Crashing the Boards: Do the Oklahoma City Thunder have a Spurs problem?
YOU’RE UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST FIRST ALERT FORECAST. HEY EVERYBODY. WELCOME INTO THE SHOW. TONIGHT I’M BRYAN KEATING ALONGSIDE DANIEL BELL. WELCOME TO THE SHOW YOUR MAIDEN VOYAGE ON CRASH INTO BOARDS FROM BLACK SPORTS ONLINE AND 107 THE FRANCHISE. WELCOME IN. IT’S ALWAYS GOOD TO MEET WITH YOU ANYTIME. TALKING SPORTS. ONE OF THE BEST DRESSED PEOPLE IN MEDIA. LOOK MAN, A VERY DAPPER GENTLEMAN HIMSELF. WE’LL TRY TO DO THIS. SO THIS IS HOW WE STARTED. HE SAYS IT IS TIME FOR CRASHING THE BOARDS. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL GET INTO ALL THINGS OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER HERE ON THE SHOW. WE’LL GET INTO THE SPURS THING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT’S THAT’S WHAT EVERYBODY OUT THERE WANTS TO KNOW. THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. BUT WE SHOULD START TONIGHT DANIEL WITH THE GAME THAT WAS PLAYED AT THE PAYCOM TODAY. ROLL THE HIGHLIGHTS OKLAHOMA CITY HOSTING THE PHILADELPHIA 76 ERS I’LL TELL YOU WHAT. HERE’S WHAT I THOUGHT I THOUGHT OFFENSIVELY I THOUGHT OKLAHOMA CITY WAS DYNAMITE. JALEN WILLIAMS CONTINUING TO GET HEALTHIER AND HEALTHIER CHET HOLMGREN JUST OUTSTANDING 29 POINTS NINE REBOUNDS HAD FOUR BLOCKS. AND THEN THIS ONE FROM SGA. COME ON I MEAN THE UP AND THE STEP THROUGH THUNDER ARE GOING TO WIN THIS THING 129 104 DOES STOP A TWO GAME LOSING STREAK. BOTH OF THOSE TO THE SPURS. AGAIN WE’LL GET TO THAT SPURS THING HERE IN JUST A SECOND. BUT I’LL GIVE YOU THE FIRST SHOT AT THIS DANIEL BECAUSE I’M CURIOUS. YOU WERE THERE AT THE PAYCOM TODAY. YOU COVER THE THUNDER DAY TO DAY. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND THE WAY THAT THEY RESPONDED HERE AGAINST THE SIXERS AND GETTING BACK IN THE WIN COLUMN? A LITTLE NERVOUS TO START BECAUSE THE FIRST HALF WAS A LITTLE SHAKY OFFENSIVELY. LIKE YOU SAID THEY WERE DYNAMITE ALL NIGHT. THAT WASN’T AN ISSUE. BUT DEFENSIVELY WHICH HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. THE STARTS DEFENSIVELY HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR THE FOUR OUT OF THE LAST SIX GAMES. AND MAXEY WAS GETTING WHATEVER HE WANTED AND SECOND HALF COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. THAT MATCHED THE THE OFFENSIVE OUTPUT. THE FIRST HALF DID NOT LOOK LIKE A GAME WHERE SHEA WASN’T GOING TO PLAY IN THE FOURTH, AND THEN EVERYTHING FLIPPED THE SWITCH. MAXEY TWO SHOTS, TWO MADE SHOTS IN THE IN THE SECOND HALF. LOU CARUSO J-DUB A LITTLE BIT. ALL INCREASE THEIR PRESSURE ON THEM. AND I THINK THAT WAS WHAT REALLY TURNED THE TIDE IN THE SECOND HALF. ALL RIGHT I’LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO GET YOUR BOARD READY. HERE’S HERE’S THE WAY I’LL DO I’M GOING TO GO FOR EVERYBODY AT HOME. I’M GOING TO GO OKAY. EXHALE LIKE IT’S GOING TO BE OKAY. YOU KNOW EVERYBODY’S AT HOME. OH MY GOSH. WE’VE LOST TWO IN A ROW. EXHALE. THIS TEAM STILL ABSOLUTELY A JUGGERNAUT. THEY’RE STILL THE FAVORITE TO WIN THE NBA CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY WEREN’T PERFECT ON SUNDAY. AND HERE’S THE THING. AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK. IT’S THE WAY IT’S BEEN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY CAN CRUISE. IT’S A CLOSE GAME. YOU THINK WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE AVALANCHE AND THEY HIT YOU AND THEY DOMINATE YOU AND THEY PUT THE GAME AWAY IN A SECOND. I THOUGHT IN THAT THIRD QUARTER YOU REALLY SAW THAT DEFENSIVE PRESSURE RATCHET UP. THAT’S THE REASON THAT THEY’VE BEEN SO GOOD THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THEY JUST SUFFOCATE YOU DEFENSIVELY. AND I THOUGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A COUPLE OF