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Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs

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26-4, 12-3 Away
Final
110 - 130

22-7, 11-2 Home

Spurs beat Thunder for second time in 11 days, storming to 130-110 victory behind Johnson, Castle

Wemby starts new tradition with Spurs fans

Victor Wembanyama’s streak of consecutive games with at least one block ended at 101, but the Spurs were just happy to have him on the court after he was downgraded to questionable on Monday. Wembanyama finished with 12 points.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 33 points for Oklahoma City. Jalen Williams added 17.

San Antonio has won 14 of 17 to move into second place in the Western Conference. Oklahoma City has lost three of five games since opening the season 24-1. The defending champions' fourth loss this season was by far their worst, with the previous three coming by two, two and five points.

The Thunder’s second loss of the season was 111-109 against the Spurs in the NBA Cup semifinal on Dec. 13 in Las Vegas.

The rematch was another tense battle between the top two seeds in the West.

There were 15 lead changes and 13 ties before San Antonio pulled away late in the third quarter.

Wembanyama and Spurs rookie Dylan Harper led the second-half surge.

Harper was limited to four points but had season highs with five steals and 10 assists.

Wembanyama came off the bench for the sixth straight game after missing 12 straight with a strained left calf.

He drained a 26-foot 3-pointer over Alex Caruso three minutes into the final quarter to give the Spurs a 98-86 lead. San Antonio extended the lead to 101-88 two minutes later when Wembanyama assisted on Castle’s 3-pointer.

Up next Spurs at Thunder on Thursday. Oklahoma City is 6-14 on Christmas Day and San Antonio is 5-7.

This story has been corrected to show that the Spurs beat the Thunder for the second time in 11, not 10, days.

Regular Season Series

SA leads series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 110 - 130
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 110 - 130
4th 11.3 Carter Bryant defensive rebound 110 - 130
4th 14.7 Brooks Barnhizer misses 9-foot pullup jump shot 110 - 130
4th 25.4 Jordan McLaughlin makes 2-foot layup (Kelly Olynyk assists) 110 - 130

Statistics

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46-85 FG 48-84
54 Field Goal % 57
12-30 3PT 16-36
40 Three Point % 44
6-7 FT 18-24
86 Free Throw % 75
36 Rebounds 34
9 Offensive Rebounds 10
27 Defensive Rebounds 24
23 Assists 34
5 Steals 10
1 Blocks 3
13 Turnovers 9
2 Team Turnovers 0
15 Total Turnovers 9
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
20 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 11
5 Fast Break Points 19
48 Points in Paint 60
17 Fouls 13
7 Largest Lead 21
15 Lead Changes 15
22 Percent Led 66
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jeremy Sochan, F Out Jan 30
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Ajay Mitchell, G Out Jan 28
Alex Caruso, G Out Jan 28
Jalen Williams, G Out Jan 19
Nikola Topic, G Out Oct 30
Thomas Sorber, C Out Sep 5

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 19,133 · Capacity:

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 38 11 .776 - L1
Denver 33 16 .673 5 W2
Minnesota 30 19 .612 8 W3
Portland 23 26 .469 15 L4
Utah 15 34 .306 23 L5

2025-26 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
San Antonio 32 15 .681 - W1
Houston 29 17 .630 2.5 W1
Dallas 19 29 .396 13.5 L3
Memphis 18 28 .391 13.5 L5
New Orleans 13 37 .260 20.5 W1
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