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With the Spurs beating the Thunder in what was an NBA Cup classic, there's a "good chance" that the NBA's next best rivalry is happening.
Playing against a Thunder team that often hasn't needed all four quarters, Spurs star Victor Wembanyama needed less than three to beat OKC.
Oklahoma City's 16-game winning streak has ended with a 111-109 loss to San Antonio in the NBA Cup semifinals.
Victor Wembanyama returned from a 12-game absence to lead the San Antonio Spurs to a 111-109 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs face Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Cup semifinals on Saturday at T-Mobile Arena.
Oklahoma City hadn't lost in nearly six weeks before Saturday night, but is still in great shape to challenge the Warriors' NBA record.
The San Antonio Spurs took a wrecking ball to the Oklahoma City Thunder's hopes of winning the NBA Cup, but that wasn't the Miley Cyrus song playing in the locker room after Saturday's 111-109 win.
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Wembanyama returned after missing a dozen games and had 22 points, nine rebounds and was +21 in 21 minutes of play.
With a current BetMGM win total over/under at 69.5 wins (-140 over/+115 under), Oklahoma City is currently favored to become the third 70-win team in NBA history. The -140 odds for “over 69.5” imply a more than 58 percent chance of getting there.
Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander entertained the notion his squad and the San Antonio Spurs could develop the NBA's "best rivalry" within the next few years.
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Oklahoma City ties a historic record set by the 73-9 Warriors
Oklahoma City outscored the Suns by 10 or more points in every quarter and at one point extended its lead to 53. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Chet Holmgren combined for 52 as the Thunder ultimately won by 49, 138-89. With the victory, Oklahoma City extended its streak to 16 games, but also tied a historic record.