Almost 2 years ago the Oklahoma City Thunder acquired Alex Caruso from the Chicago Bulls in June 2024 in a straight, one-for-one player trade for guard Josh Giddey. Here is how Alex Caruso is performing in the 2026 Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.

Through five games of the 2026 Western Conference Finals, Alex Caruso is averaging 17.0 points, 2.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.6 steals, and 1.0 blocks per game. He is shooting 56.8% FG and 58.1% 3PT.

His 18 total three-pointers stand as an NBA postseason record for the most triples made off the bench in a single Conference Finals series

Most 3PM off the bench in a single
NBA Conference Finals series:

Alex Caruso (OKC): 18 in 2026 West
Finals (5 Games)

Stephen Jackson (SAS): 17 in 2012
West Finals (6 Games)

Mickaël Piétrus (ORL): 17 in 2009 East
Finals (6 Games)

Here are his stats coming off the bench through 5 games:

Game 1 L 115–122 (2OT)

32 Minutes
31 Points
11-19 FG (57.9%)
8-14 3PT (57.1%)
1 Assist
2 Steals
2 Blocks
2 Turnovers
1-3 FT (33%)

Game 2 W 122–113

25 Minutes
17 Points
5–7 FG (71.4%)
3–4 3PT (75%)
5 Assists
1 Steal
0 Turnovers
3-4 FT (75%)

Game 3 W 123–108

24 Minutes
15 Points
4–7 FG (57.1%)
3–5 3PT (60%)
1 Assist
2 Steals
1 Block
1 Turnover
4-6 FT (66.7%)

Game 4 L 82–103

14 Minutes
0 Points
0–1 FG (0%)
0–0 3PT (0%)
1 Assist
2 Blocks
0 Turnovers
0-0 FT (0%)

Game 5 W 127–114

28 Minutes
22 Points
5–10 FG (50%)
4–8 3PT (50%)
6 Assists
3 Steals
8-8 FT (100%)

Cumulative Stats:

123 Minutes
85 Points
25-44 FG (56.8%)
18-31 3PT (58.1%)
14 Assists
8 Steals
5 Blocks
3 Turnovers

Big-Pressure-918 | Wizards

31 | 3 hours ago

If the Thunder win the series, he deserves the Magic Johnson trophy over Shai or anyone else.

HitboxOfASnail | Supersonics

33 | 3 hours ago

doubt it. SGA is still averaging more PPG to go along with like 10 Assists per game while drawing the entire defense. Caruso hitting open 3s is important to their success but it’s still secondary to what Shai is doing

Zeeron1 | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

I wouldnt be mad either way tbh

CashmereLogan | Thunder

1 | 21 minutes ago

I would love Caruso to get it if not for Shai having the chance to go back to back MVP, WCF MVP, and Finals MVP.

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

Caruso is killing it even when sga sits. And a lot of those shots aren’t open. Idk what to tell you, if you think Caruso is just feeding off of SGA I don’t think you’ve watched this series.

HitboxOfASnail | Supersonics

1 | an hour ago

Game 1 was his best game, a game he absolutely fed entirely off open shots because of the Spurs defensive gameplan on SGA to start the series

Game 4 he put up a 0/0/1 statline

Games 2, 3, and 5 he clearly got outplayed by SGA straight up

you should be happy for the embarrassment of riches but Caruso is not winning WCMVP dude

Alexspacito | Raptors

21 | 3 hours ago

He’s hitting wide open 3s because Shai is generating them for him…

PeeledGrapePie

9 | 3 hours ago

This is my reply to people shitting on SGA saying he’s having a bad series, but AC is also being a defensive demon, I’d give him WCFMVP for sure

Throwaway7218516 | Heat

0 | an hour ago

He’s hitting open 3s when Shai isn’t even in the game lol

Alexspacito | Raptors

4 | an hour ago

Not nearly as often

sentyprimus | Clippers

4 | 3 hours ago

It wont happen

TICKLE_PANTS | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

He’s not the most important player, or best player of this series, but if he’s not absolutely guts from three they’re losing this series in 5.

IRanOutOf_Names | Heat

3 | 3 hours ago

If Caleb Martin didn’t get it in ‘23 than I don’t think any role player is getting one.

Several_Hour_347

3 | 2 hours ago

Why would the guy scoring less, with barely any assists, get it over the guy scoring more, has more assists, and being double teamed?

Big-Pressure-918 | Wizards

-2 | 2 hours ago

Because he’s been their best player. He scores less because he plays less minutes and shoots significantly less hots. He has less assists because he doesn’t play point guard or initiate the offense when he comes off the bench.

Spemanz92 | Thunder

2 | 42 minutes ago

Id have no issues with that. He deserves recognition for his otherwordly series if we win

DuckDucks

16 | 3 hours ago

If only the Cavs were decent Shamet could’ve gotten this…

valgatiag | Knicks

4 | 3 hours ago

His 92% 3pt accuracy has to be a record of its own, surely

lazyindicastoner

13 | 3 hours ago

Damn Mickael Pietrus was such a stud. Mad respect to that 09 Magic squad. Really fun team to watch.

