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00:00He said it, he took it, but at the same time, they're benched 21 points, still holding it down for
00:05him.
00:05But there again, they're betting on, yes, we're going to make things tough for Shea.
00:11Lou Dort, if you have a night, you have a night.
00:13But they cannot allow Shea to get it going because we've seen when he does that, he's a difference maker.
00:18Well, meanwhile, OKC, they have the veteran leadership that has been here before.
00:23That is one thing that Isaiah Hardenstein said.
00:25We never blink because we know that we can handle all the challenges that are coming our way.
00:30Now, Shea Gildas-Alexander, just 10 points in that first half.
00:33So I'm more than sure that OKC will expect more for the two-time MVP in the second.
00:38And despite that fact, they find themselves down just seven at the break in game six of the Western Conference
00:43Finals.
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00:52All right, so if the Spurs hold on to force, game seven will be in Oklahoma City on Saturday night,
00:567.30 Eastern on NBC and Peacock.
00:59What we do know is that the NBA Finals begin on Wednesday, June 3rd on ABC.
01:04All right, check out the DraftKings live player props for the second half.
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01:09Wimby leads the way with 22 points.
01:11Can he get to 38?
01:12He might need every one of those points to keep this series going.
01:15And by the way, the Spurs are 6-1 this postseason when Wimby scores at least 25 points.
01:21Devin Vassell went up.
01:22He got it.
01:23Then he talked about it.
01:24You want to translate, T-Mac?
01:26Get that stuff out of here.
01:28You know what time it is.
01:30Spurs have the lead at the half.
01:31Second half is next.
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01:47Will the Spurs send us back to OKC for a game seven?
01:50Or are the Thunder heading back to the NBA Finals?
01:53Wimby Niyama going to look from deep.
01:54Hits his first.
01:55Wimby.
01:56Another strong start for the Spurs.
01:59Bryant stays in front of SGA.
02:01Step back.
02:02Two.
02:02Oh, man.
02:02He had to work for that.
02:04Wimby Niyama is just one.
02:06Big first here tonight.
02:1122 in the first half for Wimby Niyama.
02:14As we welcome you back to game six of the West Finals.
02:16The NBA playoffs presented by Google.
02:19Sun has set.
02:21The sunset on the season for the Spurs.
02:23They lead by seven.
02:24Our aerial coverage is provided by Flyhouse.
02:29Before the third quarter begins, let's check in with our reporters.
02:33We'll start with Ashley Chomini covering the Spurs.
02:35Ashley.
02:36With assistant coach Sean Sweeney, I said, you guys had the momentum on your side most of that first half.
02:41He said, it's because we sustained a level of aggressiveness.
02:44And in this series, ideally, the more aggressive team has been the one that's come out on top.
02:48As for Wimby, he said, eight of his 16 shots are from the three.
02:51And I said, is that something you like?
02:53Are you telling him not to shoot for?
02:54And he said, look, talented players do talented things.
02:57And that's what we like to see.
02:58Zora.
02:58Coach Dagnall said his team weathered the storm.
03:01He said, it's pretty good to come out of that down seven.
03:03And some J-Dub insight, guys.
03:05Just like you all noticed, three-minute stretches is the plan.
03:08Coach said, we're taking whatever he can give us.
03:10Not expecting a ton, but J-Dub is a competitor.
03:13Already needs some treatment on that hamstring.
03:15As you see, as he waits on the bench to Ashley's point.
03:18The Spurs led by as many as 15.
03:21Thunder did not lead in that first half.
03:23Tightened it up before halftime.
03:26Gilgis Alexander off on that jumper.
03:29Champagne the rebound.
03:30FTA played 18 minutes.
03:32Most of anyone in that first half.
03:35Vassell starts the third quarter with his fourth three-point bang of the night.
03:40We talked about the pregame, Reg.
03:42Vassell is that puncher that you have to have.
03:45You want him ultra-aggressive.
03:48McCain keeps him to keep it alive.
03:50Hardenstein with the floater.
03:55First three to four minutes of this third quarter.
03:57Really going to set the tone offensively for both of these teams.
04:00Who can string together a few stops here and get back in it?
04:04And Benyama.
04:06Missed the three.
04:07The Spurs have been 12 three-pointers tonight.
04:08As many as they did in all of game five.
04:10McCain, can he get going?
04:12Blocked by Champetti.
04:15Gildgis Alexander keeps it alive.
04:17Thrilling inside.
04:18Wimby gets a piece.
04:19Score the goal.
04:20It's goaltending.
04:21And the whistle as well.
04:23So a chance for SGA to get a three-point play.
04:27Nice block on the weak side by Champagne.
04:31This is just absolutely great weak side defense.
04:33But again, you've got to come up with a rebound.
04:37Here's the goaltend call on Wimby.
04:40And there was the contact down low.
04:42So here's a three-point opportunity for SGA to get this lead down to five.
04:50And we're trying to slow play it to see if they're going to challenge.
04:54And they decide not to.
04:58Kevin Johnson was at the scores table and then came back.
05:02And he gave a sub up right away.
05:04Three-point play completed by Gildgis Alexander Champagne.
05:07He works inside.
05:08Unhopeful.
05:09Back to the right hand.
05:10How does that happen?
