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For two games, this series has been everything.
Two high-level, high-skill, deep, elite teams, both brilliantly coached, playing with urgency on every possession because they understand if they don’t, it will be the end of their season.
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While the scene shifts to San Antonio for Game 3, nothing else is going to change — these two teams recognize in each other an equal, a genuine contender, and someone they don’t really like. The intensity with which this series has been played is fantastic.
Game 3 is Friday night at 8:30 p.m. ET, and you can watch it on NBC or stream it on Peacock. Here are three things to look for in this game.
1) Who is healthy?
I hate that this has to be the No. 1 item, but with key starters from both teams possibly out, it has to be discussed.
San Antonio has been without De’Aaron Fox for the first two games of this series and his replacement as a starter, Dylan Harper, left Game 2 game in the third quarter with what the team is now calling adductor soreness.
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Officially, both Spurs players are questionable for Game 3.
Fox was a game-time decision for Game 2 after going through warmups, expect that pattern to continue. Harper’s adductor issue is similar to a hamstring strain in that it’s a very easy muscle to reinjure if not fully healed, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if the rookie misses at least a game or two.
For the Thunder, Jalen Williams is also officially questionable with left hamstring soreness. He will be a game-day decision and is day-to-day, reports Shams Charania of ESPN.
Williams appeared to reinjure the left hamstring in the first quarter of Game 2, the same hamstring that kept him out half of the Thunder’s first-round series against the Suns and the entire series against the Lakers. While the Thunder have been without Williams for much of the season and kept winning, they need him in this tight a series.
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Oklahoma City came into this series with a depth advantage, and that could start to show as this series keeps going. San Antonio’s starters have played more than 40 minutes together this series, while Oklahoma City doesn’t have a lineup that…
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