NBA Play-offs: OKC finds the real Gilgeous-Alexander and evens the score with the Spurs

After losing Game 1, the Thunder were keen to respond immediately and so they did. The defending NBA Champions did not disappoint expectations and took home the second act of the series with San Antonio: 122-113 the final. The series is now perfectly tied: 1-1.

“At this point in the season, there’s nothing special you can do,” the words of two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who led Oklahoma City with 30 points and nine assists, with only one lost ball. “Every team has its own identity, and when it can impose it more forcefully than the opponent, it usually wins, regardless of the level or the stakes. This time we simply did better than in the first game.”

“There’s no panic,” said wing Alex Caruso, who scored 17 points and was one of four players from the Thunder’s bench to go into double figures. Also in double figures was Wembanyama but definitely less decisive than in the first game. For the Spurs ace “only” 21 points with a not-excellent 8/16 from the field and also four turnovers.

In the Spurs’ house, rookie Dylan Harper, suffered a right hamstring injury during the game and was forced to raise the white flag. Now the series shifts to San Antonio.

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