8:30, ESPN<\/a>).<\/p>\nWhat we know about Tuesday\u2019s game:<\/p>\n
In a 2-2 series in the NBA Playoffs, the home team for Game 5 has gone on to advance 73.1% of the time.<\/p>\n
MAY 26, 2026 \/ 6:00 ET<\/p>\n
Starting Lineups: Spurs-Thunder, Game 5
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder are hosting the Spurs in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals tonight on NBC and Peacock.<\/p>\n
San Antonio:<\/p>\n
PG De\u2019Aaron Fox<\/p>\n
Fox (12 pts, 10 reb, 5 ast) committed zero turnovers in Game 4, aiding the Spurs as an experienced floor general.<\/p>\n
SG Stephon Castle<\/p>\n
Castle\u2019s had one turnover in each of the last two games after committing 20 in the first two. That\u2019s a game-changer for San Antonio.<\/p>\n
SF Devin Vassell<\/p>\n
Vassell is making 3.5 of 7.8 3PA (45.2%) so far in this series, while adding athletic length defensively for San Antonio. He\u2019s been one of the Spurs\u2019 most important players.<\/p>\n
PF Julian Champagnie<\/p>\n
Champagnie is +15 in this series \u2014 fourth on the team \u2014 despite making just 1.5 of 7.8 3PA (19.4%) per game.<\/p>\n
C Victor Wembanyama<\/p>\n
The Alien is shooting 52.6\/42.9\/88.2 from the field so far in this series \u2014 gaudy numbers, especially when you stand 7-foot-4. The Spurs are 2-0 in this series when he takes 20+ shots.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City:<\/p>\n
PG Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/p>\n
SGA has held Castle to 10 pts on 2-for-9 shooting so far in this series over 52.3 partial possessions. We\u2019ll see if the Thunder try that more with Ajay Mitchell ailing.<\/p>\n
SG Luguentz Dort<\/p>\n
Dort has defended basically everyone on the Spurs in this series. But he\u2019s -41 overall \u2014 by far the worst on the team \u2014 with Jared McCain, Alex Caruso and Cason Wallace all cutting into his minutes.<\/p>\n
SF Jalen Williams<\/p>\n
J-Dub is back after being deemed questionable with a hamstring strain. If healthy, he\u2019s a problem for anyone on San Antonio to defend.<\/p>\n
PF Chet Holmgren<\/p>\n
Holmgren is just 3-for-9 (33.3%) from 3-point range in this series, taking fewer attempts than Jaylin Williams (19) and Isaiah Joe (10). Let it fly!<\/p>\n
C Isaiah Hartenstein<\/p>\n
I-Hart\u2019s defense against Wembanyama swung Game 2, but the Thunder went away from it in Games 3 and 4, focusing on pushing him away from the basket. We\u2019ll see how they seek to defend The Alien tonight.<\/p>\n
MAY 25, 2026 \/ 6:15 ET<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s injury report<\/p>\n
Ajay Mitchell and Thomas Sorber are out for the Thunder, while Jalen Williams is questionable.<\/p>\n
Mitchell has a right calf strain, while Williams is recovering from a left hamstring strain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs are in Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder in Game 5 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[91772,7,2959,6,91771,310,475,179,3966,3965,5994,312,693],"class_list":["post-744808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-2026-western-conference-finals","tag-basketball","tag-game-5","tag-nba","tag-nba-com-live-blog-for-spurs-thunder","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-sga","tag-thunder","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116643378500536719","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744808","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=744808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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