{"id":468608,"date":"2025-12-24T09:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468608\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T09:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T09:32:11","slug":"san-antonio-hands-okc-its-worst-loss-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/468608\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio hands OKC its worst loss of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/shai-gilgeousalexander\/1067856\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/10\/21\/okc-thunder-schedule-dates-times-tv-streaming\/86811489007\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/10\/21\/okc-thunder-schedule-dates-times-tv-streaming\/86811489007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OKC Thunder<\/a> will face <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/players\/victor-wembanyama\/1373356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/san-antonio-spurs\/24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on the road at 7:30 p.m. CST Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>OKC (26-3) is fresh off of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/22\/thunder-vs-grizzlies-score-shai-gilgeous-alexander-jalen-williams-stats\/87890597007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">119-103 home win over the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> on Monday. San Antonio (21-7) secured a <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914333\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">124-113 road win over the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Follow along for live updates for today&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/13\/thunder-spurs-channel-today-nba-cup-semifnals-games-live-time-tv-schedule-streaming\/87737704007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thunder-Spurs<\/a> game:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pediment.com\/products\/oklahoma-city-thunder-sga-mvp-2025-champs-hardcover-book?ownership=client&amp;utm_medium=redirect_print_ad&amp;utm_source=the_oklahoman&amp;utm_campaign=ThunderBook&amp;variant=50671119958308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Order new book on Thunder&#8217;s run to NBA title<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">TAKEAWAYS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/23\/thunder-vs-spurs-score-shai-gilgeous-alexander-chet-holmgren-stats\/87902911007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Wembanyama, Spurs overpower Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/14\/okc-thunder-nba-cup-loss-san-antonio-spurs-rematch-victor-wembanyama-shai-gilgeous-alexander\/87760518007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OKC Thunder looking forward to \u2018retest\u2019 against Spurs after NBA Cup loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephon Castle and the Spurs roared past the Thunder in the second half en route to a 130-110 win, handing OKC its biggest loss of the season.<\/p>\n<p>8:59 left in fourth quarter: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurs 98, Thunder 86<\/a> | Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio rolling<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a tough stepback 3-pointer by Victor Wembanyama over Alex Caruso. San Antonio now has a 98-86 lead with 8:59 left in the game, and this place is absolutely rocking. Let&#8217;s see how OKC responds after its timeout.<\/p>\n<p>End of the third quarter: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurs 87, Thunder 82<\/a> | Keldon Johnson shining off bench for San Antonio<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 25 points and 6 assists<\/li>\n<li>Jalen Williams: 13 points and 7 assists<\/li>\n<li>Lu Dort: 12 points and 2 rebounds<\/li>\n<li>Keldon Johnson leads San Antonio with 20 points in 17 minutes off the bench.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Halftime: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunder 60, Spurs 58<\/a> | Jalen Williams halfway to a triple-double<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 16 points and 4 assists<\/li>\n<li>Jalen Williams: 8 points, 6 boards and 5 assists<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Joe: 8 points and 3 boards<\/li>\n<li>Harrison Barnes (13 points) and Keldon Johnson (12 points) have scored a combined 25 points for San Antonio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>End of the first quarter: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurs 31, Thunder 29<\/a> | Wemby, San Antonio lead OKC early<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chet Holmgren: 7 points and 2 rebounds<\/li>\n<li>Jalen Williams: 6 points and 3 assists<\/li>\n<li>Isaiah Hartenstein: 6 points and 3 rebounds<\/li>\n<li>Harrison Barnes leads San Antonio with 9 points.