San Antonio walked into Oklahoma City Thursday and ran the defending champs off their own floor by 27, evening this thing at 3-3 and forcing the Thunder into a Game 7 they did not want any part of. Victor Wembanyama dropped 28 and 10 in 28 minutes in Game 6 to flip the series back, and now OKC has to win it without one of its three best perimeter players.
Jalen Williams is out. Hamstring. He aggravated it back in Game 2, tried to gut out 10 minutes off the bench in Game 6, and the Thunder finally ruled him out Friday for the deciding game. Ajay Mitchell (calf) is out too, so Mark Daigneault is heading into the biggest 48 minutes of OKC's season with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren and a lot of hoping.
- OutDavid Jones Garcia F — Jones Garcia underwent ankle surgery Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season, Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News reports.
- OutJalen Williams G — Williams (hamstring) has been ruled out for Saturday's Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.
- OutAjay Mitchell G — Mitchell (calf) has been ruled out for Saturday's Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs.
- OutThomas Sorber C — The Thunder announced Friday that Sorber has sustained a torn ACL in his right knee during an offseason workout, NBA reporter Marc Stein reports.
The series script has been weirdly clean: the Spurs are 3-0 when Wemby outscores SGA, the Thunder are 3-0 when SGA matches or beats him. Game 6 was the worst version of that for OKC — Shai went 6-for-18 for 15 points and was a minus-28 in his 28 minutes on the floor. He won't be that bad twice in a row. Almost nobody is.
Home court is the one thing that keeps OKC the favorite here. They've gone 6-1 at Paycom this postseason after an 11-2 home mark during last year's title run, and Pinnacle has them at -151 on the moneyline with the line sitting at 3.5. That's a tight number for a Game 7 where one team just got blasted by 27 and is missing a second All-Star-level scorer. The total is 213.5, which feels right for a game both rotations will be exhausted by the third quarter.
If Wemby plays like he did in Game 6, San Antonio is going to the Finals to face the Knicks. If SGA looks like the two-time MVP again — and at home, with the season on the line, that's the bet — OKC defends the title shot. Tip is 7:05 PM CT in Oklahoma City. Don't miss the start.