GAMES, THEY REALLY FORCED THE SIXERS INTO EVERYTHING THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DO. TYRESE MAXEY HAD NOTHING FOR HIM IN THE SECOND HALF. THEIR DEFENSE TRANSLATES TO OFFENSE. THAT’S THE THUNDER TEAM WE’RE ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING. I THINK IN THE SECOND HALF, ONCE IT BECAME WINNING TIME, THE AVALANCHE CAME AND THEY PUT THE GAME AWAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF A PROTOTYPE REGULAR SEASON WIN FOR OKC. WE’RE GOING TO GO WITH RELAX. SIMILAR TO YOURS. SURE. YEAH. BUT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN EVERYBODY HAS BEEN TRADED FROM THIS THUNDER TEAM EXCEPT FOR ALEXANDER AND CAMERON WILLIAMS. EVERYBODY ELSE IS TRADE TRADE TRADE TRADE THE TRADE THE WATERBOY. LIKE EVERYBODY PEOPLE ARE PANICKING AT THIS. THIS IS JUST RELAX, ENJOY THESE GAMES. IT’S I MEAN IT’S A LONG SEASON. EVERY TEAM HAS HAD UPS AND DOWNS AND I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BREAK THE RECORD. AND THAT’S I MEAN, THEY TECHNICALLY STILL CAN, BUT LET’S BE REAL. LIKELY NOT HAPPENING BUT 70 STILL ON THE ON THE BOARD. THEY’RE BEATING THEIR RECORD FOR LAST YEAR STILL ON THE BOARD. SO JUST RELAX. ENJOY THE GAMES. ENJOY THE SEASON. NO NEED TO TRADE. TRADE. YOU CAN TRADE ISAIAH JOE FOR A SHOOTER. HE’S THE SHOOTER THE SHOOTER. EVERYBODY RELAX AND ENJOY I THINK THAT’S A GREAT POINT. SO HERE’S WHAT’S COMING UP NEXT FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER. THEY’RE ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF A BACK TO BACK ON SUNDAY. THE SECOND NIGHT OF A BACK TO BACK THE ATLANTA HAWKS COMING TO TOWN. HAWKS A BUNCH OF GUYS IN AND OUT. SO LOOK I’M NOT GOING TO PREDICT A WIN FOR OKC. BUT I’M ABSOLUTELY PROJECTING A WIN FOR OKLAHOMA CITY ON MONDAY NIGHT. SECOND NIGHT OF A BACK TO BACK. WHICH GETS US, I THINK TO THE QUESTION AT HAND. AND THIS IS THE QUESTION EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW. THE THUNDER ZERO AND THREE AGAINST THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS THIS WEEK. THEY LOST TWICE TO THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. THEY LOST ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THEY LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS OF THE NBA CUP. THE SKY IS FALLING. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO OKAY. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE THUNDER SPURS THING. DO THE THUNDER ONE HAVE A SPURS PROBLEM. YOU JUST SAID RELAX. WHAT HOW HOW RELAXED SHOULD WE BE. SEE I DON’T THINK IT’S A SPURS PROBLEM. THEY ARE REALLY TALENTED AND YOU GOT TO GIVE THE SPURS A LOT OF CREDIT FOR BEATING THE THUNDER. C1 I’LL JUST THROW THIS. I THINK THE HARDEST PLAYING TEAM WON ALL THREE OF THOSE GAMES, AND I THINK THE HARDEST PLAYING TEAM IN ALL THREE GAMES WAS THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS. I THINK YOU NAILED IT WITH EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID. THE SPURS. ABSOLUTELY. LOOK AT THIS THING AS A CHALLENGE AND A RIVALRY. NOW IN REALITY IN THE NBA, RIVALRIES ARE MADE IN THE PLAYOFFS. THERE ARE NO RIVALRY, NOTHING THAT’S MADE IN DECEMBER. BUT FROM THE SPURS PERSPECTIVE, I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT TO PROVE. THEY’RE BUILT SIMILARLY TO OKLAHOMA CITY. THEY GOT BIG ATHLETIC DEFENDERS WHO ABSOLUTELY CAUSED PROBLEMS FOR OKLAHOMA CITY. THEY ALSO HAVE THAT BIG SEVEN FOOT FIVE GUY, VICTOR WEMBANYAMA, ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE LEAGUE. SO THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE SPURS DID TO THEM AND CAN DO IN A PLAYOFF SERIES TO CAUSE THEM PROBLEMS, BUT RIVALRIES AREN’T MADE IN DECEMBER. I WILL SAY THIS FOR THE SPURS. IF EVERYBODY’S OUT THERE, COULD THE THUNDER PLAY THEM IN THE PLAYOFFS? COULD THEY