05:11This is a dead ball situation on the free throw.
05:16It's a breakdown there by OKC divisibly.
05:23Holmgren will rebounce the points in the first half.
05:25And Chet looks inside.
05:27Got it up over Wimby.
05:28And Yama Hartenstein inside to get on the board.
05:31And that was great footwork right there by Chet.
05:33He broke down the defense.
05:34Didn't make the shot.
05:35It allowed Hartenstein to be able to get an offense.
05:38Rebound.
05:39Third Bunder player in a double-figure scoring.
05:41Bissell free.
05:43Made a fuse to the shot.
05:44Fake works.
05:45Fox.
05:46Just can't get going.
05:47Castle met by McCain but foul.
05:50Yeah, but I want Bissell taking that three.
05:53Yes.
05:53I mean, right now he is on fire.
05:55Here's the putback.
05:57Wimby goes for the shot.
05:58No one takes Hartenstein off the glass.
06:02And here's the mystery by Fox.
06:04Who cleans it up?
06:06Castle there.
06:08Kane on the foul.
06:10It's his first.
06:11No foul numbers in this game for the physicality.
06:14Eight on the Thunder so far.
06:16Seven on the Spurs.
06:22As Maria was mentioning, if there is a game seven,
06:25we will have it for you on NBC on Saturday night.
06:28And Peacock as well.
06:29Our coverage will begin at 7.30 Eastern with the pregame.
06:32Our tip time, 8.15 Eastern.
06:34The NBA Finals will begin Wednesday,
06:37either here in San Antonio or in Oklahoma City,
06:39on ABC at 8.30 Eastern time.
06:42More on these games.
06:43Go to NBA.com or visit the NBA app.
06:47Last Western Final to go seven games.
06:50Warriors and Rockets in 2018.
06:55And this is probably the best series
06:57in a Western Final since then, right?
06:592018 with that Warriors-Rodgers series.
07:01That was something.
07:04McCain, Wempanyama got a piece of that.
07:06Late shot clock.
07:08Dork sees it.
07:09Shoots it.
07:11Wempanyama goes over to chase down the rebound.
07:13And here he goes.
07:147-4, running the floor.
07:16Castle.
07:17Champ.
07:18Heavy.
07:21And the Thunder take time out.
07:29It has been a three-point night for the Spurs.
07:32Half their field goals from deep.
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07:37And it's the Wimby effect.
07:39Look at the Thunder players.
07:40Anytime they see that alien, number one,
07:43anywhere near the rim, anywhere in the paint,
07:46comes out to contest.
07:47And what I love about it,
07:48SGA gets in there, thinks about it.
07:51But how about at the end of this?
07:53Does a little impression of his teammate.
07:55The Cornette contest on that.
07:58Only has two blocked shots,
07:59but all the other ones that he deflects, deters,
08:03and guys not even attempting shots
08:06once they get into the paint.
08:07In terms of shot attempts on the offensive end,
08:10Reggie, look at that.
08:11The wins, double digits, double digits.
08:13Those numbers were first half only.
08:15He took 16 shots in the first half of this game.
08:18One more than he took all of game five.
08:21As Mitch Johnson said,
08:23he has to be aggressive.
08:24He has been.
08:26The Spurs play a good half plus.
08:28Caruso out of the timeout,
08:29off the bench.
08:30Good find of Gildas Alexander.
08:32Holmgren on the putback.
08:33And the Thunder get back down to eight.
08:36Holmgren has done such a good job
08:38on the offensive last tonight.
08:42Up to eight now.
08:45De'Aaron blocks 0-4-6 in the field.
08:49Lobs to Wembe.
08:50Trying to throw it over Hartenstein.
08:52He picks up his third.
08:56Great play there by the Spurs
08:58with a little misdirection
08:59to make Oklahoma City's defense shift
09:02side to side
09:03to get the two-on-one right there.
09:04Castle throws it up.
09:05Good timing.
09:07Fowler Hartenstein.
09:24His first free throw of the night.
09:26He's a special player,
09:28obviously, coming in the league.
09:30The impact he's had now
09:31in his third year in the league.
09:32Only 22, but you watch somebody
09:36who a franchise can be built around.
09:38Sometimes people aren't willing
09:39to accept what comes with that.
09:41And I know he didn't speak
09:42with the media,
09:43and that was a warning that he got.
09:45He did receive the award
09:47from the Pro Basketball Readers'
09:48Association for the Magic Johnson Award
09:50for his dealings with the media
09:52during the year.
09:52So, probably a lesson
09:55reflected by Fox out of bounds.
09:58In any case,
09:59most of the steps he has made
10:00along the way point to a leader
10:02that this talent can be built around,
10:05and this franchise
10:06has many good years ahead with him.
10:08And this franchise, Mike,
10:09but also this league.
10:10He's one of the faces of the league,
10:11and he understands the responsibility.
10:13I know there was talk
10:14after Game 5,
10:15but check his track record,
10:17what he's done.
10:19Masselle pulling up.
10:22Wembenyama goes to get it.
10:23Good shot by McCain
10:24to knock it away.
10:27He finds him.
10:30Just Alexander in the corner.
10:31Wembenyama watching.
10:33One and three in the MVP voting.
10:35Straight up.
10:37As she attacked,
10:39step back, splash of two.
