Game ID: 42500312
San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM ET
Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
OKC 31 31 34 26 122SAS 31 20 37 25 113
OKC vs SAS ScoutingOKC vs SAS Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
OKC availability going into 5/07 · 1 day's restOUT Jal. Williams missed 3 since 4/25, out tonight
BACK Gilgeous-Alexande back 4/19 after 2, 36 min since (106% of 34)
BACK Holmgren back 4/19 after 2, 30 min since (104% of 29)
BACK Mitchell back 4/19 after 2, 29 min since (110% of 26)
BACK Wallace back 4/19 after 2, 22 min since (83% of 26)
BACK Hartenstein back 4/19 after 2, 24 min since (99% of 24)
BACK Joe back 4/19 after 2, 13 min since (68% of 20)
BACK Caruso back 4/19 after 2, 21 min since (108% of 19)
BACK J. Williams back 4/19 after 2, 14 min since (75% of 19)
OKC availability going into 5/09 · 1 day's restOUT Jal. Williams missed 4 since 4/25, out tonight
OKC availability going into 5/11 · 1 day's restOUT Jal. Williams missed 5 since 4/25, out tonight
OKC availability going into 5/18 · 6 days' restOUT Jal. Williams missed 6 since 4/25, returns tonight: 37 min (137% of 27)
OKC availability going into 5/20 · 1 day's restOUT K. Williams missed 2 since 5/11, out tonight
BACK Jal. Williams back 5/18 after 6, 37 min since (137% of 27)
OKC availability going into 5/22 · 1 day's restOUT K. Williams missed 3 since 5/11, returns tonight: 2 min (11% of 14)
BACK Jal. Williams back 5/18 after 6, 22 min since (82% of 27)
NEW Caruso 19 to 24 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 5/24 · 1 day's restBACK Jal. Williams back 5/18 after 6, 22 min since (82% of 27)
BACK K. Williams back 5/22 after 3, 2 min since (11% of 14)
NEW Gilgeous-Alexande 34 to 40 min over the last 5
NEW Caruso 19 to 25 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 5/26 · 1 day's restOUT Jal. Williams missed 2 since 5/22, out tonight
BACK K. Williams back 5/22 after 3, 12 min since (89% of 14)
NEW Gilgeous-Alexande 34 to 39 min over the last 5
OKC availability going into 5/28 · 1 day's restOUT Jal. Williams missed 3 since 5/22, returns tonight: 10 min (37% of 27)
BACK K. Williams back 5/22 after 3, 12 min since (87% of 14)
NEW Gilgeous-Alexande 34 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Caruso 19 to 25 min over the last 5
NEW McCain 18 to 26 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 5/10 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAS availability going into 5/12 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAS availability going into 5/15 · 2 days' rest
full strength
SAS availability going into 5/18 · 2 days' rest
full strength
SAS availability going into 5/20 · 1 day's restNEW Castle 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Harper 24 to 29 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 5/22 · 1 day's restOUT Fox missed 2 since 5/18, returns tonight: 31 min (97% of 32)
NEW Castle 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Harper 24 to 30 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 5/24 · 1 day's restBACK Fox back 5/22 after 2, 31 min since (97% of 32)
NEW Vassell 32 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Castle 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Wembanyama 30 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Champagnie 28 to 34 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 5/26 · 1 day's restBACK Fox back 5/22 after 2, 31 min since (98% of 32)
NEW Vassell 32 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Castle 31 to 36 min over the last 5
NEW Wembanyama 30 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Champagnie 28 to 34 min over the last 5
SAS availability going into 5/28 · 1 day's restBACK Fox back 5/22 after 2, 31 min since (100% of 32)
NEW Vassell 32 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Castle 31 to 37 min over the last 5
NEW Wembanyama 30 to 39 min over the last 5
NEW Champagnie 28 to 35 min over the last 5
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 107, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 18 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 24 and Mitchell at 19 a game. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 109, shooting 49 percent and 35 from three, 29 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 26 and Fox at 20 a game. That is 3 straight wins. It has won the glass by 9 a night. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-9 a night and OKC minus-3 and the line, where San Antonio takes 29 free throws a game to OKC's 18. Call it OKC 116, San Antonio 113, San Antonio keeping it close.
5/07 vs LAL 125-107 — OKC notes
OKC won 125-107. OKC shot 56% (45 of 81) to LAL's 50%, 14 of 36 from three. OKC turned it over 12 times to LAL's 20. Holmgren led with 22 (7 of 11, 3 of 5 from three, 5 of 7 at the line); Gilgeous-Alexander added 22, Mitchell 20. The hinge was Q3, 36-22: OKC came in trailing by 1 and left it ahead by 13, and the lead reached 20. OKC trailed 57-58 at the half and won the second half 68-49. Holmgren was the night's best plus/minus at +19.
