{"id":315312,"date":"2026-05-30T10:16:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315312\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T10:16:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T10:16:12","slug":"game-seven-preview-san-antonio-spurs-vs-oklahoma-city-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315312\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Seven Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Oklahoma City Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A hard-fought Western Conference Finals will culminate in a Game Seven between two of the best teams in the NBA. The San Antonio Spurs will venture to Oklahoma City<\/a> to take on the Thunder after a dominant 118-91 win in Game Six. It will be the biggest game of many of the young Spurs\u2019 careers.<\/p>\n

The Spurs took down the defending champions in Game Six thanks to an elite defensive performance. That same level of shut-down defense has been hard to come by on the road in this series. San Antonio will need to bring the same level of aggression and attention to defensive detail they\u2019ve had at home to the sea of blue in OKC.<\/p>\n

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It all starts with Victor Wembanyama, who has been up and down in the series. When Wembanyama dominates, the Spurs do too. Oklahoma City has done whatever they can to slow down the 7-foot-4 alien. It\u2019s on Wembanyama and the Spurs to find a way to free him up for easy looks in this elimination game.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City will come into Game Seven down two key players: Jalen Williams<\/a> and Ajay Mitchell<\/a>. Williams suited up in Game Six but looked extremely limited. He is ruled out for Game Seven. The Thunder will rely on the two-time MVP, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and the guard duo of Jared McCain<\/a> and Alex Caruso<\/a> to handle the ball and guard the perimeter.<\/p>\n

The winner of Game Seven will go on to face the New York Knicks<\/a>, who are on a 10-game winning streak heading into the NBA Finals. In many ways, this series has been two heavyweights trading major blows to qualify for the championship fight. We\u2019ll see who lands the final knockout punch on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

San Antonio Spurs<\/a>\u00a0(3-3) vs.\u00a0Oklahoma City Thunder (3-3)May 29th, 2026 | 7 PM CTWatch: NBC \/ Peacock | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)<\/p>\n

Spurs Injuries: No injuries to report.<\/p>\n

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Thunder Injuries:\u00a0Thomas Sorber<\/a> \u2013 Out (knee), Ajay Mitchell \u2013 Out (calf), Jalen Williams \u2013 Out (hamstring)<\/p>\n

What to watch for:Wembanyama\u2019s performance<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty simple: Wembanyama has to dominate for the Spurs to win. The Thunder have done everything in their power to keep him out of the paint. They\u2019ve put stronger defenders on him to push him out of the paint. They\u2019ve doubled him on lobs and sent two defenders at his post touches. The Spurs responded to this in Game Six by trying to get Wembanyama involved in empty-side pick-and-rolls or setting screens to get him moving toward the paint. Wemby mainly hurt the Thunder from deep in Game Six, but he\u2019ll do his best work inside. A standout performance would establish him as one of the best players in the world.<\/p>\n

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Winning the possession battle<\/p>\n

Mistakes will bury a team in Game Seven. Giving up second-chance points or easy buckets off of turnovers are debilitating when the stakes are high. San Antonio has done much better at taking care of the basketball since De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/a> returnred in Game Three. They have given up some offensive rebounds here and there in this series, mainly on long boards or when Wembanyama is out of position after going for a block. Minimizing turnovers and easy offensive boards will be crucial in Game Seven.<\/p>\n

Guard play<\/p>\n

This series has been defined by guard play. The Spurs haven\u2019t relented guarding SGA with physical defenders like Stephon Castle<\/a> and Devin Vassell<\/a>. While SGA hasn\u2019t had a great series, his teammates have picked up the slack. McCain and Caruso have been awesome at home. San Antonio can\u2019t let the Thunder\u2019s role players heat up. McCain and Caruso can swing this game with their effort and shot making. Similarly, Dylan Harper<\/a> and Castle can give the Spurs an edge by aggressively attacking the paint and putting pressure on the Thunder\u2019s paint defenders. Watch out for Fox\u2019s shot making. He\u2019s been cold all series, but could be due for a big game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hard-fought Western Conference Finals will culminate in a Game Seven between two of the best teams in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315313,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64115,11241,16024,32000,2715,10135,78719,6396,6378,6382,82,84,83,1066,41611,1504,4847,10136,216,509],"class_list":["post-315312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-ajay-mitchell","tag-alex-caruso","tag-deaaron-fox","tag-devin-vassell","tag-dylan-harper","tag-jalen-williams","tag-jared-mccain","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-stephon-castle","tag-the-spurs","tag-thomas-sorber","tag-tx","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}