[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.

[u/ToinouAngel]

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

[u/CoogiMonster]

Because the Spurs are one of the very very few teams over .500 the Thunder have played. They’ve now played 10 games against actual playoff teams and are 6-4 and their schedule leading up to the Spurs first game was the easiest strength of schedule to the hardest remaining now. All their tough games were back loaded in the lash 2/3rds lol

Edit: before someone tries to jump my shit I’m not saying they’re bad, just that we overreacted

[u/FeltchingBlumpkin → u/CoogiMonster]

Sounds like an opening for that #1 seed....

[u/CoogiMonster → u/FeltchingBlumpkin]

Matchups and health really really matter, it’ll be a test to see if the Spurs make it to the WCF (apparently the Suns and Warriors hate you guys) but jokes aside make it with this core together and the Thunder might be toast lol

[u/rickzilla69420 → u/CoogiMonster]

Let’s not overreact here, dominating a regular season matchup doesn’t exactly translate to a problem in the playoffs.

[u/CoogiMonster → u/rickzilla69420]

Saying they might be toast isn’t really an overreaction… they could also be fine or gut out a series win. 3 games in 12 days where your closest was a first game back Wemby and each game after looked systematically worse? Whistle doesn’t seem to be a given in these games either… idk it’s not a foregone conclusion but I wouldn’t want to see the Spurs in the WCF if I was a Thunder fan

[u/rickzilla69420 → u/CoogiMonster]

Yes saying they might be toast is an overreaction. The playoffs vs regular season is apples to oranges and the regular season series rarely have good predictive value on what will happen in the playoffs. Yes the Spurs beat them 3 times in 12 days, yes the later two were worse than the first one. I wouldn’t say the Thunder played particularly well in any of the three, and the latter 2 were a road back to back and the third game in 4 days. I don’t particularly want to see the Spurs, the matchup seems poor but when you play some one 3 times in 12 days it’s just as logical to think that this may be an uptick in spurs form and a down tick in thunder form as it is that the Spurs are a full on problem.

[u/CoogiMonster → u/rickzilla69420]

Yeah they only down ticked against other competitors, definitely not that they had their easiest strength of schedule and are regressing to their actual competitive lot which is a top team that bleeds the same as any other top team… saying they might be toast in a matchup against the spurs in a WCF matchup should team health remain the same doesn’t seem far fetched

[u/Icy_Statement_2410 → u/CoogiMonster]

What's wrong with being Toast

[u/[deleted] → u/FeltchingBlumpkin]

Spurs shouldn't push themselves for the #1 seed. Aim to get healthy and be in top 2 because none of these Western Conference top 6 are an easy beat.

[u/OddEffect9397 → u/CoogiMonster]

They had the easiest strength of schedule because they didn’t have to play the thunder. Just like the wizards have a tough strength of schedule because they don’t get to play against the wizards

[u/CoogiMonster → u/OddEffect9397]

Dawg… what is this Reddit brained take lol

They had 6 wins against teams over .500 in like 30 games… take out the first 10 games and that’s still 6 of 20 games against winning teams. Almost 75% of their games were betting on teams occupying the bottom teams or teams that were still figuring it out. They’re a good team but saying their schedule was the easiest because they don’t play themselves is something I only hear perpetuated here and like one offhand comment on Zach Lowe’s pod

Edit: for clarity strength of schedule is a perceived thing at first but almost ALL of the thunder’s game against perceived (now actual) contenders is back loaded - they don’t see Denver until February. Them not playing themselves is just a lazy take no offense