Game ID: 42500316
Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs
Thursday, May 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM ET
Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, TX
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
SAS 35 25 32 26 118OKC 22 31 13 25 91
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 5/20 · 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
SAS availability going into 6/05 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAS availability going into 6/08 · 2 days' restNEW Wembanyama 30 to 37 min over the last 5
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 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.
5/20 @ 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 114-127 — SAS notes
SAS lost 114-127. SAS took 9 more shots (92 to 83), fed by 15 offensive rebounds, but shot 40% to OKC's 48%, 12 of 41 from three, and got to the line 32 times to OKC's 38. Castle led with 24 (7 of 11, 3 of 5 from three, 7 of 8 at the line); Champagnie added 22, Wembanyama 20. Q3 was theirs, 33-32, the deficit cut from 11 to 10, but the other 3 periods went 95-81 against them. Champagnie's -20 in 30 minutes was the worst on the floor.
5/28 vs OKC 118-91 — SAS notes
SAS won 118-91. SAS shot 47% (41 of 88) to OKC's 37%, 15 of 41 from three, and went to the line 25 times to OKC's 12 — 21 points from the stripe to their 11. The glass went 52-42 for them. Wembanyama led with 28 (10 of 21, 4 of 9 from three); Harper added 18, Castle 17. The hinge was Q3, 32-13: a lead of 7 became 26. Champagnie was the night's best plus/minus at +24.
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.
6/05 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 108 a night and allowing 102, shooting 41 percent and 32 from three, 27 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 26 and Castle at 17 a game. One day's rest. New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 99, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 22 free throws a game; Brunson at 26 and Bridges at 17 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 6 a night. One day's rest.
So: San Antonio wins, and the game turns on the arc, New York at 37 percent from three to San Antonio's 32. Call it San Antonio 111, New York 110, New York keeping it close.
6/08 @ NYK — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
New York comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 114 a night and allowing 99, shooting 48 percent and 38 from three, 20 free throws a game; Brunson at 23 and Towns at 18 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 5 a night. 2 days' rest. San Antonio comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 108 a night and allowing 106, shooting 43 percent and 34 from three, 26 free throws a game; Wembanyama at 25 and Castle at 18 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: New York wins, and the game turns on the defense, New York allowing 99 a night to San Antonio's 106 and the line, where San Antonio takes 26 free throws a game to New York's 20. Call it New York 113, San Antonio 107.
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 127-114 — OKC notes
OKC won 127-114. OKC shot 48% (40 of 83) to SAS's 40%, 14 of 32 from three, and went to the line 38 times to SAS's 32 — 33 points from the stripe to their 28. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 32 (7 of 19, 2 of 3 from three, 16 of 17 at the line); Caruso added 22, McCain 20. The hinge was Q2, 40-31: a lead of 2 became 11, and the lead reached 20. Wallace was the night's best plus/minus at +29.
5/28 @ SAS 91-118 — OKC notes
OKC lost 91-118. OKC shot 37% (35 of 94) to SAS's 47%, 10 of 40 from three, and got to the line just 12 times against 21 fouls committed. The glass went 42-52 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander led with 15 (6 of 18, 0 of 5 from three); McCain added 13, Wallace 11. Q2 was theirs, 31-25, the deficit cut from 13 to 7, but the other 3 periods went 93-60 against them. Gilgeous-Alexander's -28 in 28 minutes was the worst on the floor.
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
SASBB B. Biyombo
CB 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
LW L. Waters III
MP M. Plumlee
SC S. Castle
VW V. Wembanyama
OKCAC A. Caruso
AW A. Wiggins
CH C. Holmgren
CW C. Wallace
IH I. Hartenstein
IJ I. Joe
JM J. McCain
JW J. Williams
JW Jal. Williams
JW Jay. 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
Wembanyama was all business in Game 6 of West finals. It earned him and the Spurs a chance at Game 7
Victor Wembanyama looked different in Game 6. In every way.
There was the Shaolin robe that the San Antonio star wore to his home arena on Thursday night, an obvious nod to his two-week stay last summer at a Chinese temple he visited while seeking physical, mental and spiritual growth. There was the freshly cropped hair, another sign that he was all business.
And on the court, he was back to his dominant self as well.
Facing an elimination game for the first time in his career, Wembanyama — who had a fiery pregame address for teammates, something he doesn't typically do — seemed as comfortable as could be. He had 28 points, 10 rebounds, three blocks and two assists, on 10-for-21 shooting in 28 minutes, leading the Spurs past the Oklahoma City Thunder 118-91 to tie the Western Conference finals at 3-3.
Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City, the place where Wembanyama started this West title series with a 41-point, 24-rebound masterpiece that carried the Spurs to a double-overtime win. If he gets another win on Saturday, he and the Spurs will be heading to the NBA Finals against the New York Knicks .
From the outset, Wembanyama's imprint was on Game 6. After winning the opening tip-off, his next three plays went like this — made 3-pointer, blocked shot, another made 3-pointer. The tone was set, and the Spurs never trailed.
He got most of the fourth quarter off, with the game having long been decided. Game 6 wasn't over, but it's a safe bet that Wembanyama was already thinking about Game 7. Harrison Barnes , the team's third-oldest player, was in Wembanyama's ear during the fourth quarter on the Spurs' bench, offering some wisdom. He spoke. Wembanyama nodded. Whatever the message was, it was clear.
The formula for this series held true again Thursday. When Wembanyama is the most dominant player, the Spurs have won. When he isn't, they've lost. Good hasn't been good enough — in the three Spurs losses, he's averaged 22.3 points on 43% shooting. In the three Spurs wins, he's averaged 34 points on 51% shooting.