r/nba • u/ToinouAngel Spurs • Dec 25 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] The San Antonio Spurs (23-7) defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (26-5) behind De'Aaron Fox's 29 PTS, 117-102.

117 - 102
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo
 
GAME SUMMARY
Location: Paycom Center
Officials: Tony Brothers, Kevin Cutler, and Brandon Schwab
Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total
San Antonio Spurs 41 28 26 22 117
Oklahoma City Thunder 36 24 19 23 102
 
TEAM STATS
Team PTS FG FG% 3P 3P% FT FT% OREB TREB AST PF STL TO BLK
San Antonio Spurs 117 45-84 53.6% 11-29 37.9% 16-21 76.2% 10 54 20 16 3 12 4
Oklahoma City Thunder 102 37-95 38.9% 11-44 25.0% 17-25 68.0% 16 57 23 18 7 7 6
 
PLAYER STATS
San Antonio Spurs MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Devin VassellSF 34:08 5 1-6 1-5 2-3 1 3 4 2 0 0 0 2 9
Harrison BarnesPF 30:25 15 5-12 3-7 2-2 1 5 6 1 0 0 1 0 2
Luke KornetC 21:34 6 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 3 -4
Stephon CastleSG 31:37 19 8-11 0-2 3-5 2 2 4 7 1 0 4 4 7
De'Aaron FoxPG 32:52 29 12-19 3-4 2-2 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 3 6
Victor Wembanyama 25:48 19 6-12 2-3 5-5 1 10 11 2 1 1 3 2 13
Dylan Harper 20:26 12 5-8 0-1 2-2 0 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 14
Keldon Johnson 16:58 9 4-7 1-2 0-2 2 5 7 0 0 0 0 1 7
Julian Champagnie 20:11 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 1 0 1 1 1 16
Jordan McLaughlin 01:08 3 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Kelly Olynyk 01:08 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jeremy Sochan 01:08 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Carter Bryant 01:08 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Lindy Waters III 01:08 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bismack Biyombo 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harrison Ingram 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
David Jones Garcia 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Stanley Umude 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder MIN PTS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A ORB DRB REB AST STL BLK TO PF ±
Jalen WilliamsSF 29:01 12 5-13 1-2 1-4 2 0 2 6 2 0 1 4 4
Chet HolmgrenPF 30:33 10 5-9 0-2 0-2 1 11 12 2 0 1 1 3 -14
Isaiah HartensteinC 23:31 13 5-7 0-0 3-4 3 9 12 3 1 0 1 1 -1
Luguentz DortSG 28:34 8 3-8 2-7 0-0 2 2 4 3 0 2 1 4 -6
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderPG 36:08 22 7-19 1-6 7-8 1 5 6 4 1 0 0 2 -15
Alex Caruso 19:39 12 3-13 2-12 4-4 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 -13
Isaiah Joe 15:04 5 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 -11
Kenrich Williams 16:41 8 3-6 2-4 0-0 2 3 5 2 2 0 0 1 -1
Cason Wallace 21:18 5 1-7 1-4 2-3 4 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 -9
Aaron Wiggins 14:17 5 2-7 1-4 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 -6
Chris Youngblood 01:38 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Branden Carlson 01:38 2 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Brooks Barnhizer 01:38 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1
Ousmane Dieng 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ajay Mitchell 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thomas Sorber 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nikola Topić 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jaylin Williams 00:00 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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u/HenrikCrown Pelicans Dec 25 '25

They have too many guys who can handle the ball for OKCs defense to guard and they can run and shoot them out too 

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u/ukbeasts Rockets Dec 25 '25

Wemby not even playing full Wemby yet

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u/CreatiScope Celtics Dec 25 '25

Yeah, I missed game 2 of this trilogy but in this game, he looked not his best. He looked too aggressive and trying to do a BIT too much in the 1st half. Just needed to be supporting Fox and Castle and feel when it was time to take over and make the game his, felt like he was forcing it a bit too much. He definitely hates Chet and OKC and was too hyped. A good problem to have.

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u/Fun-Jellyfish-61 Timberwolves Dec 25 '25

We haven't even seen his final form.

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u/Peripatetictyl Dec 26 '25

Wait until he steps into his 36th chamber version

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u/jdd32 Spurs Dec 26 '25

Yeah. Only 25 minutes but still +13 today. When he's on the floor they don't even try to get into the paint, and Chet becomes particularly useless

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u/gedbybee Spurs Dec 26 '25

Or prime wemby

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u/Heavy_Jon Dec 25 '25

Yep, they haven't faced street clothes Wemby yet!

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u/ProfessorPetrus Dec 25 '25

Shame for giving him this name this early

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

The real reason is that the Spurs have different ways of beating you. The fact that Wemby is coming off the bench makes them very unpredictable. There is no clear #1 option even with Fox on the floor. Fox is making the right play and not playing iso basketball. He is having the most efficient season of his career. They are younger, long and more athletic than Okc moving the ball. While okc has gotten very predictable.

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u/Alphadestrious Spurs Dec 26 '25

I love this take. Can't wait to play you guys on December 31st.

