{"id":1384,"date":"2026-05-25T08:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2026-05-25T08:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T08:33:53","slug":"wembanyama-answers-the-call-again-spurs-top-thunder-to-tie-west-finals-at-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1384","title":{"rendered":"Wembanyama answers the call again, Spurs top Thunder to tie West finals at 2-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>San Antonio\u2019s Victor Wembanyama wanted the ball for the final couple seconds of the first half. He got it, 65 feet from the basket.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1382\">Unsettled weather continues this week in central NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He had three Oklahoma City defenders in front of him. He took three dribbles. He got three points.<\/p>\n<p>\n                And he made it look easy, too.\n              <\/p>\n<p>A swished 3-pointer from the midcourt stripe to close the first half brought maybe the loudest roars of his night, but it was hardly the only moment in which Wembanyama was unstoppable in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He got most of the fourth quarter off and still finished with 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocked shots as the Spurs beat the Thunder 103-82 to tie the West title series at two games apiece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that we had never been in this kind of situation before,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cIt was our first deficit in a playoff series and we just responded. It was nothing amazing. It wasn\u2019t magic. We just did what we needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he wasn\u2019t surprised. A 62-win team in the regular season \u2014 and a team that has now beaten Oklahoma City six times in nine opportunities this season \u2014 shouldn\u2019t be surprised by anything anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Game 5 is Tuesday in Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>It was Wembanyama who pointed the finger of blame at himself following San Antonio\u2019s loss in Game 3, saying that the Spurs were \u201cgoing to see what we\u2019re made of\u201d in Game 4 and that he had to do more to get teammates involved.<\/p>\n<p>He delivered on every level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw a lot and I\u2019m not surprised,\u201d Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. \u201cI think our competitive response all year has been pretty good \u2014 and he\u2019s been at the forefront of that more often than not. I think tonight, not speaking for him, he felt an obligation to set a tone for us in a variety of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama had 11 points in the first quarter, 11 more on 10 shot attempts in the second quarter and capped all that with the beat-the-clock 3-pointer going into halftime.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1380\">Golden Knights shake off disputed no-goal, storm past Avalanche for a 3-0 series lead<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And on the other end, he might have been even better.<\/p>\n<p>The unanimous Defensive Player of the Year \u2014 who was announced on Sunday night as a first-team All-NBA selection for the first time \u2014 led an effort that held Oklahoma City to a season-low in points and a season-high-tying 20 turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder had at least 108 points in every game in these playoffs entering Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve played 12 playoff games. When you play 12 playoff games, they\u2019re not all going to be masterpieces,\u201d Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. \u201cAs much as you want to win, there\u2019s nights where you just don\u2019t have it for whatever reason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, that reason might have been Wembanyama. The Thunder were outscored by 29 points when he was on the floor. They shot 18 of 41 inside the paint, with Wembanyama a big reason for that, so more things got forced outside \u2014 where they shot 12 of 50.<\/p>\n<p>He was asked how the Spurs bottled up the Thunder so well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not going to get into details, but in general, being more disciplined and just trusting the game plan even more,\u201d Wembanyama said.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a flight for the Spurs to Oklahoma City on Monday for a game on Tuesday, and the winner of that contest will be one game away from the NBA Finals. It\u2019s clear that Wembanyama knows that even after a big win, the job only gets tougher now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe series is far from over,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cWe\u2019ve got six more wins before we can rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=1378\">Daniel Suarez wins the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 after NASCAR honors the late Kyle Busch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio\u2019s Victor Wembanyama wanted the ball for the final couple seconds of the first&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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