

True. Exactly like when Fox was out and Castle has to handle the ball full time. If J Dub doesn’t come back it’ll be tough.

Parallel-Quality

41 | 4 months ago

People overreacted to McCain having the game of his life.

The Thunder do not have anyone who can break down the Spurs defense and force them to react, outside of SGA.

They need at least one of J-Dub or Mitchell if they want to win this series.

Domainsetter

93 | 4 months ago

As long as JDub or Ajay don’t come back… it does. If either does then it changes the game plan again.

superdrone | Mavericks

44 | 4 months ago

i mean… it makes even less sense to double SGA when they’re available. that gave them even more space to cook

samhit_n | Lakers

77 | 4 months ago

I thought it was just our bad defense last series, but Ajay Mitchell is very important to the Thunder offense. They can play SGA straight up and pressure him without Mitchell as a secondary ball handler.

samhit_n | Lakers

1378 | 4 months ago

The Spurs won because they outscored the Thunder in every quarter.

Calm_Independent_782 | Knicks

436 | 4 months ago

Thank you, Magic

Boomer_Lampley | Spurs

156 | 4 months ago

Big, if true

mhgiantsfan | Spurs

77 | 4 months ago

source?

Chinese-dog | Spurs

1127 | 4 months ago

Ok how do we get those nuns to OKC

MarkBrendanawicz | Spurs

431 | 4 months ago

The broadcast said this was the first game they’ve been to all season. Frost Bank could easily cover their tickets.

newme02 | Suns

188 | 4 months ago

they’re nuns. buying them tickets could probably count as a tax write-off

NathanFielderFriend | Canada

67 | 4 months ago

Through the power of prayer brother

Wembanyanma | Spurs

32 | 4 months ago

And tax deductible donations to your local diocese.

simon2105

911 | 4 months ago

Daryl Morey rn: “Damn you all, I sold high you fucks!!!

SomeManSeven | Pistons

229 | 4 months ago

Daryl Morey is a truth teller

samhit_n | Lakers

131 | 4 months ago

He had a great game 2, but McCain’s shooting just 33% from the field and 21% from three this series.

He and Caruso are proof that you can’t rely on a role player every game.

Mintastic | NBA

62 | 4 months ago

They kinda have to if J-dubb and Ajay aren’t back.

SiphenPrax | Knicks

51 | 4 months ago

All of Philadelphia: “But still though, fuck you🖕!”

Greedygiddy8

36 | 4 months ago

It’s crazy how you guys just flip narratives game to game

thatsinsaneletstryit | 76ers

84 | 4 months ago

you got your ankles broke by a joke

ohtisNA | Thunder

74 | 4 months ago

i think he’s joking around

Punziee | Canada

742 | 4 months ago

Some thoughts on Game 4

Thunder’s offense is predicated on kick outs leading to open threes. If the threes do not fall, that offense doesn’t get much done inside, even with Hartenstein drawing Wemby out with a bunch of pick and rolls and dribble hand offs. Thunder swapped a lot of different lineups to try and get a shooter going and open up the paint offense, but San Antonio guarded them very tightly this game.

Spurs stopped doubling Shai the second he start dribbling, only doing so after he gets into the paint. It shut down the Thunder shooters, but in turn also allows Shai to beat his man and get good looks. His distributing of the ball and tough shot making was the basis of the offense in the first half, as the rest of the shooters on the perimeter were more tightly guarded than the past 3 games. They sorely missed their second side creators in Mitchell and JDub tonight.

Initially the Thunder crashed the board very well, but the Spurs also limited their live-ball turnovers, so the possession battle was relatively even. However, with so many fouls being called, the slower pace favors the Spurs half court offense over the Thunder’s blitzing transition offense. The game got out of reach in the third when the Thunder committed a lot of live ball turnovers and lost out on a bunch of offensive rebounds.

Spurs have been winning the Wemby minutes, but were destroyed by OKC bench lineups. If the Spurs bench units are serviceable and can maintain leads and not hemorrhage points while Wemby rests, they can just let Wemby lineups extend the lead without overtaxing Wemby’s minutes. This game they didn’t hemorrhage as many points and kept the lead, though that is probably attributed to the Thunder bench under performing hard without a creator and distributor, especially with McCain being cold and neutralized on single coverage.

Going into Game 5 the Spurs have to watch out for their load. Starters have been taxed this entire series and their bench outside of Harper have been somewhat ineffective (omg Carter Bryant you need to chill out) Had the game been close Wemby would’ve played 40+ minutes again. OKC needs to pray that their second side creators can come back to relieve SGA and IHart’s ball handling duties, and also hitting some threes would help their offense a lot of course.

AFriendlySloth | Thunder

99 | 4 months ago

Your takes are always good in the post games, very thoughtful and nuanced. I wonder if this was a one off shooting night for OKC or if the spurs really have clamped down on the secondary scorers. The last point is interesting for the spurs as well, since a large majority of their team have not been this deep in the playoffs before.

