{"id":503,"date":"2026-05-31T04:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=503"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:11:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:11:46","slug":"san-antonio-spurs-advance-to-nba-finals-ousting-reigning-champion-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=503","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Spurs advance to NBA Finals, ousting reigning champion Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>For the eighth consecutive year, the NBA will have a new champion.<\/p>\n<p>The longest streak of seasons with a different champion in NBA history extended Saturday when the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder were ousted in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals by San Antonio, 111<strong>&#8211;<\/strong>103.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=501\">Meteor triggers loud boom and shaking felt across Massachusetts<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama had a team-high 22 points and seven rebounds in the win for San Antonio, which will now face the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals. It\u2019s a rematch from 27 years ago, when these teams met in the \u201899 Finals won by San Antonio and its twin-tower duo of David Robinson and Tim Duncan, both former No. 1 overall draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, the Spurs are led by another enormously talented big man in 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama, the sensational former No. 1 pick who has led his team to the Finals in his third NBA season, and only his first postseason appearance. <\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s Game 7 was only Wembanyama\u2019s 18th career postseason game. In seemingly a blink, the Wembanyana-led Spurs have already dethroned a Thunder team that looked primed to dominate the Western Conference for years thanks to its championship mettle and an exceptionally deep reserve of talent and draft picks.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want four more [victories], we\u2019re not done,\u201d Wembanyama told NBC Sports after the win. \u201cGo Spurs, go!\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In Game 7, Oklahoma City was down two of its best offensive creators in the injured Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell. Early in the first quarter, the Thunder were down 14 points, and still trailed by 11 points with eight minutes left in the fourth quarter. <\/p>\n<p>San Antonio found its edge in playing fast, scoring repeatedly in transition, and from guard De\u2019Aaron Fox, who had nearly as many points in Game 7 (15) than in the previous two games combined. <\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2060919273644560440\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/iframe.nbcnews.com\/kQDk6r9K?_showcaption=true&amp;app=1\" title=\"X, NBA on Twitter \/ X\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>But with seven minutes still to play, Oklahoma City saw a sliver of opportunity reopen again when Wembanyama drew his fifth foul, forcing him to play more conservatively on defense. Less than two minutes after San Antonio had grown its lead to 11 in the fourth, Oklahoma City trimmed it to just six.  <\/p>\n<p>Yet, the Thunder\u2019s odds to repeat appeared to dwindle with four minutes left, when they had no timeouts left and trailed again by 11 points. San Antonio never let the Thunder pull off a comeback and in the process won the series after at one point trailing, 3-2.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=499\">Trump to hold a rally at the \u2018Great America State Fair\u2019 after several artists back out<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julian Champagnie scored 20 points in a surprise offensive outburst for San Antonio. Thirty-five points from two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander weren\u2019t enough to save Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n<p>This is San Antonio\u2019s first Finals appearance since 2015 and New York\u2019s first since 1999. Game 1 is June 3 in San Antonio, followed by Game 2 on June 5. The series then returns to New York for the third and fourth games on June 8 and 10. <\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2060917090345738712\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/iframe.nbcnews.com\/QTaGSMlB?_showcaption=true&amp;app=1\" title=\"X, NBA on Twitter \/ X\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>Both teams are playing under coaches who are only in their first full seasons. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Mitch Johnson was a San Antonio assistant before he was elevated to interim coach last season following a health scare by Gregg Popovich, the NBA\u2019a all-time winningest coach. The interim tag was removed before this season. <\/p>\n<p>One year ago, New York hired Mike Brown, who had previously coached Cleveland to the Finals, and later won NBA championships with Golden State as an assistant.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs will be facing a Knicks team that is on a historically dominant run, having won 11 consecutive games \u2014 the fifth-longest streak in a single postseason \u2014 by an average of 23.8 points. Yet, San Antonio should be well-prepared for the challenge, having beaten the reigning champion Thunder, which started this season 24-1 and swept its first two playoff opponents. <\/p>\n<p>San Antonio\u2019s road to the playoffs began with a first-round win against Portland before outlasting Minnesota in six games in the second round. San Antonio won the conference finals\u2019 opening game, evened the series at 2-2 in Game 4, but faced the brink of elimination after losing in Game 5 before winning two straight to topple the team expected by many to win the NBA title.<\/p>\n<p>After its 2024-25 championship season, the Thunder picked up immediately where they left off by starting this season 24-1. Gilgeous-Alexander was named the league\u2019s most valuable player for the second consecutive season and helped Oklahoma City win its first two playoff series in four-game sweeps over the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Lakers. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=497\">CIA officer accused of stealing gold bars was no low-level agent<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the eighth consecutive year, the NBA will have a new champion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>San Antonio Spurs advance to NBA Finals, ousting reigning champion Thunder - 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