Game ID: 42500314
Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
Sunday, May 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAS 28 22 28 25 103OKC 19 19 22 22 82
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 5/15 · 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)
SAS availability going into 6/03 · 3 days' restBACK Fox back 5/22 after 2, 31 min since (99% of 32)
NEW Wembanyama 30 to 36 min over the last 5
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 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.
5/15 @ 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 103-82 — SAS notes
SAS won 103-82. SAS shot 39% (35 of 90) to OKC's 33%, 9 of 33 from three, and went to the line 32 times to OKC's 18 — 24 points from the stripe to their 16. SAS turned it over 12 times to OKC's 17. Wembanyama led with 33 (11 of 22, 3 of 7 from three, 8 of 9 at the line); Vassell added 13, Castle 13. The hinge was Q1, 28-19: from level to 9 ahead, and the lead reached 25. Wembanyama was the night's best plus/minus at +29.
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.
6/03 vs NYK — 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 111 a night and allowing 105, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 28 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 26 and Castle at 17 a game. 3 days' rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 102, shooting 51 percent and 43 from three, 24 free throws a game; Brunson at 25 and Bridges at 17 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 11 a night. 8 days' rest.
So: New York wins, on the road, and the game turns on the glass, where New York has been plus-11 a night and San Antonio plus-1 and the arc, New York at 43 percent from three to San Antonio's 34. Call it New York 113, San Antonio 111, San Antonio keeping it close.
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 82-103 — OKC notes
OKC lost 82-103. OKC shot 33% (30 of 91) to SAS's 39%, 6 of 33 from three, and got to the line 18 times to SAS's 32. OKC turned it over 17 times to SAS's 12, and SAS turned those into 11 steals. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 19 (6 of 15, 7 of 7 at the line); Hartenstein added 12, Joe 11. Q2 was theirs, 19-22, but the other 3 periods went 81-63 against them. Caruso's -22 in 14 minutes was the worst on the floor.
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
SC S. Castle
VW V. Wembanyama
WI Waters III
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
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
TO Topic
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
Wembanyama scores 33 points to help Spurs rebound and trounce Thunder 103-82 to even West finals
SAN ANTONIO -- — Victor Wembanyama had 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks and the San Antonio Spurs held Oklahoma City to its second-lowest postseason total, beating the Thunder 103-82 in Game 4 on Sunday night to tie the Western Conference finals.
De'Aaron Fox had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for San Antonio, which has not lost three consecutive games all season. Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell added 13 points each.
“You definitely don’t want to go down 3-1 going into their house,” Vassell said. “We knew we had to respond and that’s how you respond. You get stops. You don’t try and focus on the offensive end, you get stops, you get out of transition. You guard your yard and that’s what we did.”
Game 5 is Tuesday in Oklahoma City, followed by Game 6 on Thursday in San Antonio.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting for the Thunder.
Wembanyama took Oklahoma City's 123-108 victory Friday in Game 3 personally. The 7-foot-4 star from France said he needed to be better to make his teammates better. He was monumentally better Sunday night — and so was San Antonio.
“We all have high standards and I know I have a lot of responsibilities, but I’m here for it,” Wembanyama said. “Yeah, it was better today. It wasn’t perfect. But, you know, all of us, I’m talking about the whole organization, so we’re going to have to do things that we didn’t sign up for.”
The Spurs limited the Thunder to 33% shooting from the field, including 6 for 33 on 3-pointers (18%).
“I think we made a great defensive adjustment,” Vassell said. “I don’t want to say what it was. We were just able to rotate the shooters and not give them so many wide-open 3s. I feel like they had so many wide-open 3s over the past couple games and you've got to respect them, especially if they’re making them. So, we were trying to cut them out with that and just stay playing fast.”
After being outscored 76-23 in bench points in Game 3, San Antonio's reserves scored 30 points while limiting Oklahoma City to 34.
The Spurs had another hot start in Game 4 after opening the previous game on a 15-0 run. Unlike Friday’s lopsided loss, the Spurs never relinquished that lead.
“They just punched us in our face early,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “It’s two games in a row they’ve come out the aggressor. The last game we were able to course correct. Tonight, we just didn’t do so.”
After blocking Jared McCain’s layup under the rim, Vassell tossed an alley-oop pass to Wembanyama for a dunk as part of 16-0 run that gave the Spurs a 23-8 lead with 4:19 remaining.
“I feel like with who we are, we need to start games like this,” Wembanyama said, “but it really doesn’t mean anything for the way it holds. I mean, it helps for sure, but it’s a whole 'nother type of effort to be consistent rather than just hitting first.”
San Antonio had an assist on all 10 field goals in the first quarter.
San Antonio held Oklahoma City to 38 points in the first half, tied for its second-lowest half in the past four regular and postseasons. The Thunder are 2-9 when they score less than 40 points in any half over the last five seasons.
Oklahoma City’s franchise low is 65 points in a playoff loss to Memphis on May 3, 2014, and its second-fewest points had been 85 against San Antonio on May 21, 2014.