10:41Good stuff.
10:43Wouldn't you want to see
10:43more of that?
10:46I want to see more of that.
10:49Fox inside.
10:52Can't get one to go.
10:530 for 7 for Fox.
10:55And he's getting where he wants to go.
10:57He's getting the spots
10:57that he's usually knocked down shots.
10:59Dismissed him right now.
11:00Big pass by LCA.
11:02Ardenstein.
11:03Bad numbers.
11:06Wembenyama leads it to Fox.
11:08To the basket.
11:09Finally gets one to go.
11:11And this first five minutes
11:13have meant more to the Spurs
11:14in the Thunder.
11:15When you're a young team,
11:16you need some type of lead
11:17when you're going to get the chance
11:19because you know mistakes
11:20will happen at some point.
11:22Sub's getting ready to come in.
11:24Both sides.
11:24Ardenstein for Holgren.
11:26Outside the frame of the window.
11:28Couldn't get to it.
11:29Wants to bump into contact.
11:31Officials say no foul.
11:32Spurs ball.
11:42Certainly contact by Fox
11:44while he's in the air.
11:45And Mark Dagnolk will challenge.
11:47Let's see.
11:47Does he touch him?
11:49Oh, he put his hand up.
11:51I don't know if he gets his leg.
11:53It'll require a deeper inspection.
11:55The Oklahoma City bench
11:56saw it on their tablet
11:58and chose the challenge.
11:59It's an OKC challenge.
12:01Remember, they've already used
12:02the timeout this quarter.
12:06We are back.
12:07The Thunder have won the challenge.
12:09It'll be side out for OKC.
12:11So they retain a challenge
12:14here in this one.
12:15And they announced
12:16that the leg contact by Fox
12:18was enough to cause this foul.
12:21And there you see
12:22the right thigh
12:23on the left foot of Holgren.
12:27Fox was watching up there.
12:29It's a crazy call, he says.
12:31That was the call.
12:33We'll get a look one more time.
12:36And it was pretty quick, too.
12:37They did not go through it
12:41frame by frame.
12:42He just kind of threw off
12:43the rhythm there.
12:44I don't know if I'm calling
12:47a foul on that.
12:48Hey, let's start with
12:49Jalen Williams' story.
12:50J-Dubb, as he's known,
12:52all-star, 13 in the league.
12:53Here it go.
12:55Hamstring injured in game two.
12:56Look out, I'm ready to go.
12:58Don't get hurt back here.
12:59Playing in three-ish minutes
13:01stints.
13:02And then staying warm
13:04in the back.
13:04That left hamstring
13:05that he injured game two
13:06of these playoffs.
13:09Back on the floor
13:10and trying to contribute
13:11as the Thunder
13:12trying to close it out.
13:13McCain doesn't make it,
13:15so the challenge
13:16keeps them with possession,
13:17but no points out of it.
13:20And you see they went
13:21right to the basket
13:22with no victory
13:23when Biond in the game.
13:26Kassel moves it over the rim
13:28and runs.
13:40Look at this.
13:41Nice move.
13:42Kassel gets into the paint.
13:45Wimby with the excitement
13:47from the bench.
13:49They were good in the
13:49non-wimpy Nama minutes
13:51in the first quarter,
13:52which had not been the case
13:53earlier in this series.
13:56Lead has been as big as 15.
13:58The Thunder have never had
13:59the advantage in this game six.
14:01Spurs plus 13 right now.
14:04Gives us out of time.
14:05Good success.
14:07Cornette backtaps it.
14:08Harper pulled it away.
14:12Well, he's got it back.
14:14Step back.
14:16Check out!
14:19Harper has been the X-Factor
14:21tonight.
14:22He has gave a spark
14:23to the Spurs' knee.
14:25Marusso tied up
14:26for sell.
14:27Pick up the foul.
14:29First on, Devin.
14:37Lawrence Harper just
14:38has the matchup he wants.
14:40Does his little
14:41one-two dance.
14:43Challenge coming.
14:44Knocks it over.
14:45They will.
14:46Fassel was so confident
14:48that he ran over.
14:49He's like,
14:49if you don't challenge us,
14:50I'm going to take the iPad.
14:51He ran right over
14:53to the guys who look
14:54on the back bench
14:54to look for the challenge.
14:57And then
14:57Mitch Johnson
14:58got word.
15:01Let him look at it again.
15:03Let's get all balls.
15:04You have the left hand
15:05on the body of Caruso.
15:06Right hand is on the ball.
15:08They'll look.
15:09We'll break.
15:12Tyler Ford and Zach Zarba
15:13are on with the replay center
15:15in Chicago, New Jersey.
15:17Ben Taylor,
15:18one of the 20 officials
15:19who made it to
15:21this conference finals round.
15:23He is in the replay center tonight.
15:25They go back and forth.
15:26We have multiple things
15:27to look at.
15:28Arm on the,
15:28left arm on the body.
15:30The right arm as well.
15:31And there you see
15:32the replay center.
15:32They're looking at
15:33every angle
15:34and every look of it
15:36as the conversation goes on.
15:41And Zach Zarba.
15:42After a view,
15:42Vassell is deemed
15:43to make legal contact
15:44with the basketball,
15:45knocking it loose.
