Game ID: 42500313
Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
Friday, May 22, 2026 at 8:30 PM ET
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAS 31 20 33 24 108OKC 26 32 37 28 123
OKC @ SAS ScoutingOKC @ 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.
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
SAS availability going into 5/30 · 1 day's restBACK Fox back 5/22 after 2, 30 min since (95% of 32)
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
OKC availability going into 5/30 · 1 day's restBACK Jal. Williams back 5/28 after 3, 10 min since (37% of 27)
BACK K. Williams back 5/22 after 3, 13 min since (93% of 14)
NEW McCain 18 to 27 min over the last 5
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.
5/12 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 108-123 — SAS notes
SAS lost 108-123. SAS shot 42% (34 of 80) to OKC's 48%, 13 of 41 from three. SAS turned it over 15 times to OKC's 10. Wembanyama led with 26 (8 of 15, 2 of 5 from three, 8 of 10 at the line); Vassell added 20, Fox 15. Q1 was theirs, 31-26, but the other 3 periods went 97-77 against them. They led by as many as 15. Johnson's -23 in 12 minutes was the worst on the floor.
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.
5/30 @ 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 109 a night and allowing 111, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 25 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 24 and McCain at 15 a game. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 109, shooting 43 percent and 33 from three, 28 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 26 and Castle at 19 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it OKC 113, San Antonio 111, San Antonio keeping it close.
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 123-108 — OKC notes
OKC won 123-108. OKC shot 48% (39 of 81) to SAS's 42%, 17 of 38 from three. OKC turned it over 10 times to SAS's 15. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 26 (6 of 17, 2 of 4 from three, 12 of 12 at the line); McCain added 24, J. Williams 18. The hinge was Q2, 32-20: OKC came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 7, and the lead reached 18. McCain was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
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.
5/30 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 109 a night and allowing 111, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 25 free throws a game; Gilgeous-Alexander at 24 and McCain at 15 a game. One day's rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 111 a night and allowing 109, shooting 43 percent and 33 from three, 28 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 26 and Castle at 19 a game. One day's rest.
So: OKC wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it OKC 113, San Antonio 111, San Antonio keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
SASCB C. Bryant
DF D. Fox
DH D. Harper
DV D. Vassell
HB H. Barnes
JC J. Champagnie
JM J. McLaughlin
KJ K. Johnson
KO K. Olynyk
LK L. Kornet
MP M. Plumlee
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
KW K. Williams
LD L. Dort
NT N. Topić
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
Gilgeous-Alexander, bench propel Thunder past Spurs 123-108 after historic slow start for 2-1 lead
SAN ANTONIO -- — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder climbed out of a 15-point hole minutes into the game to beat the San Antonio Spurs 123-108 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Jared McCain had 24 points and Jaylin Williams added 18 for Oklahoma City. The Thunder were without Jalen Williams , who sat out with left hamstring soreness.
Oklahoma City’s bench outscored San Antonio’s 76-23 , including 15 points by Alex Caruso .
“We just went out there and competed,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “They obviously jumped on us early. First game in their building, their crowd behind them, they were excited to play. We just wanted to make sure we competed from that point on. We obviously didn’t give our best effort to start that game, but can’t do nothing about it. It’s behind us. All we can do is focus on the next possession, and we did that.”
Victor Wembanyama had 24 points for San Antonio. Devin Vassell added 20 and De'Aaron Fox had 15 in his series debut.
The Thunder have won two straight after the Spurs' double-overtime victory in Game 1. Game 4 is Sunday.
Fox (sprained right ankle) and Dylan Harper (right adductor soreness) were cleared to play 45 minutes prior to tipoff.
Fox's return sparked a historic start.
The Spurs raced to a 15-0 lead, the longest run to open a game in the conference finals since the play-by-play era began in 1997.
Fox opened the run by wrapping in a driving layup and Wembanyama followed by crossing over Isaiah Hartenstein to drill a 3-pointer. Vassell’s 3-pointer put the Spurs up 10-0, leading to an early timeout by Thunder coach Mark Daigneault.
“Other than the first 15 points, our defense was really tight,” Daigneault said. “We got back, settled down into the halfcourt. Our offense had something to do with that. We ran good offense tonight, despite the fact that they were amped up and ready to go, the Spurs were. It’s a discipline series. We did that. We couldn’t be reckless against them, they are too good with the ball, too well coached, too talented. So you’ve got to be able to do it with discipline. I thought we really were disciplined tonight.”
Isaiah Hartenstein broke the drought with a runner over Wembanyama, but the center was immediately greeted with thunderous boos after his physical play against the Spurs in Game 2.
The Thunder went on a 13-2 run when Wembanyama went to the bench and closed the first quarter trailing 31-26.
It was a pattern the Spurs could not overcome.
“It’s my first playoffs,” Wembanyama said. “It’s the first playoffs for many of us. Of course, there was going to be hard trials. It’s to be expected, but now we’re going to see what we’re made of.”
The series continued to be chippy with emotions boiling over early in the second half. Stephon Castle hit the court on back-to-back dunk attempts. The second resulted in a flagrant 1 foul against Ajay Mitchell and technical fouls on Mitchell and Vassell after the two exchanged words following the foul.
Back-to-back 3-pointers by Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams extended Oklahoma City's first lead to 35-31.