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>7:08 left in first quarter: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/summary\/2914723\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spurs 13, Thunder 11<\/a> | Victor Wembanyama doesn&#8217;t start, but he enters in first quarter this time against OKC<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama is in the game, as San Antonio has a 13-11 lead with 7:08 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>What time is Thunder vs Spurs game tonight?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>Tuesday, Dec. 23<\/li>\n<li><strong>Time: <\/strong>7:30 p.m. CST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where: <\/strong>Frost Bank Center in San Antonio<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/14\/okc-thunder-nba-cup-loss-san-antonio-spurs-rematch-victor-wembanyama-shai-gilgeous-alexander\/87760518007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OKC Thunder looking forward to \u2018retest\u2019 against Spurs after NBA Cup loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What channel is OKC Thunder vs <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/san-antonio-spurs\/24\/\" data-autotag=\"13196729-d867-4914-8227-582a16eadb0b\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> on tonight?<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>TV:<\/strong>\u00a0FanDuel Sports Network<\/li>\n<li><strong>How to watch online:<\/strong>\u00a0Fubo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/stream\/tv\/?irad=343747&amp;irmp=1205322&amp;subId1=Local&amp;subId2=NBA&amp;subId3=story%2Fsports%2Fnba%2Fthunder%2F2025%2F11%2F04%2Fthunder-clippers-channel-tonight-nba-games-tonight-live-time-tv-schedule-streaming%2F87076377007_u5rPBe2EQgOJrgVg6UrQ2eP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free trial<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/21\/okc-thunder-san-antonio-spurs-ajay-mitchell-former-teammate-victor-wembanyama-france-nanterre-92\/87803566007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Victor Wembanyama is &#8216;proud&#8217; of former teammate Ajay Mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs Spurs predictions, picks<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Martinez:<\/strong> OKC 110, San Antonio 104<\/p>\n<p>OKC&#8217;s hopes of winning an NBA Cup title were snatched away by San Antonio in the semifinals. That also snapped the Thunder&#8217;s franchise-record winning streak of 16 games. To say OKC will be motivated entering Tuesday&#8217;s rematch is an understatement, and it&#8217;ll be close to full strength after sitting multiple guys against Memphis on Monday. I expect Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to look like the reigning MVP after making some uncharacteristic mistakes in the first meeting with San Antonio, and his supporting cast of shooters should provide better floor spacing this time around. Give me the Thunder on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/23\/thunder-spurs-nba-rivalry-victor-wembanyama-chet-holmgren\/87887901007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Why Thunder vs. Spurs has ingredients to sustain NBA&#8217;s best rivalry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs Spurs betting odds<\/p>\n<p>Odds via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.az.betmgm.com\/en\/sports\/events\/oklahoma-city-thunder-at-san-antonio-spurs-18613920?tab=score\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BetMGM<\/a> as of Tuesday, Dec. 23<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Odds:<\/strong> Thunder by 5.5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Over\/under:<\/strong> 233.5<\/li>\n<li><strong>Moneyline:<\/strong> OKC -220 | San Antonio +180<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/22\/nba-power-rankings-okc-thunder-san-antonio-spurs-victor-wembanyama\/87841603007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA power rankings: How big of a threat are Victor Wembanyama, Spurs to dethrone Thunder?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thunder vs Spurs injury updates<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thunder:<\/strong> Ousmane Dieng (right calf strain) is out. Ajay Mitchell (concussion protocol) is out. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/09\/25\/thomas-sorber-injury-update-okc-thunder-rookie-torn-acl\/86349566007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Sorber<\/a>\u00a0(ACL surgery recovery) is out.