15:46Ruin on the floor is going to be
15:48overturned to a no-call.
15:49In the immediate aftermath
15:50of the play,
15:51Caruso was able to secure the ball.
15:53It'll be OKC ball,
15:55sideline out of bounds,
15:56successful challenge
15:57by San Antonio.
15:59So each team has successfully challenged
16:01and they both have one left.
16:03Vassell was adamant.
16:04Ran all the way down
16:05to the bench
16:06and said,
16:07y'all better challenge this.
16:09This was all ball right here,
16:11Jamal.
16:11He did that DJ Poo trot down
16:13on Friday
16:13when he was,
16:15what's going on?
16:16Do it.
16:19There's pressure on everybody.
16:21Yes.
16:21Players, coaches,
16:23announcers, officials.
16:25There's pressure on the folks
16:26to replay.
16:26We have a split second
16:28to make that decision
16:29to try to find the right angle.
16:31Credit to all the refluxes
16:32who do that around the league.
16:33It is such a hard thing to do.
16:35SGA is bump-bodied
16:36and the foul is called
16:38on Luke Cornett.
16:40Jamal,
16:40everything has been
16:42a struggle for SGA.
16:446 of 16 tonight
16:45and they just have
16:46constantly are wearing on him
16:48with different bodies.
16:49Just can't get free looks
16:51and then when he does
16:52get into the paint,
16:54Wimby's waiting on him
16:55and Cornett right there
16:56let him out.
16:57He had him in a cage trap
16:58and you see right now
17:00he's trying to reject it
17:01to get space.
17:02Martin Starr slashes.
17:04Knocked down.
17:05Foul called.
17:06Title at four intents.
17:07It's a push
17:07and it's on Champagny.
17:09Not Cornett.
17:12Couple on Julian.
17:14That's on the fourth.
17:15Team foul on the Spurs.
17:17Three on the Thunder.
17:19Halfway through the quarter.
17:20Could be looking at
17:20a lot of free throws
17:23if you're aggressive.
17:32Rousseau.
17:33It's fine.
17:34Acacia Wallace
17:35had a hot first half
17:36with 11 points.
17:37Up there.
17:38Here's Harper.
17:39No numbers.
17:40One man fast break.
17:41Harper fouled by SGA.
17:46There was no stopping him,
17:48Jamal,
17:48on that open court.
17:50And that's what Coach Johnson said.
17:52He said he wants
17:52Dylan Harper to get the ball,
17:54get the rebound,
17:55and attack.
17:55He went right by SGA.
17:57And SGA had a foul.
18:05Team foul number four.
18:06Got him on the head there
18:07as he was swiping
18:08towards the ball.
18:09The afro man saved him
18:10a little bit.
18:13Gets it to roll
18:14over the front
18:15of the rim.
18:16Mitch Johnson talked about
18:17his really young,
18:20talented guard.
18:21And Harper talked about
18:22how when you get him
18:23in space,
18:24the talent shows.
18:25You can see it
18:26on that play.
18:27That's speed right there.
18:29It's so much harder
18:30to be physical than anybody.
18:32You just can't catch him.
18:34And with De'Aaron Fox
18:35struggling tonight,
18:36one of eight
18:37has been Harper at that.
18:40Off the bits,
18:41that point guard position
18:42has stabilized.
18:44This is the largest lead
18:46of game six.
18:48Buoyed by a 9-0
18:49San Antonio run.
18:51And the Thunder stopped
18:52at Wallace the lot.
18:53Harper started
18:53trying to throw it down.
18:55Did not.
18:56Sponies back the other way.
18:57Harper spins it on
18:59Caruso
18:59all the way
19:00to the basket found
19:01by J-Dub.
19:10So impressed
19:11with the Spurs' defense
19:13here.
19:13Hartenstein
19:14couldn't finish this alley.
19:16You just missed it.
19:18But once again,
19:19Harper in the open court
19:21not to be denied here
19:24as Mitch Johnson
19:25loving
19:25the defense here
19:27by his team.
19:31Hey guys,
19:33Vassell 12.
19:34Champagne 8
19:35with a couple of threes.
19:36Castle with a dozen.
19:37Harper with 16.
19:39Playing great defense as well.
19:41Energized defense.
19:43We talk about
19:43players who hadn't played
19:45in an NBA elimination game.
19:47as you see SGA
19:47and see what's going on.
19:49We are seeing
19:50a young Spurs team
19:52answer that first
19:54pressure,
19:55the summer calls
19:56kind of game.
19:57And that's why right now
19:58the Spurs are up.
19:59Harper has countered
20:01the Thunder bench
20:02and then they have
20:03SGA under control as well.
20:06Einstein,
20:07Caruso
20:08making the right passes.
20:10The recovery defense
20:11has been great.
20:12Shot clock at 10.
20:13Castle takes it away.
20:14Three on two.
20:16Hook three from behind.
20:18What a play by Wallace.
20:19Good defense by Wallace.
20:21J-Dubb off that right leg.
20:23The left one is the one
20:24that's hurt.
20:26SGA no traffic calls.
20:27Williams short on the three.
20:29SGA was playing Twister.
20:32It is an 11-0 run
20:34Spurs are in the midst
20:36of here.
20:38Man, they're going to go
20:39right at J-Dubb.
