San Antonio vs. Oklahoma City, Final Score: Spurs turn up defense to even series with Thunder, 103-82

San Antonio avoided losing three games in a row for the first time all season and routed Oklahoma City 103-82 in a Game 4 blowout. The Spurs earned and built upon their advantage by staying home on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander defensively and depriving his teammates of open looks throughout many minutes of hellacious fullcourt coverage. San Antonio better shepherded their possessions tonight, while making life very difficult for Oklahoma City, as they were held to 33% shooting overall and 6-for-33 from three.

The Spurs received a far more complete effort in game 4 that they glaringly lacked in the previous two games. Wembanyama (33 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocks) and Castle (13 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds) found a timely third contributor in Devin Vassell (13 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists). The team’s ailing point guards – De’Aaron Fox (12 points, 10 rebounds, and 5 assists) and Dylan Harper (7 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists) looked no worse for the wear and steadied the Spur attack. San Antonio also benefitted from spirited bench minutes – in just the right dosages by Coach Johnson – from veterans Luke Kornet (6 points and 7 rebounds), Harrison Barnes (5 points and 3 rebounds) and Keldon Johnson (6 points and 3 rebounds).

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (19 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 turnovers) and Isaiah Harteinstein (12 points and 7 rebounds) paced Oklahoma City in defeat tonight. Chet Holmgren (10 points and 9 rebounds) competed capably in the first half. The Thunder’s vaunted bench production (16 points) was far muted than in Games 1-3.

San Antonio leapt ahead again in the opening frame, but in a vastly different manner than game 3, they were able to harrass the Thunder players into numerous forced looks. All of Oklahoma City’s offense – over the first 8+ minutes – came from none other than Hartenstein. The Spurs pieced together a 14-0 run spanning the middle minutes in the frame, and Oklahoma City could not find any open airspace for their shooters. Gilgeous-Alexander broke a nearly nine minute non-Hartenstein drought with a jumper, and then meekly fell to the…

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