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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the San Antonio Spurs in the opening half of our \u2018Coast 2 Coast Tuesday\u2019 doubleheader on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n
Enjoy the best of\u00a0Tuesday\u2019s slate<\/a>\u00a0with the NBA.com live blog, featuring all of the meaningful moments, performances, observations, news, notes and highlights.<\/p>\n What we know ahead of Tuesday\u2019s games:<\/p>\n The Oklahoma City Thunder host the San Antonio Spurs (8 ET<\/a>) to open our \u2018Coast 2 Coast Tuesday\u2019 doubleheader on NBC and Peacock, looking to take their first win over their Western Conference rival this season. JANUARY 13, 2026 \/\/ 6:30 ET<\/p>\n Keldon Johnson keeps grinding<\/p>\n The longest-tenured San Antonio Spur has picked it up lately, helping drive his team up to second in the Western Conference at 27-12.<\/p>\n Johnson (15.7 ppg, 6.5 reb, 55.1 FG% over his last 10 games) is a strong slasher and consistent worker.<\/p>\n As the team around him has grown in talent, he\u2019s focused his role, shooting his career-best from the field and three-point range this season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Keldon Johnson’s highlights over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n The 2020 Olympic gold medalist has a bowling ball frame and knows how to use it.<\/p>\n Keldon\u2019s made 117 of 178 shots (65.7 percent) within five feet of the hoop this season \u2014 no Spur has taken more shots at the rim \u2014 while also hitting 50 of 118 (42.4 percent) of his three-pointers.<\/p>\n He\u2019s also third on the team at 1.3 box outs per game, behind Victor Wembanyama and Luke Kornet, and has the second-best rebound percentage on the team, trailing only the French superstar.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s as consistent as it gets for us in terms of his rebounding, his efficiency,\u201d said Coach Mitch Johnson. \u201cHe\u2019s been a mainstay and yeah, it\u2019s every night with that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n JANUARY 13, 2026 \/\/ 6:00 ET<\/p>\n Welcome to a seven-game night in the NBA! Stephon Castle and the San Antonio Spurs take on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n It\u2019s \u2018Coast 2 Coast Tuesday\u2019 on NBC and Peacock, featuring Spurs-Thunder (8 ET<\/a>) and Trail Blazers-Warriors (11 ET<\/a>).<\/p>\n The defending NBA champions are 0-3 against the Spurs so far this season, including a loss in the Emirates NBA Cup 2025 Semifinals, while going 33-4 against the rest of the league.<\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t lose to a team three times in a row in a short span without them being better than you,\u201d said Shai Gilgeous-Alexander after OKC\u2019s most recent loss to San Antonio on Christmas. \u201cWe have to get better. We have to look in the mirror \u2013 and that\u2019s everybody, top to bottom \u2013 if we want to reach our ultimate goal.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s tonight\u2019s complete schedule:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the San Antonio Spurs in the opening half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3797],"tags":[19484,7,73604,129,6,72187,969,474,4075,4074,209,534,693],"class_list":["post-535007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio-spurs","tag-19484","tag-basketball","tag-january-13","tag-live-coverage","tag-nba","tag-nba-com-live-blog","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-sanantonio","tag-sanantoniospurs","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115890740403323267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe national nightcap features the Portland Trail Blazers and Golden State Warriors (11 ET<\/a>) as both vie for position in the Play-In Tournament ranks.
\nNorman Powell and Tyler Herro are available tonight, while Anthony Edwards, Luguentz Dort, Isaiah Hartenstein and Kristaps Porzingis are out. Jamal Murray, LeBron James and Luka Don\u010di\u0107 are questionable.<\/p>\n
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