20:40Yep.
20:41He's been off for a while.
20:42Look at that crossover
20:43there by Castle.
20:4813-0 run.
21:00Fussell's terrific defense.
21:02Spurs have brought it
21:04on this end tonight.
21:05Wallace to the pass.
21:06Good night!
21:08Blake Pluck gotta go.
21:09Caruso.
21:1325-11 in this third quarter
21:15with San Antonio.
21:17Spectacular defense here
21:18over the last five minutes
21:20by San Antonio.
21:21Harper, dancing, fakey.
21:24Four net.
21:25Trying to keep it alive.
21:28Jason Wallace has it
21:29for the Thunder.
21:31Desperate for a hoop.
21:33Yeah!
21:35Joneses Alexander
21:36can't end it.
21:40Mitch Johnson said
21:41push it faster,
21:42push it faster
21:44to a timeout.
21:48Four minutes,
21:4922 seconds
21:50without points
21:51for the Thunder.
21:52But San Antonio's defense
21:54a big reason why.
21:55Right now,
21:56the Spurs are playing
21:57top-line defense.
21:59And that's why
22:00they got the lead.
22:05Dylan Harper
22:06closing in
22:07on that guy.
22:08Should we do it
22:08for Chuck?
22:10Ginobili!
22:11Ginobili!
22:13Ginobili!
22:14Glad to guard him.
22:15All right.
22:16This is something special.
22:17David Robinson,
22:17of course,
22:18a little sports player rookie.
22:19But the veterans
22:20always show up here
22:21at San Antonio.
22:22The former Spurs,
22:24the alumni,
22:25used the college term
22:26for the way
22:27this team treats
22:28its best.
22:29And you went up
22:29against Manu.
22:30You know what that was like?
22:31Well, when I became
22:32the sixth man,
22:33he was the person
22:33I studied
22:34to try to be a guy
22:35who could provide
22:36a punch out
22:36to Fanta.
22:37Champinny
22:38provides a left-hand
22:40fillet!
22:41And guys,
22:42Victor back on the four.
22:43How about the stretch
22:44while Hatch was on the bench?
22:47What this Spurs team did?
22:48That's been something
22:49that's been an issue
22:50here throughout the series.
22:52It was 13 straight.
22:54Turn that run away
22:55with his presence.
22:58Fox off the wing attacks.
22:59Isaiah Joe has come in
23:01as Mark Dagnon
23:02looks for some answer.
23:04Champinny.
23:08All three games
23:09here in San Antonio,
23:10the Spurs have had
23:1115-0 runs.
23:12Start of game three,
23:14middle of the first quarter,
23:15game four.
23:15Now here in the third.
23:21McCain.
23:24Isaiah Joe has got a 3-3.
23:27Nothing going down
23:29for OKC.
23:34There's all six threes
23:35in this quarter.
23:36There's 5-21 in the third.
23:38when Banyama had it
23:39taken away by McCain.
23:42He attacks.
23:43Still can't fire the lead.
23:4612 misses in a row.
23:54Fox lost it.
23:55Wallace tries to go get it.
23:57It's going to stay here
23:57as a foul is called
23:58on Kaysen Wallace.
24:05It's the crossover here
24:06on Chet.
24:08Just kind of loses
24:09his balance in the ball.
24:14Everyone always
24:15holds their breath
24:17here in this building
24:18when Victor heads
24:20to the floor.
24:25Injury struggles
24:26that he went through
24:26for the first couple of seasons.
24:28And then you see Vassell
24:30saying calm down.
24:31Calm down, young fella.
24:33Finish the game
24:34the right way.
24:34There's a lot of time left.
24:36Let's just keep playing
24:36and keep going.
24:38You need those bets.
24:39And Vassell's a young bet.
24:41Right?
24:41But he plays with spirit.
24:42He plays with fire.
24:45He's had a game tonight.
24:46Second longest tenure
24:47at Spur
24:48for making his playoff debut.
24:51And Oklahoma City
24:52is absolutely disconnected
24:54on the offensive end
24:55right now.
24:56Started with the Spurs
24:57defense.
24:57Now self-inflicted.
25:03And this if you
25:04the Spurs
25:04let me see Fox
25:06get a basket or two.
25:07Yeah.
25:08I think he's
25:08a good rhythm, right?
25:09Doesn't he need to last
25:09late to really get going?
25:11Yes, he is.
25:12Oh, yes.
25:12Main players here
25:13for the Spurs.
25:18Campanino.
25:19Harrison Barnes
25:20checks in.
25:21Vassell keeps it alive.
25:22The Aaron Fox
25:22seems it right in front of us.
25:24And does not go backcourt.
25:28Doesn't drop him.
25:31The box out Lumpanyama.
25:32What a foul
25:33in that box out process.
25:39Oh, tiptoe through
25:40the Tulips right there.
25:43He got the footwork
25:44of my daughter London
25:45right there.
25:45She's in the ballet.
25:47James is our cameraman
25:49here at Meath Court.
25:50He is off the charts.
25:51Unbelievable.
25:51And gives us a chance
25:53here in this game six
25:54to thank all of our
25:56camera operators,
25:57technicians, audio,
25:59our entire team
26:00who have just done
26:02a wonderful job
26:03through just the
26:04regular season,
26:05the playoffs.