Punziee | Canada

71 | 4 months ago

I’m leaning towards one-off shooting night, but both of these teams shot poorly tonight, and its well documented that fatigue hurts shooting the most. Both defenses play a swarming, recovery heavy help defense, and the closeouts and switching is very tiring. This blowout might have made up for that Game 1 as all starters played a lot less minutes tonight, so fatigue is going to be a big focus in the last few games.

MingChing69 | Spurs

90 | 4 months ago

Great thoughts, well said

LengthyNoodle | Knicks

541 | 4 months ago

Wemby this, wemby that. I get it. Hear me: Castles importance to this team cannot be understated.

lilboytuner919 | Lakers

291 | 4 months ago

Two words: Castle is so important to this team

LengthyNoodle | Knicks

36 | 4 months ago

Two words: that was seven words

sportsgambler2 | Timberwolves

142 | 4 months ago

Castle is so underrated. I saw him in person earlier this year. His athleticism, energy, determination are so impressive.

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

457 | 4 months ago

I don’t think that they’re gonna shoot this poorly again. But if JayDub & Ajay Mitchell are both injured, the Thunder do have a major, potentially lethal problem with how they’re gonna create offense outside of Shai.

emoney_gotnomoney | Spurs

295 | 4 months ago

Crazy thing is the Spurs also shot quite poorly, just not as poorly as OKC did (39% to OKC’s 33%)

sloBrodanChillosevic | Supersonics

101 | 4 months ago

Yeah, you guys still haven’t clicked 100% on offense yet and nobody but Vassell is really hitting from deep. ‘Cept Vic I guess. Both teams still have room to improve tonight. Game 5 can’t come quick enough.

SuperVaderMinion | MIN

40 | 4 months ago

Their offense rn is pretty reliant on 3 point variance when JDub is hurt or out, if only they had a 7 footer with an elite three point shot on the team…

TitaniumC4206 | Thunder

356 | 4 months ago

Streets are saying the Thunder are still bricking 3s even in the locker room

thered90 | Spurs

162 | 4 months ago

We shot 27%, lets not act like that was the only issue. Your role players are finally regressing to the mean.

thatsinsaneletstryit | 76ers

113 | 4 months ago

huh? i thought caruso was really a 20ppg guy that doesnt care about the regular season

sakata32 | LAC

77 | 4 months ago

You’re telling me Caruso shooting curry percentages isn’t normal?

7thpixel | Warriors

99 | 4 months ago

Luck ran out for Flagrant Caillou tonight

FoxMuldertheGrey | Lakers

40 | 4 months ago

let me take a moment to say FUCK ALEX CARUSO YA BALD HEAD COCKY FUCK

20815147 | Warriors

124 | 4 months ago

Why aren’t the Thunders’ role players just shoot 70% from 3’s to win the games are they stupid?

EwwTaxes | Spurs

80 | 4 months ago

Spurs were sharpshooters with their ⁹⁄₃₃ 3s😤

3s were absolutely not falling this game

SloshaPacana

39 | 4 months ago

Jaylin Williams looking high af airballing in the locker room too

sportsgambler2 | Timberwolves

336 | 4 months ago

The Knicks are enjoying watching these 2 teams kick the shit out of each other. Neither team will be healthy in the finals

Calm_Independent_782 | Knicks

103 | 4 months ago

Kinda? We were rusty as hell game 1 and we swept the 76ers.

But rn we’re 0-0 and need to go 1-0 tomorrow to make it to the finals. One day at a time.

wembys | Spurs

105 | 4 months ago

Yeah analytically y’all are actually down 1-2 rn so still got work to do

/s

HistoricalSoup3362 | Spurs

332 | 4 months ago

Defending champs scored less in a playoff game than Bam Adebayo’s career high 😂

BakerAnxious3440

96 | 4 months ago

Stopped at 82 out of respect for Bam

Comfortable_Cup5107 | Thunder

59 | 4 months ago

Oh fuck you’re right

whooopseee | Spurs

279 | 4 months ago

Wemby playing only 31 minutes is the best thing about his line tonight.

the-denver-nugs

63 | 4 months ago

that’s what confused me the most. I would have thrown in shai just to try to get wemby back in. but i’m not an nba coach. but 20 points in 12 minutes is hit 2 3’s and get 2 stops and the spurs consider putting wemby back in to not choke the lead.

masterchip27 | Lakers

39 | 4 months ago

The knicks came back 22 pts with 6 mins left

dylanh334 | Lakers

269 | 4 months ago

SGA continuing his tradition of sitting out the whole fourth, bringing it into a playoffs game!

PurpleWallaby999 | Warriors

222 | 4 months ago

I know Wemby and the guards are key but Vassel just keeps doing the right thing all the time. He is amazing

LoneWolf1134 | Spurs

81 | 4 months ago

He’s been low-key easily our third-best player this series after Wemby and Castle. Dude’s a walking bucket when you need a tough shot and has been playing his ass off on D.

peanut-britle-latte | Knicks

207 | 4 months ago

I’m so happy that we’ve earned another game in San Antonio. Dem tiddies deserve to finish out the trilogy.

furiousbean | Heat

180 | 4 months ago

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING BAM ADEBAYO’S LEGACY

TheKoniverse | Heat

177 | 4 months ago

Luke Kornet better get those nuns for all the games onward.

xMoody | Suns

165 | 4 months ago

Thunder fans will be calling this a Scott Foster legacy game

Headlesshorsman02 | Thunder

56 | 4 months ago

I mean he wasn’t good but they legit KICKED our ass never felt at any point in the game we stood a chance of coming back

Gariet1 | Spurs

46 | 4 months ago

It’s just good that the game wasn’t close because honestly the refs weren’t good at all. Very favored towards the Spurs.

