The San Antonio Spurs showcased resilience in a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs beat the depleted Oklahoma City Thunder 116-106 at home. Keldon Johnson led the team with 25 points and six rebounds. The Spurs finished the regular season series 4-1 against the Thunder
Victor Wembanyama finished with 22 points and 14 rebounds. Harrison Barnes added nine points. Julian Champagnie scored eight points. Devin Vassell scored five points, and Stephon Castle recorded 14 points and four assists. De’Aaron Fox added 15 points. Luke Kornet had 15 rebounds in 15 minutes.
Dylan Harper did not play due to injury.
The Spurs are 34-16 and will next visit the Mavericks on Thursday.
Here’s a sample of what the Spurs and Thunder said after the game.
Mitch Johnson:
“I think when you play a team as much as we have, we played this team now five times in under two months, you’re used to seeing patterns, whether that’s personnel plays, style of play, and when you have such a stark contrast to what you are used to, that’s different. I guess that could be a challenge. But again, I think our challenge is continuously playing each golf course the same, no matter where we’re playing.”
“I feel we probably more in the second half started to get a little bit more stagnant, but I probably late in the fourth, we picked it up. But I feel like our defense held strong as much as we needed to.”
Keldon Johnson:
“We had times where we were really good. We had times where we look really bad. We just got cleaned up and continue to get better, not playing down to the level of competition sometimes.”
Jaylin Williams