26:07And we have had a blast
26:08hanging with everybody
26:09through these
26:09Western Conference finals
26:10between these two cities
26:13separated by 460 miles
26:14of I-35.
26:16Interesting move right here.
26:18SGA coming back in.
26:22Now I'm 25 here.
26:25Well, Rich, it's either now
26:27It is.
26:28Or maybe you just
26:30put him on the bench
26:31in the fourth quarter
26:31like he did in the other
26:32blowout.
26:33Just let's save some
26:34tread on the tire
26:35for Game 7.
26:36And you know Coach
26:36Mardagnon's always
26:37playing chess.
26:38Right.
26:39There's always something
26:40he's looking at.
26:40He's so smart.
26:42There's something
26:43he's always got his
26:43mind working
26:44and trying to figure out
26:45whether it's for now
26:45or for later.
26:4826-point
26:49Spurs lead.
26:52Terrence Williams
26:53with SGA.
26:55Jalen Williams.
26:59This shot no good.
27:00Holger can't get to it.
27:01Isaiah Jokin.
27:03That's fine on the
27:03fourth of the Thunder.
27:05Heldon Johnson.
27:07Trimby!
27:16It's 13 misses in a row
27:18for the Thunder.
27:20Make it 14.
27:21Bravo's to continue.
27:24Six of 18.
27:27Couché.
27:32What a long stretch
27:33for Oklahoma City
27:34to go scoreless.
27:35Rarely do you see them go
27:38two minutes.
27:39Let alone seven minutes
27:40without any points.
27:42They're going to be glad
27:44not to return
27:45to this building
27:45this year.
27:48There's the last
27:48two games in here.
27:53Also,
27:54to their last
27:54two game sixes.
27:56Think about that
27:57last year
27:57versus Denver.
28:05And game six
28:06versus the Pacers
28:07as well
28:07in the NBA Finals.
28:11Trying to close out
28:12games
28:14for ideas
28:15of how to get this
28:16thing unlocked
28:17a bit as Fox
28:19backs a couple more
28:20at the line.
28:2120-0 run
28:23for the Spurs.
28:30100 on one
28:31Vinyama.
28:33Isaiah Cho.
28:39100.
28:40And finally,
28:41the run ends.
28:43They worked hard
28:44for that one.
28:45Isaiah Cho was playing
28:46quick beat
28:47going side to side.
28:49Finally got a drop
28:50off to get home.
28:51After missing
28:5213 consecutive
28:53field goals
28:54and going
28:55seven and a half
28:56minutes without
28:57a point.
29:01Fox continues
29:02to struggle.
29:04Yeah,
29:04but these are some
29:04great looks.
29:05They are.
29:06That's what's
29:07scary.
29:10The win's off
29:11on three.
29:12Game seven
29:12becoming more
29:13and more likely
29:14in the loss
29:15of game seven
29:16when he was
29:16with Sacramento.
29:17Fox had a
29:1827-point game.
29:20Keep that in mind.
29:21End of the quarter.
29:23Fans on their feet
29:23in San Antonio.
29:31Holdren denies
29:32Vinyama.
29:35Thunderball,
29:36four and a half
29:36to go.
29:39It was a lopsided
29:41first quarter.
29:42Lopsided third.
29:44rugby,
29:46the block
29:46and a quarter
29:47even when they
29:48were caught
29:48napping at the end.
29:50San Antonio
29:50makes the play.
29:52Lowest quarter
29:53of the season
29:54for the Thunder
29:55outscored
29:5632-13.
29:58Spurs by 26.
30:01On their way
30:02to force it
30:03a game seven
30:04of the Western
30:04Conference Finals.
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30:15to Jamal Crawford
30:15and Reggie Miller,
30:17Zora Stevenson,
30:17Ashley Chalmany
30:18and some really
30:20happy San Antonio
30:21fans.
30:22About 19,000
30:23of them.
30:24Their team
30:25authored
30:25a 32-13 quarter.
30:29Kept the Thunder
30:30scoreless
30:31for over seven
30:31minutes
30:32and have a
30:32commanding lead
30:33heading to this
30:34fourth quarter
30:35trying to force
30:36a game seven.
30:37But Benyama
30:38shot is off.
30:40Rebounded by
30:41Jalen Winsu.
30:42Keldon Johnson
30:43and Luke Dork
30:43punching back and
30:45forth,
30:45slapping at each
30:46other.
30:47Back behind the
30:48play.
30:49McCain trying
30:50to heat up.
30:51Makes that
30:52shot.
30:53Well,
30:542-3 zone
30:54to start this
30:55fourth quarter
30:57by OKC.
31:07Barnes.
31:09There's the bet.
31:10Harrison Barnes
31:11who has not
31:12hit many
31:12in this series.
31:14He will knock
31:15down a deep wall.
31:17And then you
31:17wonder how long
31:19Wimby,
31:20Fox,
31:22and Castle
31:23would be out
31:24there.
31:24He still got
31:25hit up by
31:26the mouth
31:26as he was
31:27tied up
31:27with McCain.
31:28But he was
31:29the one
31:29fouling McCain.
31:30It's a chance
31:31of the three-point
31:31play.
31:34The field goal
31:35made by Barnes
31:36was his second
31:37of this
31:39playoff series.
