Cason Wallace had some interesting things to say regarding his future with the Oklahoma City Thunder following the team’s elimination. The reigning NBA champions lost Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals at home to the San Antonio Spurs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder suffered a heartbreak. Trying to carry on the good work from last year, the team wanted to clinch a back-to-back championship.
As great as the San Antonio Spurs were, the short-handed OKC Thunder were still the favorites to win the Western Conference Finals series. According to
As elite of a primary play creator as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is, his reputation on the court isn’t exactly squeaky clean. Think back to all the times the Oklahoma City Thunder player was accused of faking contact, flopping, and foul-baiting.
Over the past few years, the Oklahoma City Thunder have built impressive depth through additions such as Alex Caruso, Cason Wallace, and Chet Holmgren.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
This Oklahoma City Thunder team must have expected themselves to be back in the NBA Finals to get an opportunity to defend their title, but there will be no repeat champion after the San Antonio Spurs took care of business in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, 111-103.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has not wavered in his support of his Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Chet Holmgren. Fans piled on Holmgren for looking like a shell of himself against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
Jalen Williams’ presence was missed by the Oklahoma City Thunder against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. And according to Williams himself, he believes the Thunder could have advanced to the Finals had he played.
The harsh reality of championship contention is that success eventually comes with a bill. For the Oklahoma City Thunder, that invoice is about to arrive in full.
There will be a new NBA champion in the 2025-26 season after the San Antonio Spurs successfully dethroned Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in the grueling Western Conference Finals series.
The Oklahoma City Thunder needed to navigate without Jalen Williams due to his NBA injury. Williams watched the San Antonio Spurs finish off OKC Saturday.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein may have fallen short of winning a second straight ring after losing to the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, but he will still surely remain invested in the NBA Finals.
Veteran guard Alex Caruso reflected on his first two seasons with the Oklahoma City Thunder as he enters the offseason following a Game 7 loss in the Western Conference Finals to the San Antonio Spurs.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are picking up the debris from the San Antonio Spurs destroying their repeat pursuit. That includes Jared McCain sitting in a reflective state.
The 2026 Western Conference Finals between the OKC Thunder and San Antonio Spurs had three running themes: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s flopping, Victor Wembanyama’s coming-of-age status, and Chet Holmgren’s lapses.
All eyes were on Oklahoma City Thunder star Chet Holmgren to step up in the Western Conference finals against the San Antonio Spurs. The Thunder dealt with injuries to star forward Jalen Williams and their second-leading scorer of the 2026 NBA playoffs, Ajay Mitchell.
The Thunder came up one win short of returning to the NBA Finals, but there wasn’t much self-pity inside the locker room after Game 7. Instead, Oklahoma City’s message was simple.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander repeated as NBA Most Valuable Player and is the consensus best player in the sport with only three-time MVP Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets able to make a reasonable case.
After really impressive dunks, people say the dunker put the defender on a poster. Victor Wembanyama's Game 7 dunk put Chet Holmgren on a missing person poster.
The Oklahoma City Thunder were favored to repeat as champions this year after topping the NBA with a 64-18 regular-season record, but the San Antonio Spurs ended that possibility on Saturday night by beating them 111-103 in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may already be plotting after their championship defense came up short. Oklahoma City is being linked to Cleveland Cavaliers big man Evan Mobley, Sam Amick of The Athletic reported on Sunday.
Oklahoma City was unable to defend its championship in 2025/26, having been eliminated by San Antonio on Saturday night in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is taking a hands-off approach when it comes to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s upcoming offseason. Gilgeous-Alexander was inevitably asked what the Thunder need to do this summer following their Game 7 elimination Saturday at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs.
The Thunder have failed to defend their title after losing two straight games to the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals. Will the surprising playoff exit alter the team's offseason playoff plans?
Thunder wing Jalen Williams won’t be available for tonight’s Game 7 against San Antonio, but coach Mark Daigneault said in a pre-game session with reporters that he didn’t do any further damage to his strained left hamstring by playing on Thursday, relays Joel Lorenzi of The Athletic (Twitter link).