5/09 @ LAL 131-108 — OKC notes
OKC won 131-108. OKC shot 56% (53 of 94) to LAL's 47%, 17 of 38 from three, and got to the line 10 times to LAL's 25. OKC turned it over 9 times to LAL's 16. Mitchell led with 24 (10 of 17, 2 of 4 from three); Gilgeous-Alexander added 23, Holmgren 18. The hinge was Q3, 33-20: OKC came in trailing by 2 and left it ahead by 11, and the lead reached 27. OKC trailed 57-59 at the half and won the second half 74-49. Hartenstein was the night's best plus/minus at +26.
5/11 @ LAL 115-110 — OKC notes
OKC won 115-110. OKC shot 52% (42 of 81) to LAL's 51%, 11 of 31 from three. OKC turned it over 11 times to LAL's 19. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 35 (11 of 22, 1 of 4 from three, 12 of 15 at the line); Mitchell added 28, Holmgren 16. The hinge was Q2, 28-19: OKC came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 4. Hartenstein was the night's best plus/minus at +30.
5/18 vs SAS 115-122 — OKC notes
OKC lost 115-122 in 2 overtimes. OKC shot 41% (41 of 101) to SAS's 43%, 17 of 45 from three, and got to the line 19 times to SAS's 29. OKC turned it over 14 times to SAS's 21. The glass went 40-61 against them. Caruso led with 31 (11 of 19, 8 of 14 from three); Jal. Williams added 26, Gilgeous-Alexander 24. Q4 was theirs, 28-21, the deficit cut from 7 to 0, but the other 5 periods went 101-87 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander's -15 in 51 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/20 vs SAS 122-113 — OKC notes
OKC won 122-113. OKC shot 48% (45 of 94) to SAS's 49%, 13 of 36 from three, and went to the line 24 times to SAS's 17 — 19 points from the stripe to their 15. OKC turned it over 9 times to SAS's 21. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 30 (12 of 24, 0 of 3 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Caruso added 17, Holmgren 13. The hinge was Q2, 31-20: from level to 11 ahead. Caruso was the night's best plus/minus at +18.
5/22 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 25 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 22 and Castle at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 11 a night. Without Fox (2 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 112, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Mitchell at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-11 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 11. Call it San Antonio 117, OKC 114, OKC keeping it close.
5/24 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 113, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 27 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 27 and Castle at 21 a game. It has won the glass by 12 a night. One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 112, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 28 and Caruso at 16 a game. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-12 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 11. Call it San Antonio 116, OKC 115, OKC keeping it close.
5/26 vs SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 111, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Caruso at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Jal. Williams (2 straight). One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 110, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 28 and Castle at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 11 a night. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-11 a night and OKC minus-6 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 12. Call it OKC 114, San Antonio 113, San Antonio keeping it close.
5/28 @ SAS — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 114, shooting 43 percent and 32 from three, 29 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 28 and Castle at 19 a game. One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 112, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 26 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 26 and Caruso at 17 a game. Without Jal. Williams (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-4 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it San Antonio 114, OKC 113, OKC keeping it close.
5/10 @ MIN 109-114 — SAS notes
SAS lost 109-114. SAS shot 48% (41 of 86) to MIN's 45%, 6 of 26 from three. Fox led with 24 (8 of 23, 1 of 7 from three, 7 of 10 at the line); Harper added 24, Castle 20. Q3 was theirs, 28-20, turning a 4-point deficit into a 4-point lead, but the other 3 periods went 94-81 against them. Harper's -14 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/12 vs MIN 126-97 — SAS notes
SAS won 126-97. SAS shot 53% (47 of 89) to MIN's 39%, 11 of 32 from three. Wembanyama led with 27 (9 of 16, 2 of 5 from three, 7 of 9 at the line); Johnson added 21, Fox 18. The hinge was Q4, 35-24: a lead of 18 became 29. Fox was the night's best plus/minus at +24.
5/15 @ MIN 139-109 — SAS notes
SAS won 139-109. SAS shot 56% (49 of 88) to MIN's 38%, 18 of 38 from three, and went to the line 27 times to MIN's 21 — 23 points from the stripe to their 17. SAS turned it over 15 times to MIN's 5, and MIN turned those into 9 steals. The glass went 60-29 for them. Castle led with 32 (11 of 16, 5 of 7 from three, 5 of 6 at the line); Fox added 21, Wembanyama 19. The hinge was Q3, 36-23: a lead of 13 became 26, and the lead reached 37. Champagnie was the night's best plus/minus at +35.
5/18 @ OKC 122-115 — SAS notes
SAS won 122-115 in 2 overtimes. SAS shot 43% (41 of 96) to OKC's 41%, 13 of 43 from three, and went to the line 29 times to OKC's 19 — 27 points from the stripe to their 16. SAS turned it over 21 times to OKC's 14, and OKC turned those into 14 steals. The glass went 61-40 for them. Wembanyama led with 41 (14 of 25, 12 of 13 at the line); Harper added 24, Castle 17. The hinge was Q2, 24-17: from level to 7 ahead. Wembanyama was the night's best plus/minus at +16.