31:41And the Spurs
31:42would like a
31:43second look at
31:44that.
31:45So the foul
31:46was called
31:46for the arm
31:47on McCain.
31:48And then he
31:49got hit up
31:49by the face
31:50in Castle.
31:51So the second
31:52and final
31:52challenge
31:54of the game
31:55for the Spurs.
31:56They won the first
31:57one.
31:58Step out
31:58minute five
31:59into the fourth.
32:02Well, get ready.
32:03It's a sizzling
32:04new season
32:04of Love Island,
32:05USA.
32:06Hosted by
32:07Ariana Madness.
32:09Streaming
32:09starting Tuesday,
32:11June 2nd,
32:11only
32:12on Peacock.
32:15Spurs challenge
32:16and they lost.
32:18We knew that
32:19that was part
32:20of a basketball
32:20play by McCain
32:22as he was driving.
32:24Natural act.
32:25Seated real speed.
32:27So no foul.
32:28Lose a timeout.
32:29Lose the challenge.
32:30And McCain's
32:31coming to the line
32:31for two.
32:34We would not
32:35have been good
32:36replay center.
32:37No.
32:39I think we're
32:39all for three tonight.
32:40But you know what,
32:41guys?
32:41It looks like
32:42we'll have a seventh game.
32:43Yeah.
32:43So we'll have a chance
32:43to bounce back.
32:44Yes.
32:45So keep your head up.
32:46Redeem ourselves.
32:47Review the tape tonight.
32:48They thought we were
32:49three Stooges
32:49making this call.
32:51Film session
32:51for all of us
32:52in the morning
32:52and we'll be ready
32:53to go for game seven.
32:5524-point game.
32:58They're in that zone again.
33:00Seeing what they can disrupt.
33:04Lombardiana floats through.
33:06Castle into that pivot
33:07point of the zone.
33:08Kelvin Johnson.
33:12Two months.
33:16So you gotta look at what plays
33:18they run against your zone.
33:19In case that becomes an option
33:21in the next one.
33:23Assuming you get to the next one,
33:24Dort turns it over.
33:28And again,
33:30zone is what you'll see for
33:33the next few possessions.
33:35See if they can disrupt
33:36the Spurs' connectivity.
33:40They're gonna do it.
33:40Look at the middle.
33:41Look where it's awful.
33:42I don't need a blast to it.
33:46That's a zone breaker.
33:47Yeah.
33:48The ultimate zone breaker, right?
33:51You gotta skip past
33:53skip to the rim.
33:5628-10.
33:57Victor Wempanyama
33:58all over this game six.
34:01Castle challenges McCain
34:03trying to get him on the shot.
34:05He fouls him.
34:07McCain will come to the line.
34:08That's the guy who took a couple
34:09of the shots,
34:09especially the one that was upgraded
34:11at the end of game five.
34:13This point to the rim.
34:14Talk about Castle,
34:17Wimby.
34:17We're gonna be seeing
34:18a lot of this for years to come.
34:20And this elbow is above the rim,
34:24Jamal.
34:25It's ridiculous.
34:27And that's there most times, right?
34:29It's up to the guard
34:30if you take that extra dribble
34:31or get that attention.
34:33Watch right here.
34:35When you watch
34:36Steph Castle
34:38attacking the basket,
34:39he points up.
34:41It says he'll be there.
34:43Good pass.
34:49You mentioned seeing
34:50a lot of it, Reg.
34:51Wempanyama, 22 years old,
34:53passing 21.
34:55Dylan Harper,
34:56who's at 18 points tonight,
34:5720 years old.
34:58It's the same,
34:59similar conversation
35:00that was being had a year ago
35:02about the Thunder.
35:03They're too young.
35:04Is it their time?
35:05Well, there won't be
35:06another NBA team
35:07to be able to do that
35:08in three straight years
35:09because of the new
35:10taking rule.
35:11Harrison Barnes
35:12takes a couple of threes here
35:16in this fourth quarter.
35:19And again,
35:20it's one more thing.
35:2126-point game.
35:22What's being proven
35:23at this point?
35:24As Dork misfires,
35:26maybe somebody gets hot.
35:28Somebody sees it
35:29go in a few times
35:30like Barnes just did.
35:32That's one more card
35:33you can play
35:34in game seven
35:34when Wempanyama comes out.
35:38And you're right, Mike.
35:39It's going to be
35:39the ultimate chess match.
35:41What did they pick up
35:42over these six games?
35:43What did they learn
35:43about each other?
35:44What could they
35:44just steal
35:45what possession
35:46on at times?
35:47You're always
35:48collecting data.
35:50There are the Wembe numbers.
35:5226-point game
35:53with 9.16 to go.
35:56Johnson would love to see
35:58his team keep the pedal down.
35:59Cornette!
36:00We've got the finish.
36:02Well, it was Castle
36:04to Wembe moments ago.
36:06Now it's
36:07Harper finding Cornette.
36:12Henry Twilliam,
36:136-3.
36:17We've got a foul
36:18on the end of that, too.
36:22I believe we do
36:23on Dorkton.
36:26So the official
36:27is trying to keep
36:28clean the back end
36:28of these plays
36:29so nothing bubbles
36:30to the surface.
