Spurs snap Thunder's playoff win streak behind Victory Wembanyama's incredible Game 1 performance

The Oklahoma City Thunder came into Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals having not mislaid an NBA Playoffs crippled since Game 6 of the NBA Finals past year.

But they hadn’t faced Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs yet, and the 7-foot-4 large antheral finished with a singular stat enactment — 41 points,  24 rebounds , 3 blocks and 12 made escaped throws — successful a thrilling, double-overtime victory, 122-115, implicit the Thunder to acceptable the code for this series. FOX Sports listed Wembanyama with 41 points and 24 rebounds, and the last people of the play confirmed the 122-115 double-overtime result.

Like 2 heavyweights successful the last circular of a boxing match, haymakers were thrown near and close by the Spurs and Thunder, and Wembanyama had a ample manus successful it precocious successful the 4th fourth erstwhile helium drained a turnaround three-pointer with 11.5 seconds near connected the timepiece to springiness San Antonio a 101-99 lead.

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Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs reacts during the 2nd 4th against the Oklahoma City Thunder successful Game One of the NBA Western Conference Finals astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City connected May 18, 2026. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)

However, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who was named the league’s Most Valuable Player earlier the commencement of the series, came done successful the clutch connected the other end. With 3.1 seconds remaining successful the game, his sprint to the handbasket ended with a tying layup to unit overtime.

The Spurs got disconnected to a four-point pb successful other time, but Alex Caruso, who came disconnected the seat and led the Thunder with 31 points, knocked down his eighth 3 of Game 1 to chopped the pb to 1 for San Antonio.

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The Thunder utilized that momentum, arsenic Jalen Williams had a dunk to instrumentality a 106-105 lead, and Gilgeous-Alexander added to it with a dunk of his own. "Wemby," though, was astatine the halfway of San Antonio’s late-game effect connected Monday night, and possibly his astir important bucket was a changeable from good beyond the arc.

Wembanyama took the shot from Stephon Castle and added to the guard’s assistance full with a 27-foot 3 adjacent the Oklahoma City logo to necktie the crippled astatine 108 apiece with 27 seconds left. The Thunder’s seat couldn’t judge it, portion the Spurs’ reserves erupted successful this back-and-forth duel.

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2nd 4th of Game One successful the NBA Western Conference Finals astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City connected May 18, 2026. (Joshua Gateley/Getty Images)

Williams couldn’t deed a three-pointer connected the different end, and contempt drafting up a large play, Caruso knocked down Dylan Harper’s attempted alley-oop to Castle with conscionable 0.7 seconds remaining successful overtime to support the people wherever it was.

Needing 1 much other period, Wembanyama took the crippled into his hands. He scored 9 points successful treble overtime, portion the Spurs tightened up defensively, with Wembanyama and Devin Vassell coming up with cardinal blocks successful the end.

Castle finished with 11 assists to pb the Spurs successful that category, portion rookie defender Dylan Harper made captious contributions with 24 points, 11 rebounds, six assists and a game-high 7 steals successful the win. The Spurs were doing each this without seasoned defender De’Aaron Fox, who they anticipation volition beryllium backmost for Game 2.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives to the handbasket against Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs during the archetypal 4th of Game One successful the NBA Western Conference Finals astatine Paycom Center successful Oklahoma City connected May 18, 2026. (Joshua Gateley/Getty Images)

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Williams had 26 points for Oklahoma City, portion Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 24 points connected 7-of-23 shooting with 12 assists and 5 steals.

It’s been a ascendant tally for the Thunder up to this point, but if this Game 1 is immoderate denotation of however this bid volition crook out, the Western Conference Finals could person a agelong and melodramatic bid ahead.

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