This was the recipe the Spurs fans had been salivating over: Combine one part epic game from Victor Wembanyama with one part elite defense that was ball-hawking and limiting Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, then mix well with a fired-up, loud crowd.
It all came together perfectly for San Antonio.
It was that way from the opening tip, but the Thunder hung around for most of the first half, keeping the game in single digits, then this buzzer-beating half-court shot by Wembanyama changed the momentum of the game.
Wemby drills half court buzzer beater to end half
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, Victor Wembanyama does this from half court.
San Antonio started the second half on a 15-5 run and never looked back, eventually cruising to a 103-82 victory at home.
This Western Conference Finals is now a best-of-three, tied 2-2 and heading back to Oklahoma City for Game 5 on Tuesday night (8:30 p.m. Eastern, watch it on NBC or stream it on Peacock.
Wembanyama finished with 33 points on 11-of-22 shooting with seven rebounds, and he just kept making plays all night.
Stephon Castle comes out of nowhere to make the steal and then feeds Wemby for the HUGE lefty slam!
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While this game was a tasty dish for the Spurs, it made Thunder fans nauseous.
Oklahoma City couldn’t buy a basket for much of the night against ramped-up defensive pressure from the Spurs. Through three quarters of this game, Gilgeous-Alexander and Isaiah Hartenstein combined for 31 points on 46.2% shooting, all the other Thunder players combined had 29 points and shot 23.8% (SGA did not play in the fourth).
Or look at it this way, the Thunder bench that dropped 76 in Game 3 shot 7-of-36 overall and 3-of-22 from 3-point range through the meaningful part of this game (up until six minutes to go).
The Thunder will say this happens against a good team like the Spurs, and that they will flush this outcome and move on. However, it was very evident how much they missed having two key ball handlers and shot creators out with injury, Jalen Williams (hamstring) and Ajay Mitchell (calf). All the San Antonio ball pressure on SGA limited him and nobody else was there to step up. Jared McCain, the hero of Game 3, had 4 points on 1-of-10 shooting (including 0-of-5 from 3-point range).
Role players tend to play better at home. Oklahoma City better hope so, because now they are the team facing tough questions heading into Game 5.
If you want to know more from Game 4, keep reading our live blog from the game below.