Jaded-Sapphire3546 | Thunder

7 | 3 hours ago

They were so far ahead of the times schematically and tactically. The way they used Dwight as a pseudo-hub with big wings flowing around him and screening off-ball to release shooters was a thing of beauty in 2009. SVG was absolutely cooking with fire in both Miami and Orlando. It’s a real shame that so many people’s image of him is colored by the end of Detroit/NOLA. Really good coach in his day.

Conn3er | Spurs

2 | 3 hours ago

Excited to see game 4 caruso again tomorrow night <3

Quiet_Zombie_3498 | Thunder

7 | 3 hours ago

Funny, I am really excited to see Game 3 Caruso.

ExpressionAlone5204 | Thunder

2 | an hour ago

I’m hoping for game 1 Caruso!

Quiet_Zombie_3498 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

If he does that again the height of the Alex Caruso statue outside of the arena will cause commercial flights to be diverted.

Full_Durian_8171

5 | 3 hours ago

well it’s now spurs turn to adjust

they didn’t leave caruso open in game 4

okcs tactics in game 5 was to draw wemby out the corner and into the paint, meaning caruso and corner shooters got looks

grexor15

3 | 3 hours ago

Dont do this to me lol. the pain of that game lmfao.

Conn3er | Spurs

-6 | 3 hours ago

OKC is gonna get their doors blown off in game 6, and we will get our inevitable game 7 that was promised, the outcome of which purely depends on whether Wemby feels like playing like a C or not.

Based on the pattern, he won’t and OKC will win in 7 and lose to the Knicks in 6, which is better than I think SA would do against them right now

Katesburneracct

3 | 3 hours ago

Wemby was gassed in the first quarter. His conditioning is awful. This series is over on Thursday. This is what happens when you are on a constant minutes restriction for your entire career. Ain’t no 28 minutes a night in the playoffs.

Conn3er | Spurs

-2 | 3 hours ago

Yall hear shit online and it just bounces around in your empty head until it comes out your own mouth.

He played 31 minutes in game 4, he got to sleep in his own bed afterwards and have all his normal recovery.

He wasn’t gassed, he just played like ass. He settled for outside shots, and looks like he has many times this season, and it didnt go his way. In the 2nd half, he tried to attack the basket but its too late when their bigs still have 10 fouls to give and will be more physical.

Katesburneracct

1 | an hour ago

I mean, everyone in the world has eyeballs and we all see him gasping for breath on his way to the bench lol. They’re never gonna take him off restriction because they know he’ll get injured, so he’s never going to have the stamina required for the playoffs. There’s a reason that guys this big rarely have long and successful careers.

iavdbtr | Knicks

4 | 3 hours ago

He’s a really good role player. Would have been interesting to see where we’d be if we were able to trade for him before getting Bridges.

Haunting_Test_5523

2 | 3 hours ago

Bulls are such a weird front office I think they wouldnt have accepted matching salary + picks over getting Giddey they want just enough talent to hover around the play-in

ItWasMe-Patrick

-2 | 3 hours ago

Y’all have the Villanova trio and are in the finals idk why u worried about Caruso

Dreo27 | Thunder

4 | 3 hours ago

MVBP

eek711 | Lakers

2 | 3 hours ago

Rob and Jeannie didn’t want to pay him. Sigh.

Alexspacito | Raptors

2 | 3 hours ago

“Conference Finals” is probably doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

1 | an hour ago

Yes, the conference finals identifier is doing all of the heavy lifting when considering a record for players that have played in the conference finals all time.

Alexspacito | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

If I made a post saying “X player has the most threes off the bench in game 4 of a playoff series”, you would probably wonder why I specified game 4. Reason being because this player probably was not very close to the most threes off the bench in any playoff game, so specifying game 4 makes the stat look better.

Still an impressive stat, but I’d be curious to know where he is on the entire playoff leaderboard.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

1 | 3 hours ago

And spurs fans try to downplay Jax’s contributions just cuz he had beef with Tony 😂😂😂

The1Drumheller | Thunder

1 | 3 hours ago

WCF MVP for sure

ItWasMe-Patrick

1 | 3 hours ago

This team is just impossible. They have every weakness covered both ways on top of shit like this

TheRealPdGaming | Mavericks

1 | 2 hours ago

Mickaël Piétrus (ORL): 17 in 2009 East

Damn… the reason we didn’t get peak lebron vs prime kobe

ShyLeoGing

1 | an hour ago

And you know who won’t win the Western Finals MVP - he’s not good enough to be in the category of Iguodala… Because SGA is automatic every award for OKC!

preddevils6 | Grizzlies

1 | an hour ago

He won’t win it because Shai is better.

traw056 | Thunder

1 | 23 minutes ago

Friendly reminder that he shot 29% from 3 in the regular season. Like he was genuinely awful on offense until the playoffs.

Silly-Lion-7314

-1 | 3 hours ago

He’s stepped up his game. They wouldn’t win without him. He was a great pickup. I’m upset that he also prescribes to the unethical play edict Okc encourages.

Alex Caruso now holds the all-time NBA record for the most three-pointers made off the bench in a single Conference Finals