BEAT THEM IN A PLAYOFF SERIES FIRST? THEY COULD ABSOLUTELY BEAT THEM IN THE PLAYOFF SERIES. BUT THE SPURS ARE TALENTED. THEY’VE NEVER BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS EVER. NOT THIS GROUP HAS NEVER BEEN IN A PLAYOFF GAME, MUCH LESS A PLAYOFF SERIES. IT’S TIED TWO TWO OR DOWN ONE ZERO AND ALL THE EBBS AND FLOWS AND SWINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO LEARN. SO RELAX ON THE SPURS. THEY’RE REALLY GOOD. AND I THINK THIS IS A RIVALRY THAT WILL BE A RIVALRY DOWN THE ROAD. I’M NOT THERE YET. I DON’T CARE IF THEY BEAT THEM. YOU KNOW, THREE TIMES THIS SEASON, NOT RIVALRY YET. YOU GOT A BOARD FOR ME BECAUSE I THINK I THINK SAN ANTONIO IS COMING. AND IF YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE TWO TEAMS THAT APPEAR TO BE PROBABLY, PROBABLY DO, WHAT ABOUT THE SPURS? YEAH I THINK YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. GO, GO WITH THE SAN ANTONIO SPURS I THINK I THINK THESE TWO TEAMS JUST PROJECT WITH THEIR YOUTH THE WAY THAT THEY’VE BEEN BUILT WILL BE THE TEAMS AT THE TOP OF THE WESTERN CONFERENCE, PROBABLY THE NEXT FIVE AND SIX YEARS. THEY’LL BE GOING HEAD TO HEAD, BUT I’M NOT THERE YET. AND. THE SPURS WANTED TO WIN MORE THAN OKLAHOMA CITY. I THINK THAT’S THE REASON THAT THEY WON ALL THREE OF THOSE GAMES, AND OKLAHOMA CITY HAS LOST ALL THREE. YOUNG, AND BUT VERY, VERY DANGEROUS. I MEAN, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED. AND SAME THING I’VE BEEN SAYING TO EVERYBODY SINCE CHRISTMAS, SAME CONVERSATIONS. WE DON’T KNOW HOW WE’RE GOING TO ACT IN THE PLAYOFFS. WE DON’T KNOW HOW THOSE THEIR GUARDS, TWO OF THE BETTER GUARDS ARE ROOKIE AND A SECOND YEAR GUY. AND STEPHANE KOCO AND DYLAN HARPER. THEN YOU HAVE DARREN FOX, WHO’S ONLY HAD ONE PLAYOFF SERIES EXPERIENCE IN HIS CAREER. THE COACH IS NEVER THERE ANYMORE, RIGHT? IT’S A NEW COACH THAT HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE PLAYOFFS, NEVER EVEN BEEN IN THE PLAY-IN. SO WE WE NEED TO CHILL OUT. LIKE YOU SAID, CHILL OUT ON THEM. BUT THEY ARE DANGEROUS. YOU DON’T WANT THEM TO TO GET UP AND GET CONFIDENCE BECAUSE THAT’S ALL YOUNG TEAM NEEDS. KIND OF KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE THUNDER IN 2024 WHEN THEY LOST TO THE MAVS IN THE PLAYOFFS. NOBODY KNEW HOW THEY WERE GOING TO REACT. I MEAN, YOU YOU HAVE DUB. THAT’S REALLY GOOD. IN HIS FIRST YEAR PLAYING. AND IT’S LIKE, THIS IS INSANE. THEY GET THE ONE SEED. BUT LUKA THOSE MAVS GUYS EXTREMELY EXPERIENCED AND THEY WERE THEY WERE THE BETTER TEAM. THOSE GUYS KNEW HOW TO HOW TO PLAY IN PLAYOFF SERIES WHERE THUNDER DID NOT. AND I THINK THAT’S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE SPURS ARE RIGHT NOW. THUNDER BACK ON THE WINNING SIDE ON SUNDAY. EVERYBODY CAN RELAX. EXHALE. TAKE A DEEP BREATH. ENJOY THE RIDE. BECAUSE I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A HECK OF A RIDE FOR OKLAHOMA CITY FROM NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. AND THEY PLAYED MUCH BETTER ON SUNDAY. DANIEL BELL FROM BLACK SPORTS ONLINE, 107.7. THE FRANCHISE. EXCELLENT JOB ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGE HERE ON CRASHING THE BOARDS. THANK YOU FOR HAVIN
Crashing the Boards: Do the Oklahoma City Thunder have a Spurs problem?
Updated: 11:56 AM CST Dec 29, 2025
On the latest edition of Crashing the Boards, KOCO 5 Sports Director Bryan Keating and special guest Daniel with Black Sports Online and 107.7 The Franchise discuss whether fans should be worried about the Thunder’s recent woes against the Spurs.
On the latest edition of Crashing the Boards, KOCO 5 Sports Director Bryan Keating and special guest Daniel with Black Sports Online and 107.7 The Franchise discuss whether fans should be worried about the Thunder’s recent woes against the Spurs.