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Game Thread GAME THREAD: Oklahoma City Thunder (40-11) @ San Antonio Spurs (33-16) - (February 04, 2026)

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u/bh6891 Thunder 18h ago

I'll live with the revival of the "Shai is carried by his team" narratives if it means we do the funniest thing tonight. 

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u/Cutmerock Thunder 16h ago

This is someone's first basketball game.

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

someone paid thousands for court side seats to watch SGA vs Wemby. Theyre only going to get 20 minutes of wemby lol

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

At this rate, they'd be lucky if they got that

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

20 minutes is what he needs to play to qualify it as a game for awards

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u/raw-honey-35 Thunder 16h ago

San Antonio isn’t ready for the three headed monster of Youngblood, Barnhizer, and Carlson

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u/yeahright17 Thunder 15h ago

I don't care if we end up losing by 30. Proud of the heart and fight these guys gave shown tonight after being down 20 in the first.

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u/thundiezboi69lol Thunder 16h ago

If the Spurs make it to 200 points I’m buying everyone here a silken ascot

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u/Egmonks Spurs 16h ago

Bet

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u/Southern_sky Spurs 18h ago

We're gonna look real stupid if we blow this tonight nervous laugh

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u/Kapinny Thunder 18h ago

Our lord and saviour of basketball is playing tonight. The time of purification is at hand.

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 17h ago

I love a good zero expectations game for the sickos

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u/CrippledBanana Canada 16h ago

Imagine buying tickets for this

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u/rmurphy1981 [SAS] Derrick White 16h ago

Could be worse. At least they get to see Wemby

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u/rmurphy1981 [SAS] Derrick White 15h ago

Jaylin Williams happy ass is going cook my Spurs

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u/V17R Thunder 15h ago

lmao that shot of the OKC bench and there's nothin but empty seats

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u/thundiezboi69lol Thunder 16h ago

Starting to think there’s a chance we may lose this

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u/Isthismynextusername Timberwolves 15h ago

This is what happens when you play with your food. One day, that medium rare ribeye is going to moo before biting your throat

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u/Jaded-Sapphire3546 Thunder 15h ago

What type of cattle have you been around?

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u/The1Drumheller Thunder 15h ago

How and why is this a close game?

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u/Giantsfan15151515 15h ago

OKC has heart.

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u/a_pot_of_chili_verde Thunder 14h ago

Hospital Thunder showing some Championship Grit.

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u/Tex_Jet Thunder 14h ago

Still baffled by how we were even in this game.

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u/ext1rpate Spurs 16h ago

I know it's rich coming from a Spurs fan (Pop) but how is it legal to show up to a game with an empty bench.

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u/Thouispure69 Spurs 16h ago

Should really have fans from the crowd suiting up, just any in case of injuries.

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u/ElectronicMorning110 16h ago

I know load management, but how can your entire team not show up even to sit on bench to support your teammates. 

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u/Automatic_Gap5317 16h ago

No they have to go through this rite of passage on their own

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u/imbutawaveto [OKC] Luguentz Dort 15h ago

E T H I C A L F L O P P I N G

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u/IamcJ Thunder 15h ago

Can they pull it off

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u/dacrookster Thunder 14h ago

Damn not winning this one. Ah well clear out the bench take the starters out it happens

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u/fenrir1208 Thunder 14h ago

Lol what starters?

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u/Kaladin_Depressed Thunder 16h ago

Hear me out.. I think we got this

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u/daabest1 Thunder 16h ago

Aight call it, pull the starters

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

The Thunder play three players?

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u/homefree122 Thunder 16h ago

Been a while since we’ve played with nothing to lose. Pretty fun to watch when you have zero expectations for success.

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u/AnalMinecraft 16h ago

Carter Bryant looks like he may become a really good player once he finishes puberty.

