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Even with injuries to key players, the San Antonio Spurs have to feel good about themselves coming into tonight’s Game 3. They were able to steal Game 1 from the defending champs, a double OT classic that saw the Spurs eventually out-execute the Thunder down the stretch, and were tantalizingly close to coming back home to the Frost Bank Center with a 2-0 series lead. Even with the loss of Dylan Harper in the 3rd quarter and 21 more turnovers to go with the 21 giveaways from Game 1, it was still just a 2 point game in the early moments of the 4th. With both Harper and DeAaron Fox’s availability up in the air, the potentially undermanned Spurs will have to rely on the otherworldly brilliance of Victor Wembanyama, with the hope that the rocking San Antonio home crowd can give them that little extra bit of, “oomph,” that they might need to protect home court against the defending champs.
San Antonio Spurs (1-1) vs Oklahoma City Thunder (1-1)
May 22 2026 | 8:30 PM CT
Watch: NBC, Peacock | Listen: WOAI (1200 AM)
Line: San Antonio -1.5
Spurs Injuries: DeAaron Fox, ankle (day to day), Dylan Harper, leg (day to day)
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Thunder Injuries: Jalen Williams, hamstring (day to day)
What to watch for
With Fox yet to play in this series and Harper potentially sidelined, going forward the bulk of the ball handling duties may fall entirely on the shoulders of Stephon Castle. Castle was San Antonio’s leading scorer in Game 2, memorably throwing down arguably the best poster jam of the year for 2 of his 25 points, and has been his usual busy self on the defensive side of things, but his 20 combined turnovers in the two games is a real concern for the Spurs. It plays right into the hands of Oklahoma City, who’s hounding, handsy defense is arguably the best in the league at forcing turnovers and turning them into points on the other end. With the real possibility he will only have limited versions of Harper and Fox going forward, Mitch Johnson is going to need figure out how to help his do-it-all guard take better care of the basketball and cutdown on what have been dreadful turnover numbers for San Antonio in the…
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