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/10\/30\/nikola-topic-testicular-cancer-chemotherapy-okc-thunder-guard\/86986564007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nikola Topi\u0107<\/a>\u00a0(surgery recovery) is out. Jaylin Williams (right heel bursitis) is out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spurs:<\/strong> Harrison Ingram (G League two-way) is out. David Jones Garcia (G League two-way) is out. Stanley Umude (G League two-way) is out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/12\/15\/okc-thunder-guard-aaron-wiggins-stats-system-monster\/87695837007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How Aaron Wiggins became a &#8216;system monster&#8217; for OKC Thunder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Projected OKC Thunder starters<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/11\/23\/okc-thunder-rookie-thomas-sorber-team-chemistry-despite-season-ending-acl-injury\/87313899007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">How OKC Thunder rookie Thomas Sorber became &#8216;one of the guys&#8217; despite ACL injury<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Projected San Antonio Spurs starters<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oklahoman.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/thunder\/2025\/10\/20\/okc-thunder-roster-depth-chart-lineup-nba-2025-26-season\/86391718007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meet the OKC Thunder&#8217;s roster for 2025-26 NBA season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Justin Martinez covers the Thunder and NBA for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Justin? He can be reached at jmartinez@oklahoman.com or on X\/Twitter at\u00a0@Justintohoops. Sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profile.oklahoman.com\/newsletters\/thunder-sports-minute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thunder Sports Minute newsletter<\/a>\u00a0to access more NBA coverage. Support Justin&#8217;s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/subscribe.oklahoman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the OKC Thunder will face Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on the road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":468609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[1437,145867,647,193900,137257,4156,6950,5229,1625,1339,213036,34301,213037,18419,146637,213034,97245,63741,179157,7943,2451,3772,17528,17533,3189,213035,7200,7227,23226,193899,623,94956,10005,193896,193897,89840,12110,97395,7226,3367,33783,48218,202936,23224,4550,193898,177957,3577,3135,2868,644,663,1571,5382,1260,942,50,187871,137256,5847,1268,17529,450,950,449,1624,7202,3138,7203,94955,3371,62,1458,7199,1620,211546,189924,12551,645,358,448,6001,447,456,45197,639,19707,3187,213033,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,189925,11818,4714,12496,2058,3117,14249,193895,2612,23885],"class_list":{"0":"post-468608","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-aaron","9":"tag-aaron-wiggins","10":"tag-affiliate","11":"tag-ajay","12":"tag-ajay-mitchell","13":"tag-alex","14":"tag-alex-caruso","15":"tag-america","16":"tag-antonio","17":"tag-basketball","18":"tag-bismack","19":"tag-bismack-biyombo","20":"tag-biyombo","21":"tag-blog","22":"tag-caruso","23":"tag-cason","24":"tag-cason-wallace","25":"tag-castle","26":"tag-chet","27":"tag-chet-holmgren","28":"tag-city","29":"tag-commerce","30":"tag-contains","31":"tag-contains-commerce-or-affiliate-content","32":"tag-content","33":"tag-deaaron","34":"tag-deaaron-fox","35":"tag-devin","36":"tag-devin-vassell","37":"tag-dort","38":"tag-fox","39":"tag-gilgeous-alexander","40":"tag-grizzlies","41":"tag-hartenstein","42":"tag-holmgren","43":"tag-isaiah","44":"tag-isaiah-hartenstein","45":"tag-isaiah-joe","46":"tag-jalen","47":"tag-jalen-williams","48":"tag-joe","49":"tag-johnson","50":"tag-keldon","51":"tag-keldon-johnson","52":"tag-live","53":"tag-luguentz","54":"tag-luguentz-dort","55":"tag-memphis","56":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","57":"tag-mitchell","58":"tag-modular","59":"tag-modular-story","60":"tag-national","61":"tag-national-sports","62":"tag-nba","63":"tag-neutral","64":"tag-news","65":"tag-nikola","66":"tag-nikola-topic","67":"tag-oklahoma","68":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","69":"tag-or","70":"tag-overall","71":"tag-overall-neutral","72":"tag-point","73":"tag-san","74":"tag-san-antonio","75":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","76":"tag-sanantonio","77":"tag-shai","78":"tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","79":"tag-sports","80":"tag-sports-news","81":"tag-spurs","82":"tag-stanley","83":"tag-stanley-umude","84":"tag-stephon","85":"tag-stephon-castle","86":"tag-story","87":"tag-texas","88":"tag-the","89":"tag-thunder","90":"tag-to","91":"tag-to-the-point","92":"tag-topic","93":"tag-ttp","94":"tag-ttp-live-blog","95":"tag-tx","96":"tag-umude","97":"tag-united-states","98":"tag-united-states-of-america","99":"tag-unitedstates","100":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","101":"tag-us","102":"tag-usa","103":"tag-vassell","104":"tag-victor","105":"tag-victor-wembanyama","106":"tag-wallace","107":"tag-washington","108":"tag-washington-wizards","109":"tag-wembanyama","110":"tag-wiggins","111":"tag-williams","112":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}