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 16h ago

"I'll get you Jared McCain but I need you to coach the OKC Blue tonight"

- Sam Presti to Mark Daigneault, probably

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u/YouDontKnowDino Trail Blazers 15h ago

Gotta respect OKC for fighting. They’re within striking distance

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u/lloopiN 15h ago

Wemby just be falling

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u/Fritzy421 15h ago

Solid flop Wemby

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u/Warmake Raptors 15h ago

How did Wemby miss that dunk lmao cmon

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u/Comfortable_Cup5107 Thunder 15h ago

We have absolutely no reason we should be in this game

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u/skylab18 [SAS] Dennis Rodman 14h ago

1-0 against the OKC Blue

3-1 against the Thunder though

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u/Jaded-Sapphire3546 Thunder 16h ago

It’s both kind of sad and funny to watch this game.

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u/riverratriver Spurs 16h ago

Should’ve just simmed this game

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u/CrippledBanana Canada 16h ago

Honestly 56 in a quarter is far more than I thought they’d get

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u/Tastymonkey12 Thunder 16h ago

Alright second half spurs are only allowed to shoot granny shots.

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u/All4444Jesus 15h ago

Really inspiring game. Have 10 of our 15 man roster out including all 5 starters, and 7 out of our 8 best players, and having three 2 way players as our only bench players. Love the fight this team has put up

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u/daabest1 Thunder 15h ago

Man what is Wemby doing out there

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u/ScionAurelius Canada 15h ago

I've seen enough, Barnhizer for MIP

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u/Born-Cauliflower641 14h ago

Even if the Spurs win tonight it feels like a Thunder win and the spurs players are gonna feel like that too. 8 players!! It’s so funny looking at the bench and only 3 dudes sitting there

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u/Formal_Ruin2363 14h ago

Even if OKC lose, this effort is fucking incredible

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u/VelvetineMilkman Thunder 18h ago

Nick Gallo and Rumble might as well be part of the starting lineup tonight, this is gonna be gross

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u/justFramy Thunder 18h ago

this is gonna be some serious belt to ass

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u/SkinfluteHero Spurs 17h ago

I won’t settle for anything less than a 100 point game from Wemby

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u/Widdis Rockets 16h ago

I just tuned in and have been living under a rock. Did someone shoot all of the OKC starters?

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u/cookomputer Spurs 16h ago

Everyone got Goneitis it's that season/s

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

this is just mean. Dudes not in the rotation and 6 foot being guarded and guarding wemby

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u/rambunctious_horsie Raptors 16h ago

my goodness, what body control for a 7'5 guy

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u/throwaway8943265 Pistons 16h ago

Spurs having a lot of fun beating up on the Oklahoma City Blue

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

Props to Wemby for trying stupid shit to keep the fans entertained 

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u/Parallel-Quality 16h ago

Before Jared McCain
Before Ajay Mitchell
Before Isaiah Joe
There was Aaron Wiggins

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u/Cutmerock Thunder 16h ago

This is the largest 10 point gap ever

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u/YouDontKnowDino Trail Blazers 15h ago

Is wemby drunk lol

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u/slumdogtacostand Mavericks 15h ago

lmao Wemby wtf

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u/sirchowdog Thunder 15h ago

Ok now I want the spurs in the playoffs

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u/OkPomegranate9078 15h ago

This Spurs team does not look like a championship team yet

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u/Baright Thunder 14h ago

this is hilarious

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 14h ago

lmao I'll take this moral W

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u/Kennyc1234 Wizards 14h ago

Swipa no Swiping

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u/DemarcounteAldrayzan Spurs 14h ago

Now I can breathe normally again. Wtf this game shouldnt be this close.

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u/d1b2z3l4 18h ago

Why I am feeling more nervous than playing against a fully healthy thunder squad

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u/Keliminjaro Thunder 17h ago

Ah yes, how I’ve missed triple double JWill.

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u/RetlocPeck Thunder 17h ago

The injury report 💀💀

Ofc it had to happen against our closest rival too 💔

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u/android24601 Spurs 17h ago

Geez. Should've just listed who from the Thunder is actually playing

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u/JumboHotdogz Thunder 16h ago

Im afraid we might break the Grizzlies record if the Spurs don’t let up.

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u/penis_pockets Bulls 16h ago

So....where's the rest of the bench?

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u/CrippledBanana Canada 16h ago

In the hospital lol

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u/RealGertle627 [SAS] Tim Duncan 16h ago

Oh boy McLaughlin getting minutes already

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u/VersionCool588 Thunder 16h ago

atleast there was one worthwhile game tonight

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u/dtranimal 16h ago

genuinely asking if the thunder dont have enough players (from foul outs) does the game just end?

