{"id":255,"date":"2026-05-25T11:05:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=255"},"modified":"2026-05-25T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:05:33","slug":"wembanyama-spurs-rout-thunder-in-game-4-to-even-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=255","title":{"rendered":"Wembanyama, Spurs rout Thunder in Game 4 to even series"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>After the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 Game 3 loss, Victor Wembanyama took much of the blame on his own shoulders, saying he wasn\u2019t doing enough to help his teammates.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=253\">County to use eminent domain to widen Puna road<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Sunday\u2019s Game 4, Wembanyama took control early and didn\u2019t let go until the game was in hand, helping the Spurs to a 103-82 home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder to even the Western Conference finals at two games apiece.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe just responded,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cIt was nothing amazing. It wasn\u2019t magic. We just did what we needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama had 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two steals.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama set the tone early, hitting a 3-pointer on the game\u2019s first possession, then blocked Chet Holmgren\u2019s dunk attempt on the Thunder\u2019s second possession.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur competitive response all year has been pretty good. He\u2019s been at the forefront of that more than not,\u201d San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson said of Wembanyama. \u201cI think tonight he felt, not speaking for him but from my perspective, an obligation to set a tone for us in a variety of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs built a 15-point lead, just like they did in Game 3.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey punched us in our face early,\u201d Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said.<\/p>\n<p>But in Friday\u2019s game, San Antonio quickly let the lead slip away and ultimately lost by 15 points.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, the lead dwindled much more slowly after jumping up 23-8.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City cut the deficit to five with just more than a minute remaining in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Then Wembanyama and the Spurs punched back in a big way.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio\u2019s Devin Vassell scored four quick points, and then after the Spurs grabbed the rebound on Cason Wallace\u2019s missed 3-pointer, Wembanyama nailed a shot from near midcourt to send his team into halftime with a 12-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just thinking shoot to score,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t messing around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vassell finished with 13 points and played a key role in helping the Spurs force 20 turnovers while holding the Thunder to just 33% from the floor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been phenomenal,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cHe may be our most consistent player if you took away any stats and just watched us play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio scored 25 points off turnovers and attempted 14 more free throws than the Thunder (32 to 18).<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City\u2019s shooting percentage was its worst in any game since March 2022. The Thunder were just 6 of 33 (18.2%) from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City\u2019s 82 points were the fewest for the franchise since Dec. 2, 2021, and its fewest in a playoff game since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=251\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic top All-NBA first-team picks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve got good individual defenders so when we connect individual and team defense, it holds teams to low-scoring numbers,\u201d Wembanyama said.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs kept their foot on the gas to start the second half, posting a 20-7 run over nearly seven minutes to start the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>After playing the entire third quarter and with the game virtually decided, Gilgeous-Alexander sat the entire fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs changed up their defense on Gilgeous-Alexander, mostly defending the two-time reigning MVP one-on-one, but constantly rotating on him.<\/p>\n<p>Gilgeous-Alexander finished with 19 points on 6-of-15 shooting. No other Thunder player scored more than 12.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City\u2019s bench had been key to grabbing the series lead through three games, with the Thunder reserves outscoring San Antonio\u2019s 183-64.<\/p>\n<p>But with both starter Jalen Williams and his recent replacement, Ajay Mitchell, unavailable due to injuries, the Thunder reserves struggled to find footing.<\/p>\n<p>Alex Caruso, who had averaged 21 points per game in the series, was scoreless on just one shot attempt as the Thunder bench outscored San Antonio\u2019s just 34-30.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of those points (18) came in the fourth quarter when Oklahoma City coach Mark Daigneault emptied his bench.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder bench was just 12 of 47 from the floor, including 1 of 10 from Jared McCain, who played a major role in Oklahoma City\u2019s Game 3 victory.<\/p>\n<p>With two of their top three ballhandlers out, the Thunder\u2019s offense looked off-kilter from the start, ultimately scoring just 19 points in each of the first two quarters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe left a lot to be desired on that end of the floor,\u201d Daigneault said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have the sharpness, force, or precision necessary to crack them. \u2026 Credit them. They outplayed us tonight. But the group we had can play a lot better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stephon Castle, who struggled with turnovers over the first two games, had 13 points and just one turnover. De\u2019Aaron Fox had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists with no turnovers as the Spurs shot 38.9% from the field and 27.3% from beyond the arc.\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=249\">Mountain View man in custody after firearms incident<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wembanyama, Spurs rout Thunder in Game 4 to even series &#8211; Sports | Hawaii Tribune-Herald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wembanyama, Spurs rout Thunder in Game 4 to even series - Moving to Hawaii Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/movingtohawaiiguide.com\/?p=255\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wembanyama, Spurs rout Thunder in Game 4 to even series - 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