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Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs

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49-11, 23-7 Away
Final
146 - 132

25-34, 14-15 Home

Thunder spoil Spurs' homecoming with 146-132 victory behind career-high 41 points by Williams

Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs: Game Highlights

Oklahoma City (49-11) won its third straight and moved a game behind Cleveland (50-10) for the NBA's top record.

Rookie guard Stephon Castle had 32 points to lead San Antonio, which has lost five of six.

During their month-long excursion from the Frost Bank Center, the Spurs acquired De’Aaron Fox, lost All-Star center Victor Wembanyama for the season to a blood clot in his shoulder and Gregg Popovich announced he will not return as head coach this season.

San Antonio has been in a tailspin since, but put up a fight against Oklahoma City, literally.

The Thunder's Kenrich Williams and Lu Dort were ejected along with the Spurs' Julian Champagnie for fighting with three minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Williams clutched at his jaw in pain after Champagnie pulled his elbows through for a pass above his head. As Castle gathered Champagnie’s pass and tossed it to Jeremy Sochan for a dunk, Williams lunged at and clutched Champagnie’s jersey.

The two wings began pushing and grabbing each other violently, but no punches appeared to be thrown. Both teams ran to the skirmish following the dunk. Dort grabbed and pulled on Sochan’s jersey as the coaching staffs and security attempted to pull the players apart.

Sochan was assessed a technical foul, but was not ejected. Sochan finished with 17 points and Fox had 20 points.

Takeaways Thunder: Oklahoma City center Isaiah Hartenstein had 10 points, 11 rebounds and six assists in 29 minutes.

Spurs: Castle is the fifth rookie in Spurs history with multiple 30-point games.

Key moment Oklahoma City opened the second half on a 13-4 run. After setting a franchise record with 16 3-pointers in the first half, the Spurs were 0 for 8 on 3s in the third quarter.

Key stat San Antonio had 16 3-pointers in the first half, two shy of tying the NBA record for most 3s in any half.

Up next The Thunder host Houston on Monday night. The Spurs host Brooklyn on Tuesday night.

Regular Season Series

OKC wins series 2-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 146 - 132
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 146 - 132
4th 4.1 Jordan McLaughlin makes free throw 1 of 1 146 - 132
4th 4.1 Alex Ducas shooting foul 146 - 131
4th 4.1 Jordan McLaughlin makes driving layup (David Duke Jr. assists) 146 - 131

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/okc.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originOKC https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originSA
55-101 FG 51-91
54.5 Field Goal % 56.0
19-44 3PT 18-43
43.2 Three Point % 41.9
17-20 FT 12-16
85.0 Free Throw % 75.0
45 Rebounds 35
12 Offensive Rebounds 6
33 Defensive Rebounds 29
34 Assists 36
7 Steals 2
6 Blocks 3
7 Turnovers 12
0 Team Turnovers 1
7 Total Turnovers 13
2 Technical Fouls 2
2 Total Technical Fouls 2
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 12
15 Fast Break Points 6
60 Points in Paint 60
16 Fouls 17
22 Largest Lead 9
San Antonio Spurs San Antonio Spurs Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Dylan Harper, G Day-To-Day Jul 21
Riley Minix, F Day-To-Day Jul 20
Carter Bryant, F Day-To-Day Jul 19
Kelly Olynyk, PF Day-To-Day Jul 8
Devin Vassell, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Oklahoma City Thunder Oklahoma City Thunder Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Thomas Sorber, C Day-To-Day Jul 21
Jalen Williams, F Day-To-Day Jul 10

Game Information

Frost Bank Center

Location: San Antonio, TX
Attendance: 17,745 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston - 30 L3 0.63414633 52
Memphis 4 34 W1 0.58536583 48
Dallas 13 43 L1 0.47560975 39
San Antonio 18 48 W1 0.41463414 34
New Orleans 31 61 L7 0.25609756 21
Full Standings

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