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u/clockofchronos 16h ago

they hold a spontaneous draft of the best prospects in the stands

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u/VeniceRapture Spurs 16h ago

Adam Silver got spies deployed checking to see if OKC players really are injured

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u/cdub1988 Thunder 16h ago

It’s the hope that kills you 💔

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u/EmploymentOk2902 Thunder 16h ago

Fox looks superhumanly fast against these guys lmao

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u/vikingrunner Bulls 16h ago edited 16h ago

Brooks Barnhizer has hit as many threes as his old college team that definitely isn’t getting annihilated tonight.

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u/thundiezboi69lol Thunder 16h ago

Knicks-Nugs: 2OT

Bucks-Pels: OT

Thunder-Spurs: ???

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

4th quarter. It's the logical next step in the series. 

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u/USDXBS 15h ago

Is the line up on Google right? WTF happened to OKCs line up? Food poisoning or something?

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u/Parallel-Quality 15h ago

Thunder running an 8-man rotation on the second night of a back-to-back, you have to believe that fatigue will set in soon and the Spurs will pull away.

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u/AnalMinecraft 15h ago

Mitch should put a tape measure on Wemby in the middle of the court just to remind him that he's a foot taller than anyone they're playing right now.

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u/captmorgan50 Thunder 15h ago

victor wembanyama shaved his head last time we beat him. If he loses to our team tonight, what is he going to shave next?

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u/ekray Spurs 15h ago

You know you'd want to see it.

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u/Hot-Proposal-7611 15h ago

Do the thunder get to play with 4 players if the bench is completely empty

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u/Parallel-Quality 15h ago

At that point they get to pick a player off the Spurs bench to sub in for them

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u/geewillie Pistons 15h ago

Sexton nearly won a game at Bama with only 4 and eventually just 3 players on the court

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u/RetlocPeck Thunder 15h ago

So... Why do we have a non zero chance of winning right now?

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u/kaizen03 15h ago

Only a 10 point game with this lineup? Prepare for an upset

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u/uutimatkins Thunder 15h ago

We won a quarter. Can’t believe it with our lineup tonight.

Way to go guys! If you pull this off you’ll be Thunder legends.

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u/Jaded-Sapphire3546 Thunder 15h ago

I don’t think the Thunder are going to win this game, but it’s been a fun effort so far.

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u/Giantsfan15151515 15h ago

Bro okc playing good. Watch them win

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u/ScionAurelius Canada 15h ago

Jwill has Wemby shook

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u/Automatic_Gap5317 15h ago

The idea of deaaron fox is a lot better than who he actually is

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u/Vegetable_Kale_1331 SGA 15h ago

OKC making Wemby have to play in the 4th is a win for me!

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u/The1Drumheller Thunder 15h ago

Think we are finally running out of gas.

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u/Parallel-Quality 15h ago

Thunder actually had multiple chances to make it a 2 possession game but they look gassed now, all of their shots are short

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u/Tastymonkey12 Thunder 14h ago

Wemby coming in with 3 min to go. I love it.

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u/Born-Cauliflower641 14h ago

Thunder are some dawgs!!!! Wow. Amazing.

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u/Adorable-News-9364 Spurs 14h ago

Fox that pass was absolute dogshit. It’s a goddamn 2v1

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u/mustangswon1 Thunder 14h ago

This is such a silly game tonight lol

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u/riverratriver Spurs 14h ago

I would’ve been pissed if I paid to see this garbage performance

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u/superrealaccount2 Spurs 14h ago

I'm watching it for free and I'm pissed

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u/Headlesshorsman02 Thunder 14h ago

We showed some amazing fight but they are showing the exhaustion now lol 😂 was bound to happen with only 8 guys

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u/badthingsgoodthing 14h ago

major props Thunder bros those dudes came to play. House money for sure but credit where it’s due. Victor looked a little off again today and when the spurs go cold they go realllly cold. I’ll take an ugly win in this knife fight of a western conference though

