San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City, Final Score: Spurs offense disappears in Game 3 loss, 108-123

Things felt great coming into the game: the Spurs had their full roster available, they did what they needed to do in OKC by stealing a win, and they had appeared a healthy guard trio away from a big win. While they got their wish in that regard, outside of an insanely hot start in which they quickly got ahead 19-4, the Spurs’ offensive rhythm and bench production was nonexistent, and once they were behind by double digits early in the second half, they couldn’t do enough to make any kind of comeback attempt, losing Game 3 108-123 and handing homecourt advantage back to the Thunder.

Victor Wembanyama led the Spurs with a steady but quiet 26 points while only grabbing 4 rebounds, and Devin Vassell quietly continued to be their most steady player in this series with 20 points on 50% shooting, including 3-6 form three. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 26 points on an inefficient 6-17 shooting but 12-12 from the line, and Jared McCain gave them 24 off the bench.

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Observations

The Spurs got two big announcements about an hour before tip-off: that Victor Wembanyama made the All-Defensive First Team, and more importantly, that De’Aaron Fox (ankle) and Dylan Harper (adductor) were cleared to play — in Fox’s case, for the first time this series. On the other side, the Thunder got two players on the All-Defensive Teams in Chet Holmgren (1st) and Cason Wallace (2nd), but Jalen Williams was ruled out after he left Game 2 having aggravated the same hamstring that kept him out of the first two rounds.

The Spurs were red hot right out of the gate in front of their fired up home crowd, starting on a 10-0 run in the first two minutes. It was kicked off by Fox looking like himself and driving by Lu Dort for a lay-up, Wemby hitting a step-back three over nemesis Isaiah Hartenstein, and Devin Vassell hitting a transition three off a defensive rebound. It stretched to 15-0 after a Thunder timeout before a Hartenstein floater got them their first points. The Spurs just missed the record for a run to start the game in the play-by-play era, which is a 16-0 run.

But of course, the instant Wemby (and Fox)…

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