Comfortable_Cup5107 | Thunder

34 | 4 months ago

I mean tbf foster was on his goat shit, but that loss was 100% on us. We fucking sucked

joebreezy12 | Thunder

29 | 4 months ago

Nah spurs probably got a slightly better whistle tonight but absolutely not on the refs. When you lose by 20+ you got no one to blame but yourselves

jello13227 | Raptors

128 | 4 months ago

Basketball is such a silly ass sport lol. Thunder bench has been going crazy for a month and the 1 game they don’t they lose by 20 and play a full quarter of garbage time

P00ped_My_Pants | Heat

49 | 4 months ago

I think it goes to show how fucking skilled these two teams are. OKC bullied the Spurs in game 3 and then the Spurs pants OKC in game 4 holding OKC to their lowest point total in a year and a half

KarchunToo | Raptors

116 | 4 months ago

Obvious is obvious but Wemby will be the most impactful player in the league for a very long time, barring injury of course

mekarz

85 | 4 months ago

Currently he is +50 in a series where its tied 2-2.
Kinda insane

By comparison, SGA is a -8 total

therealorchid | Warriors

94 | 4 months ago

Someone send those nuns to Oklahoma

Fun-Willingness8648

93 | 4 months ago

Been calling for more Harrison Barnes. So glad to see that tonight. His veteran experience is important blended with the inexperience of our young athleticism.

More minutes for Wemby in the first three quarters, too.

GnRgr2

37 | 4 months ago

He played more because Keldon was starting a disaster class. Was smart to let Barnes play more and not force things

99Sold

83 | 4 months ago

Wemby is the best player in the world

I just don’t know how you could watch this series and think otherwise.

emoney_gotnomoney | Spurs

51 | 4 months ago

The plus minus says it all. They’re +50 this series with Wemby on the floor and he has a positive plus minus through all 4 games, yet the series still tied 2-2

Vahgeo | NBA

72 | 4 months ago

Bam Adebayo made as many points as OKC tonight

Isaac_GoldenSun

76 | 4 months ago

He outscored them actually lol

mralbinosquirrel | Clippers

63 | 4 months ago

Thunder blown out, OU softball eliminated early, gas prices still high - they’re crying in those clean Love’s bathrooms tonight

eliw6965

58 | 4 months ago

Scott Foster on he’s redemption arc wasn’t on my bingo card

hlsp | Celtics

40 | 4 months ago

Sometimes you need a bad guy to take down a worse guy.

LnGrrrR | Celtics

60 | 4 months ago

This series is between two evenly matched teams. So far, so good. Go Spurs Go!

Big-Gassy | Spurs

51 | 4 months ago

All the Thunder players are in that locker room doing really sombre tiktok dances rn

jeffwinger_esq

50 | 4 months ago

SGA not playing a second of the 4th is a bitch move. Loser mentality.

MaNamWumbo | Raptors

50 | 4 months ago

Keldon Johnson one of the funniest players I’ve seen in a bit

homefree122 | Thunder

45 | 4 months ago

6-33 from 3 tonight. A solid 18%. We picked a great game to have our worst three-point shooting of the season.

Kuhlio8517 | Spurs

63 | 4 months ago

And Spurs only shot ⁹⁄₃₃

incredibleamadeuscho | Lakers

41 | 4 months ago

If the Monstars had Wemby as an alien teammate, they would have beat Michael Jordan.

DDBull | Spurs

38 | 4 months ago

This could’ve been a 4-0 OKC sweep if not for Wemby’s 3 pointer in the Game #1 and minor 21 points loss in Game #4. Takes after Game #3 were just crazy, man.

Chessh2036 | Hawks

41 | 4 months ago

I can’t believe Scott Foster made the Thunder shoot 6-33 (18%) from 3PT.

Final_Amu0258

35 | 4 months ago

As an OKC hater, I can sleep easy tonight.

AcceptableTypewriter | Warriors

32 | 4 months ago

Look, I’ve been a Warriors fan for a long time now. I started being one before they made the playoffs the first time with Steph and there’s no chance my allegiances are ever wavering.

But god if I don’t love this Spurs team. I want to see them win every night unless they’re playing my squad or it negatively impacts our playoff placement. Just a great fucking group they’ve assembled there.

The San Antonio Spurs (2-2) strike back in Game 4 to even the series against the Oklahoma City Thunder (2-2), 103-82, behind Victor Wembanyama’s 33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks

THANK YOU FOR RESPECTING BAM ADEBAYO’S LEGACY