Spurs Force Game 7 vs. Thunder, SGA games, will Wemby carry this momentum? | The herd
Victor Wembanyama scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in the San Antonio Spurs’ 118-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 6 of the WCF. Jason McIntyre says Wemby showed up in the biggest moments and asks if he can carry that momentum into Game 7. He also discusses Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s struggles and asks if he will cost the Thunder the series.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder will be shorthanded in Saturday’s pivotal Game 7 as one of Oklahoma’s key contributors has been sidelined with an injury.
OKC guard Jalen Williams has been ruled out for Game 7 with a hamstring problem, ESPN reported Friday. Williams appeared to aggravate his left hamstring during the Thunder’s 122-113 win in Game 2. He missed the next three games before returning for Game 6, but logged just 10 minutes off the bench in Oklahoma City’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday, forcing a winner-take-all Game 7.
“He’s obviously not 100%,” Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault said.
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Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams looks on during the fourth quarter against the San Antonio Spurs in Game One of the NBA Western Conference Finals at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 18, 2026. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Daigneault applauded Williams for fighting through the injury and doing everything he could to help Oklahoma City.
“He didn’t know what to expect. I didn’t know what to expect. So it was a matter of getting him out there in kind of an isolated role and seeing what he can bring to the team. He’s an All-Star player, he’s an All-NBA player. He hasn’t come back to play. [protocol] like he would if this was the regular season, and yet he’s just going to do what he can to try to contribute what he can to the team.”
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“I give him a lot of credit for getting out there. He did the best he could. He’s definitely not the reason we lost.”
Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jalen Williams reacts to a shot by forward Luguentz Dort in the third quarter against the San Antonio Spurs during game one of the Western Conference Finals for the 2026 NBA playoffs at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on May 18, 2026. (Alonzo Adams/Imagn Images)
Williams did not speak to reporters after Thursday’s game in San Antonio.
Williams underwent surgery last season to repair a wrist injury, but still played a key role in the Thunder’s run to the NBA Finals last season. He appeared in just 33 regular season games before this year’s playoffs.
Oklahoma City Thunder guard Jalen Williams drives into the paint during the first quarter of Game Two of the NBA Western Conference Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 20, 2026. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
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The winner of Saturday’s Game 7 will advance to the NBA Finals to face the New York Knicks. New York snapped a nearly three-decade Finals drought by sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals.