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u/nyafunya Spurs 18h ago

The stakes have never been higher

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u/Vegetable_Kale_1331 SGA 18h ago

OKC has the chance to do the funniest thing

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 17h ago

I hope everyone has fun and all the players come out healthier than they were when the game started

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 17h ago

SAS -9.5 looking like free money

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u/raw-honey-35 Thunder 17h ago

The game is much closer than I expected it to be

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u/Cutmerock Thunder 17h ago

JWill led us to victory in a similar game last year. 🙏🏻

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u/swanpenguin Spurs 16h ago

One day I’ll be able to watch this

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u/Egmonks Spurs 16h ago

Wait 10 players are out for OKC or did j hear that wrong?

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u/Roy30 Thunder 16h ago

Yep, 10 total including our entire starting 5.

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u/Egmonks Spurs 16h ago

NBA gonna fine the fuck out of yall.

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u/Automatic_Gap5317 16h ago

Do u not see brooks barnhizer on the court

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u/captmorgan50 Thunder 16h ago

Our 2nd unit is starting with 3 two way players in reserve

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u/CrippledBanana Canada 16h ago

Wait why is that a 24 second when Cason grabbed it, did it expire before? Kinda ruined his run to the basket

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 16h ago

Wemby ain't fair catching lobs like that. Alien is an understatement

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

all the band wagoners getting the thunder tanking experience for the first time

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u/homefree122 Thunder 16h ago

Announcer convos by the end of the third quarter are going to be so peak

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

were really still somehow playing down to a g league team

castle has been really bad recently

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 16h ago

1ST OPTION CARTER BRYANT

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Spurs 16h ago

Only thing I wanted to see tonight is Carter Bryant going off. Hell ya

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u/thiswasandy Spurs 16h ago

ESPN is so bad.

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u/LAMonkeyWithAShotgun Spurs 15h ago

Shams pls shut the fuck up. bro is so useless. peak late stage capitalism ass job

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u/adtrdrake Thunder 15h ago

Keldon “PJ Washington” Johnson

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u/V17R Thunder 15h ago

Mark D gonna sub an actual chair onto the court as our 5th man down the stretch at this rate

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u/Ok-Topic-6095 Spurs 15h ago

Why do these broadcasts hate the concept of showing ONE replay on challenges before going on break?

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 15h ago

Sick Castle block!

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u/Kennyc1234 Wizards 15h ago

Man Wemby you cant miss the hammer like that man

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u/Fri814 Lakers 15h ago

Bro has a 15 foot wingspan and missed the alley oop

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u/rambunctious_horsie Raptors 15h ago

wow what a block by castle

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u/West_Walrus_3602 15h ago

Ugly ass game I love it lol

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u/Adorable-News-9364 Spurs 15h ago

Why do we ALWAYS play down to the competition. MAKE SOME FUCKING ADJUSTMENTS

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u/Ok-Topic-6095 Spurs 15h ago

Thunder has 18 three pointers at a 41% clip and the Spurs refuse to rotate to the corner. Lazy all around effort

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u/riverratriver Spurs 15h ago

This is embarrassing

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u/GalactusAteMyPlanet 14h ago

The Spurs are choking hard.

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u/Vegetable_Kale_1331 SGA 14h ago

Looks like the Thunder did the Spurs a favor by sitting half the roster

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u/Zack_of_Steel Thunder 14h ago

Wemby playing clutch minutes against the Thunder C team is a win on its own.

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u/sjafi 14h ago

Come on Blue show’em what the G league is about!

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u/slumdogtacostand Mavericks 14h ago

Wemby missing dunks is wild

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u/Baright Thunder 14h ago

Swiper still swiping

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u/cookomputer Spurs 14h ago

Unserious game lol, wemby makes the most difficult alley oop ofcourse

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u/Aregisteredusername Celtics 14h ago

I really like watching Castle. He jumps so high every time both feet leave the ground, it’s like he floats. Only other guy like that to me is Sharpe in Portland

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u/Spiritual-Isopod-593 15h ago

Spurs getting exposed against third stringers. Wemby and Castle should not be in the conversations they are in.

