NBA Playoffs: Victor Wembanyama stars as San Antonio Spurs beat Oklahoma City Thunder in conference finals | NBA News


Victor Wembaniama 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 hasn’t lost three straight games all season. Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell added 13 points apiece.

Tuesday’s Game 5 in Oklahoma City is followed by Thursday’s Game 6 in San Antonio, both live. Sky Sports.

San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Cassel during the first half of Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder
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San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Cassel during the first half of Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder

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Highlights of Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs

“You definitely don’t want to go to their home and lose 3-1,” Spurs’ Vassel said after the game. “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.”

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting for the Thunder.

San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama goes up for a basket against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and others
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San Antonio Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama goes up for a basket against Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and others

Wembanyama personally scored in Game 3 of Oklahoma City’s 123-108 win on Friday. The 7-foot-4 France star said he needs to get better to make his teammates better. He was monumentally better on Sunday night — and so was San Antonio.

“We all have high standards and I know I have a lot of responsibility, but I’m here for it,” Wembanyama said. “Yeah, it was good today. It wasn’t perfect. But, you know, all of us, I mean the whole organization, so we have to do things that we didn’t sign up for.”

Wembaniama blocks a shot by Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein.
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Wembaniama blocks a shot by Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein.

The Spurs limited the Thunder to 33 percent shooting from the field, including 6 for 33 on 3-pointers (18 percent).

After being outscored 76-23 on bench points in Game 3, San Antonio’s reserves scored 30 points while limiting Oklahoma City to 34.

The Spurs got off to another hot start in Game 4 after opening the previous game on a 15-0 run. Unlike Friday’s one-sided loss, Spurs didn’t relinquish their lead this time.

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San Antonio assisted on 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 season and the postseason. The Thunder are 2-9 when they score fewer than 40 points in any half over the last five seasons.

Oklahoma City had a franchise-low 65 points in a playoff loss to Memphis on May 3, 2014, and the second-lowest was 85 on May 21, 2014 against San Antonio.

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