{"id":499053,"date":"2026-05-31T07:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T05:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=499053"},"modified":"2026-05-31T07:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T05:50:50","slug":"spurs-return-to-nba-finals-for-first-time-since-2014-eliminate-thunder-in-game-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/spurs-return-to-nba-finals-for-first-time-since-2014-eliminate-thunder-in-game-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs Return to NBA Finals for First Time Since 2014, Eliminate Thunder in Game 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Antonio Spurs are headed back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014 after defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder on the road in Game 7.<\/p>\n<p>San Antonio secured a 111-103 victory, led by Victor Wembanyama, who finished with 22 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists. Seven Spurs players scored in double figures, including Julian Champagnie with 20 points and 6 rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting from three-point range, Stephon Castle with 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists, and De&#8217;Aaron Fox with 15 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals. Off the bench, Dylan Harper made a major impact with 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 assists.<\/p>\n<p>For Oklahoma City, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did everything he could, finishing with 35 points and 9 assists, but received limited support. Cason Wallace added 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists, while Jaylin Williams posted a double-double with 11 points, 10 rebounds, and 4 assists.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA will crown a new champion for the eighth consecutive season. The Finals are set to begin on Wednesday with Game 1 at the Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">San Antonio wins the series, 4-3!<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f Wemby&#39;s 41\/24 and Harper&#39;s 24 in 2OT G1<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Wemby scores 33, SAS evens up series in G4<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f A full-team effort at home in G6 forces G7 <br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f Wemby&#39;s 22 and Champagnie&#39;s 20 leads San Antonio back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014!\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/THrIHPuycK\">pic.twitter.com\/THrIHPuycK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBA\/status\/2060927667453522426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA will crown a new champion for the eighth consecutive season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":148,"featured_media":499049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-499053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/05\/HJnYyX7WQAYkYGK.jpg","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/499049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499053"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=499053"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=499053"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=499053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}