5/20 @ OKC 113-122 — SAS notes
SAS lost 113-122. SAS shot 49% (41 of 84) to OKC's 48%, 16 of 40 from three, and got to the line 17 times to OKC's 24. SAS turned it over 21 times to OKC's 9, and OKC turned those into 14 steals. Castle led with 25 (10 of 17, 1 of 6 from three); Vassell added 22, Wembanyama 21. Q3 was theirs, 37-34, the deficit cut from 11 to 8, but the other 3 periods went 88-76 against them. Johnson's -14 in 26 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/22 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 111, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 25 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 22 and Castle at 22 a game. It has won the glass by 11 a night. Without Fox (2 straight). One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 112, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 21 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Mitchell at 17 a game. It has lost the glass by 4 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-11 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 11. Call it San Antonio 117, OKC 114, OKC keeping it close.
5/24 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 122 a night and allowing 113, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 27 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 27 and Castle at 21 a game. It has won the glass by 12 a night. One day's rest. OKC comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 112, shooting 49 percent and 40 from three, 22 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 28 and Caruso at 16 a game. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-12 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 11. Call it San Antonio 116, OKC 115, OKC keeping it close.
5/26 @ OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 111, shooting 44 percent and 35 from three, 24 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 27 and Caruso at 14 a game. It has lost the glass by 6 a night. Without Jal. Williams (2 straight). One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 110, shooting 46 percent and 35 from three, 28 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 28 and Castle at 20 a game. It has won the glass by 11 a night. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-11 a night and OKC minus-6 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 12. Call it OKC 114, San Antonio 113, San Antonio keeping it close.
5/28 vs OKC — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 112 a night and allowing 114, shooting 43 percent and 32 from three, 29 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 28 and Castle at 19 a game. One day's rest. OKC comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 112, shooting 43 percent and 36 from three, 26 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 26 and Caruso at 17 a game. Without Jal. Williams (3 straight). One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the glass, where San Antonio has been plus-4 a night and OKC minus-4 and the turnovers, San Antonio giving it away 17 times a game to OKC's 13. Call it San Antonio 114, OKC 113, OKC keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASCB C. Bryant
DH D. Harper
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JM J. McLaughlin
KJ K. Johnson
LK L. Kornet
SC S. Castle
VW V. Wembanyama
OKCAC A. Caruso
AM A. Mitchell
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JM J. McCain
JW J. Williams
JW Jay. Williams
LD L. Dort
SG S. Gilgeous-Alexander
SAS/OKC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scores 30, Thunder top Spurs 122-113 in Game 2 of West finals
OKLAHOMA CITY -- — The MVP looked like the MVP again, and the Western Conference finals are knotted up.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bounced back from a subpar series opener to score 30 points, Alex Caruso added 17 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 122-113 on Wednesday night in Game 2.
Chet Holmgren scored 13 points and reserves Jared McCain and Cason Wallace each had 12 for Oklahoma City. The Thunder finished with a 57-25 edge in bench scoring, plus a 27-10 advantage in points off turnovers.
“I thought we all played better,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “I had a quiet confidence about that. I didn't know if we'd win or lose the game, but I was pretty sure after watching Game 1 and knowing our team that we were going to come out and play better tonight.”
Stephon Castle scored 25 points for the Spurs, who got 22 points from Devin Vassell and a 21-point, 17-rebound, six-assist, four-block night from Victor Wembanyama .
Game 3 is Friday in San Antonio.
“The guys brought it tonight,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “Knowing what it would have meant if we lost this one, we brought the energy from the jump.”
Isaiah Hartenstein — who barely played in Game 1 — had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, who improved to 14-5 after a loss this season — and beat the Spurs for just the second time in seven meetings.
The win was not without cost for the Thunder, who lost guard Jalen Williams — who had already missed six games in these playoffs with a left hamstring strain — in the first half with a recurrence of the hamstring issue. The Thunder said it was tightness, but even that would figure to put his availability for Friday into doubt.
And the Spurs got banged up as well. Already without All-Star guard De'Aaron Fox because of ankle soreness, San Antonio lost his replacement in the starting lineup — Dylan Harper — to a right leg injury after he took a couple of awkward falls in the third quarter.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson had no update on Harper after the game, though he noted that it puts “a ton” of pressure on others when his team is down two guards.
“Obviously this team is as good as anybody at turning you over, so when you’re down some of your primary creators and initiators it causes a little bit of an extra strain, whether that’s who to play, what to play, what to run, etc., etc.,” Johnson said. “We’ll just have to be sharper in that area because it’s tough fully loaded against these guys.”
San Antonio was down by 11 at the half and trailed by eight going into the fourth quarter, then got within 99-97 off a corner 3-pointer by Harrison Barnes with 9:06 left.
The next 2 1/2 minutes saved the Thunder. An 11-0 run by the defending champions — including a banked-in 3-pointer by McCain midway through the burst — pushed OKC's lead to 13.
But the Spurs — on another night when turnovers plagued them and the stretch run was played without Fox and Harper — were far from done. Wembanyama scored down low to make it 118-113 with 1:25 remaining, but Gilgeous-Alexander got one last basket to settle things down and send the series to San Antonio tied.
“We've got to help our ballhandlers more and take care of the ball,” Wembanyama said.