On Saturday evening, the San Antonio Spurs punched their ticket to the final round of the NBA Cup tournament with a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Las Vegas.
The San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder were in a battle in the NBA Cup semifinals, and it was the former who was able to advance with a win.
Anyone with eyeballs and a pulse will testify that Saturday’s Emirates Cup semifinals between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder was one of the top games of the season.
Tony Parker hadn’t suited up in a San Antonio Spurs uniform in years, but he has never stopped watching. Watching San Antonio try to find its footing again.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
The way the OKC Thunder began the game last night, it felt like nothing could stop them from adding another win to their column. The San Antonio Spurs themselves had been on a hot streak, but OKC rattled them early, holding them to 0-of-12 from three-point range and forcing turnovers everywhere they looked.
The San Antonio Spurs moved on to the NBA Cup final with a 111-109 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Saturday, and head coach Mitch Johnson’s bold decision to sit Victor Wembanyama for the entire first quarter ultimately paid dividends.
Victor Wembanyama seemingly took a shot at the Oklahoma City Thunder after the San Antonio Spurs’ dramatic NBA Cup win on Saturday. The Spurs pulled out a 111-109 victory at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., handing the Thunder just their second defeat of the season.
In the marquee game of the NBA Cup semifinals in Las Vegas, the San Antonio Spurs fought off the juggernaut Oklahoma City Thunder to reach the NBA Cup final, and hand OKC their second loss of the season in the process.
Victor Wembanyama made his return to the San Antonio Spurs lineup on Saturday night, and he helped make one thing abundantly clear — you'd better start taking that team seriously as a Western Conference contender. If you were not already.
The Spurs have signed guard Kyle Mangas to a two-way contract, according to NBA.com’s transaction log. Two-way forward Riley Minix was waived in order to make room on the roster for Mangas, Michael Scotto of HoopsHype reports (via Twitter).
The San Antonio Spurs rarely chase stars; they build them. Last season, they made a trade for De’Aaron Fox, and that was something that hadn’t happened in a long time.