Spurs (+3.5) at OKC - Game 7 WCF - Saturday 30 May 2026 - 7pm Central Time - NBC

[spurs1990]

San antonio has played in seven game 7's since 1991, all in the 2000s to 2010s. (1990 vs a dominant era Portland squad in the semi's was a 7 gm series and anecdotally was a disappointing result).

Spurs only won 3 out of those 7 games so a win on Saturday will put them at .500 since the 2nd year of David Robinson.
This is the first WCF game 7.

20 years ago was the most frantic game 7 loss (in OT) with the Dirk foul, and Spurs' last playoff appearance in 2019 also ended in a Game 7 where Derozan/Aldridge led San Antonio gave up many leads through the series with budding Denver squad.

The 2008 Hornets series (a team that played in OKC at one point) was the only Game 7 Win on the road.
[**This was the series where the league made the Spurs play game 1 of the WCF less than 48 hours later vs LA]

All four of the Game 7 L's could've easily gone the other way as they were ALL close losses.
Two of the three wins led to a le.

Spurs' Game 7's since 1991
1. Detroit 2005 Finals Win at home
2. Dallas 2006 WCSF loss in OT at home (a foul away from a win)
3. New Orleans 2008 WCSF Win on road
4. Miami 2013 Finals loss on road (ಠ_ಠ)
5. Dallas 2014 1st Win round at home
6. Clippers 2015 1st round loss by 2 pts on road (Spurs blew many leads throughout series losses)
7. Denver 2019 1st round loss by 4 pts on road (Same as above)


Game 7 WCF Outlook
With a hobbled Fox, an outrageous home court advantage and a potentially quick whistle, Spurs are up against it but are playing with house money judging by how they were viewed nationally and even amongst our fans back in October.

To overcome the above,

• Harper will need to be resurgent like in Game 1 and 6,
• Castle's TO issues absent
• Johnson contributing in at least a half-level of his 6MOY regular season bar
• and Wembanyama able to find open shooters whenever he's doubled in the paint (with that scenario occuring in the double digits).

The five-man bench rotation features two 20 year old rookies, a backup center whose mins have dwindled as the PO's have progressed, a 6MOY who's looked nothing like that, and a former starter who's only good for spot minutes. The heavy minutes by the starters is magnified by the every-other-day schedule, but the other side is similarly impacted minus key contributors in Williams/Mitc

The Bright Side
Should the result Saturday night not be in the good guys' favor, the expectation is there will be up to 3-4 legitimate replacements/additions to the current roster who will signficantly stretch the breathing room the Spurs will have should their main hubs have an off night a year from now against this same OKC team.

Take solace in that the Spurs' potential to ring next year is more promising than any other team in the league, and this roster in 2026 is arguably one of if not the most riveting/entertaining group to watch to us since the Robinson era began -> 1991 supremely athletic starting 5, 1995 Robinson/Rodman/Elliott juggernaut, 1999 defensive behemoth, 2005 Big 3 peak, 2012-2014 Beautiful Game, 2016-2017 regular season giants, as some of the many candidates.

But to quote Jeff Van Gundy during LA's 3peat run a generation ago:

Greatness is Greedy

Believe

[GAustex]

Thanks for the thread
Nothing like game 7
Win and cement legend status

[Strategic]

Thanks for the write. I think the Spurs can win if the officials let them play physical.

[Dex]

You’re doing gods work, spurs1990

[benefactor]

Lol no replies

[GAustex]

That was fun

[LkrFan]

Congrats farmers

[scottspurs]

Let’s gooooooooooo

[TiMMeH*faN*frOmNY]

Back like I never left

[Gorepopovich]

[lebomb]

Its over. I think Spurs lose both in NY. One game will be close, the other will be a blowout. I dont see anything that gives me hope short of the Spurs playing two bigs in the games. Kornet on Mitc and Wemby just outside the paint so he can do his thing. Neither Kornet nor Mitc are a scoring threat at all, but Kornet can help box out, get boards and help to keep NY from getting put backs. This will also help our wings to get better, more wide open shots.

But, I dont see Mitch making any changes. 4-0 IMHO for the Knicks.

[Strategic]

Its over. I think Spurs lose both in NY. One game will be close, the other will be a blowout. I dont see anything that gives me hope short of the Spurs playing two bigs in the games. Kornet on Mitc and Wemby just outside the paint so he can do his thing. Neither Kornet nor Mitc are a scoring threat at all, but Kornet can help box out, get boards and help to keep NY from getting put backs. This will also help our wings to get better, more wide open shots.

But, I dont see Mitch making any changes. 4-0 IMHO for the Knicks.

I think Spurs win one in NYC. Hoping game 3. We’ll see tonight.