The San Antonio Spurs ended Oklahoma City’s title chase on Saturday, beating the Thunder 111-103 in Game 7 and moving on to the NBA Finals. The loss closed the door on the Thunder’s bid to repeat as champions, a run that had already been narrowed by injuries.
People were searching for nba results because this was the game that settled the series. Oklahoma City still finished the season with the NBA’s best record at 64-18, but the Spurs, who won four of five regular-season meetings and had already knocked the Thunder out in the NBA Cup semifinals, found a way through again when it mattered most.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did everything he could to keep Oklahoma City alive, finishing with 35 points and nine assists. He said he still believed the Thunder had enough to win, even though they did not get it done in the biggest game of the series.
The injuries cut deepest at the wrong time. Jalen Williams aggravated a left hamstring strain in Game 2 and played only 10 ineffective minutes for the rest of the series before being ruled out for Game 7. Ajay Mitchell strained his right calf in Oklahoma City’s Game 3 win and never returned, leaving the Thunder short-handed for most of the matchup.
That backdrop mattered because Oklahoma City was not beaten by one bad night alone. Alex Caruso went 3-of-14 from the floor and 1-of-6 from 3-point range in Game 7, and Chet Holmgren struggled after thriving in the first two rounds. The Spurs kept coming with the edge of a team that had already solved Oklahoma City in the regular season and again in tournament play.
Gilgeous-Alexander praised San Antonio’s balance and togetherness after the loss, saying the Spurs were talented, well coached and played the right way. He added that the Thunder need to get better this summer and come back stronger, but Saturday’s result leaves them with a hard fact to answer first: a team with the best record in the league still could not finish the job once the series turned physical and the injuries stacked up. The Spurs are headed to the Finals; Oklahoma City is headed into another offseason with a title path that suddenly looks longer than it did a week ago.