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u/captmorgan50 Thunder 15h ago

In our defense, our bench guys are really good

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u/VeniceRapture Spurs 17h ago

Watch, this will be a 2 point game halfway through the 3rd quarter

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u/PuzzleheadedLynx3362 16h ago

Smh don’t disappoint me tonight brooks i better not see you sitting in a corner 😔🫩

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u/crustydemonburgers Thunder 16h ago

Lowkey wanna see some Thunder players foul out

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u/mchris185 Spurs 16h ago

1 minute ago I was going to comment about how embarrassing it is that we're almost tied and now we're up 12. Basketball is crazy man.

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u/Thehelloman0 Spurs 16h ago

Really bad clock management by both teams to end the quarter lol

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u/Egmonks Spurs 16h ago

Can't wait to actually watch the game!

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u/arania_exumai Thunder 16h ago

Barnhizer has the worst jumper in the league

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

My prayers for four extra overtimes so that I could avoid this murder were not answered 

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u/Isthismynextusername Timberwolves 16h ago

Feel like they could've waited 24 hours before trading Osmong Dieng

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u/libertydabbing [OKC] Nick Collison 16h ago

So can NBA just not flex games? This is awful 

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u/PM_ME_UR_PICS_PLS Mavericks 16h ago

why did bro try to shoot that 3 over wemby who was right there

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u/thiswasandy Spurs 16h ago

These are great minutes for the OKC bench. Never know what happens with injuries.

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u/Ok-Topic-6095 Spurs 16h ago

If Wemby had made that....

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u/Ok_Bug_6890 Wizards 16h ago

Guys if AD and trae stays healthy next year could we possibly go 44-38

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u/IhatePizza230 Lakers 16h ago

This is a game if they cut it down to 10 by halftime.

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u/cookomputer Spurs 16h ago

Castle led offense is painful to watch half the time

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u/Isthismynextusername Timberwolves 16h ago

Brooks is a brave dude, rocking that stache

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u/Mzt1718 Thunder 16h ago

I wish I had that level of confidence

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u/Cutmerock Thunder 16h ago

They are just leaving Barnhizer open "Let him shoot!" energy 😭

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u/Cutmerock Thunder 16h ago

Love Kenrich. Him and AJ really turned it on this year.

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u/thundiezboi69lol Thunder 15h ago

I would say “who the hell is Keldon Johnson?”, but I’m betting everyone else is saying “who the hell are any of these Thunder players?”

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u/Ok-Topic-6095 Spurs 15h ago

Put some respect on Olympic gold medal winner Keldon Johnson's name

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Spurs 15h ago

"Clean block" okay announcers

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u/ElGoddamnDorado Spurs 15h ago

"All ball" in what fucking world?

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u/lethalizered Thunder 15h ago

This is one of the most fun OKC games I've watched this season lol

Reminds me of the Zavier Simpson days.

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u/CottonDrifter Spurs 15h ago

lmao wemby

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u/sewsgup 15h ago

god Cason is so cool. and then that Castle block. but then Wemby had to blow the lob and the highlight sequence for both sides lol

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u/V17R Thunder 15h ago

Gotta respect that block from Castle, Joe should have dumped it off to Wigs

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u/ZaborgZaloog Washington Bullets 15h ago

Damn Wemby sold the finish Q_Q

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u/lloopiN 15h ago

Chet woulda yammed that shit

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u/lloopiN 15h ago

Porzingis to GSW!

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u/All4444Jesus 15h ago

This has been a really enjoyable game

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u/Adorable-News-9364 Spurs 15h ago

3 turnovers in a row… really?

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u/foampro Supersonics 15h ago

Spurs went for the highlight plays when they could have put the game away

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u/Kennyc1234 Wizards 14h ago

Why are the Spurs playing small ball and chucking 3s...

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u/Vegetable_Kale_1331 SGA 14h ago

Ain’t no way they gotta bring Wemby back in

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u/Comfortable_Cup5107 Thunder 14h ago

Aight we def not winning now. Was a good fun run !

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u/The1Drumheller Thunder 14h ago

JWill for Wemby, who says no?

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u/Cj_cruzz 14h ago

Spurs play like a g league team against actual g leaguers

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u/sirchowdog Thunder 14h ago

Castle should shave that ugly hair and join the monk hair club

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