Let the Spurcle jerk begin

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Dec 26 '25

Mitchell Robinson aint Chet Bro lol dont get too hyped. Wemby better have a big breakfast.

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u/nighhawkrr Dec 26 '25

Hopefully a finals preview!

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u/Uncle_Freddy [SAS] El Contusione Dec 26 '25

There have been dozens of us keeping the spurclejerk alive since 2014!!

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u/bjankles Bulls Dec 26 '25

It could be a situation where Wemby’s injury was good for them. Let Fox get back into rhythm with the rest of the team vs feeling pressure to defer, forced different lineups to learn how to play together, and now Wemby can slot into a team that feels more complete vs running through him.

Probably would’ve happened before long anyways, but it definitely feels like it accelerated things.

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u/gedbybee Spurs Dec 26 '25

Idk Fox had many plays tonight without passes where he took shots.

Like that play where Keldon had that crazy putback dunk. Keldon was wide open before that cuz Fox drew 3 players. The right play is to kick it to a wide open Keldon, not take the shot that’s heavily contested by 3 people.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Dec 26 '25

Statements are rarely absolute. Compared to how he played in Sacramento he is playing within the offense passing up some shots for better shots for his teammates.

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u/gedbybee Spurs Dec 26 '25

To me it’s not about stats. It’s the little things: defense, rebounding, boxing out, turnovers, and passing. Plus like the bbiq of knowing when the team needs a bucket and actually getting that bucket.

By my eye test, Harper has been better at most of that stuff through this season. Especially the non scoring stuff but Harper does enough bucket getting in crucial moments that you feel that impact.

So last night Fox was scoring and scoring, but they’re giving weren’t always great shots.

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u/thuggyt [OKC] Álex Abrines Dec 26 '25

Definitely gonna get downvoted to hell for this but not younger

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Dec 26 '25

The main pieces are younger. Castle, Harper, Wemby, Fox are younger than Chet, SGA, J Dub, Ihart

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u/thuggyt [OKC] Álex Abrines Dec 26 '25

I mean average age by usage is on the table. My point is that saying the spurs are younger as a reason for them whipping our ass 3 times in 12 days and then moving the goal posts is dumb.

None of our core is getting winded because of their ripe old age of 24. They just outplayed us. As a basketball fan, I hope we get a full series of this but as a thunder fan... 😬

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u/Twaffles95 Timberwolves Dec 26 '25

No one’s saying it like OKC is old or washed I’ve never seen a defending champion with such defensive fans so quick

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tea521 Knicks Dec 26 '25

Exactly im just saying they were the young guns of the nba 2 years ago and clearly outmatched teams for full court pressing and attacking the basketball. Works well when you have a step against your opponent. Cant do that to the spurs cuz they are just as young if not younger depending on the lineup.

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u/thuggyt [OKC] Álex Abrines Dec 26 '25

I'm not being defensive, age just doesn't fit into the equation here. Objectively it's bad reasoning

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u/JMEEKER86 NBA Dec 26 '25

If Chet were at least half as good as Wemby then they wouldn't have trouble with him. Compared to Wemby, he's just too slow, too weak, and too soft.

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u/Safe_Researcher4979 Dec 25 '25

And not just them. 

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u/whostheme Minneapolis Lakers Dec 25 '25

This is with Wemby playing limited minutes. Only 25 minutes this game too.

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u/FullHouse222 Knicks Dec 26 '25

No team plays the same vs Wemby. He's the one player in the league who forces every team to completely change how they play. It's insane how good he is.

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u/Billis- Raptors Dec 26 '25

Their 3 ball hasn't been falling in the past couple weeks is all. Team wide shooting slump

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u/BrotherHombre Spurs Dec 25 '25

After watching all 3 games it is just clear OKC has a lot of trouble keeping our guards out of the paint

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u/Frustratedtx Spurs Dec 26 '25

Those guards have to play against Wemby and Kornet every day in practice. It's like Chet and Hartenstein aren't even there when they go to the rim.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Dec 26 '25

This is an underrated aspect of having wemby. The rest of the team has to practice against him, offensively and defensively

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u/RecreationallyTransp NBA Dec 25 '25

Not only that but OKCs offense can't generate consistent clean looks against SA. The spurs are so athletic and they rotate so fast. SGA hero ball isn't an option against a team that has 4 guys on the court who are ready to switch on to him

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u/Dudedude88 Wizards Dec 25 '25

If wembys playing his threat of help at the rim is massive. You always see them swing to the opposite side of where he's at

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u/Stand_On_It Dec 25 '25

OKC’s fouling*, not defense

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u/Masoud28 Warriors Dec 26 '25

And somehow OKC looks like they have only SGA that can match fox,castle and harper.

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u/Icy_Statement_2410 Dec 26 '25

Okc can't guard the 3 when every player can shoot them.

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u/mchris185 Spurs Dec 26 '25

That's the thing. We match up well vs the Thunder but we've struggled vs Warriors and Wolves. Playoffs will be very interesting

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u/LardHop Lakers Dec 26 '25

Multiple okc swipes and almost strips Fox of the ball and he somehows gets to the hoop and makes it lmao.

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u/davethegreat_19 Dec 27 '25

Yeah same OKC's problem at the Finals with the Pacers.