36:33Now both sides
36:34if you want to be smart
36:35and you don't do anything
36:37to affect availability
36:38for a game seven.
36:44One.
36:48We're talking about
36:49game sixes
36:51and on the Thunder's
36:52side remembering
36:53game sixes.
36:54As you watch
36:54this Cornette dunk.
36:57Good extension there
36:58by the Thunder.
37:02Thunder that has
37:03positive and negatives
37:04on this very day
37:05in history
37:06playing game sixes.
37:08The Rams like Johnson
37:09are knocking away.
37:11Carpenter back at Isaiah Jones.
37:14Barnes can't finish.
37:17Jalen Williams all along.
37:21Putting three-point game.
37:24There's that monster
37:26Clay Thompson
37:27game six.
37:30For Golden State
37:32game against Oklahoma City.
37:35Is that what he turned
37:36in the game six play?
37:38And Harrison Barnes
37:39on the floor
37:40right now
37:40is on the floor.
37:42For the Warriors.
37:44Kessel
37:44gets inside
37:46and extends the lead
37:47again
37:47to 25.
37:52And a stare down there
37:53from Kessel
37:54to Lou Dort.
37:55There's the move.
37:56There's the swipe
37:57across the head
37:58by Dort.
37:59But the reaction
38:00afterwards.
38:02Look at Kessel.
38:03He is animated
38:04while he's on the deck.
38:07And Tyler Ford
38:09the official out there
38:10is having a conversation
38:11with him.
38:12You guys live this.
38:14There has been
38:15a way from the play
38:16while we're in break.
38:18Really good communication
38:19tonight from the officials
38:20and the players.
38:21Trying to keep things
38:24as clean as possible
38:25but understanding
38:26we are headed towards
38:28a game seven
38:29and to your point Mike
38:30you don't want to do
38:32anything crazy
38:32dumb
38:33idiotic
38:34to take yourself
38:35out
38:35of a game seven.
38:37The official's
38:38doing a good job
38:39of
38:40policing
38:41the activities here
38:42after these
38:43and ones
38:44and the chatter.
38:46And that's why
38:47you see three guys
38:47who are crew chiefs
38:49on regular season
38:50nights.
38:51All three on the floor
38:51here tonight.
38:53The Kane deep three
38:54is off.
38:56Carter Bryant
38:56gets the rebound.
38:58In ahead Kessel
38:59attacks out Williams.
39:02Cornette keeps it alive.
39:03Foul by Isaiah Joe.
39:21Foul on the arm.
39:22Good foul there.
39:25What's Cornette doing?
39:26I think it's
39:27I saw the same thing
39:28live.
39:29Woo woo woo woo.
39:31Like even though I sent you
39:32the Hall crowd back in the day.
39:34Woo woo woo.
39:37I didn't have Arsenio
39:38on the bingo card tonight.
39:39This is what I was talking
39:40about before.
39:41Zach Zarba
39:41talking to Kessel.
39:43Tyler Ford was over
39:44by Dorton
39:45and continued
39:46the conversation.
39:48And one of the
39:49great things
39:50veteran officials do
39:51is identify it
39:52before it becomes
39:53a problem.
39:53And did you see
39:54how he got in the middle
39:54of it too?
39:55Just to make sure
39:56he was identifying
39:57both partners.
39:58He was listening.
40:00He was observing.
40:01Again,
40:02outstanding crew
40:03here tonight.
40:08And like every fan
40:10of their home team
40:11complaints about
40:12every call
40:12didn't go our way.
40:14Have you ever heard
40:14a fan after their team
40:15wins and said,
40:16you know what?
40:16We got a great whistle
40:17tonight.
40:18It's just part of
40:19the nature of being a fan.
40:20It's fun and we get it.
40:22But do have great respect
40:23for the guys who work
40:24so hard at their craft
40:25and trying to make
40:26sure the game is played
40:27well as Isaiah Joe
40:28hits a three and I'll
40:29say it's some of the
40:30guys who've seen
40:30officiate games five
40:31sixes and sevens
40:32when we talk to
40:33coaches.
40:34These are the guys
40:35they want to see
40:35officially in the
40:36most important
40:37games of the season.
40:38If you ask them
40:39in December,
40:39January,
40:40give me like the
40:40five guys you want
40:41to see come out
40:42and make games.
40:43It's a lot of
40:43the officials you
40:44see in this time.
40:45Kelvin Johnson.
40:48108-82.
40:51Every face of the
40:52game.
40:53Spurs.
40:54Making a statement
40:55here tonight.
40:58But the Spurs
40:59here at this
40:59unit on the floor
41:00you want to
41:01continue to press
41:01because you don't
41:02want to give any
41:03of these guys
41:03because all these
41:04guys on the floor
41:05for the Thunder
41:05are going to be
41:06active for game
41:08seven.
41:08You don't want
41:08to give them
41:09any life.
41:10Make sure they
41:10stay out of rhythm.
41:14Bryant out of the
41:14corner.
41:18On the rebounding
41:19action, foul is called.
41:20It'll stay down here
41:21as they had a piece
41:21of Cornette.
41:26Forb on Jalen
41:28Williams and
41:28Wempenyama and SGA
41:30on each side, guys.
41:32Very likely to stay
41:33there for the
41:34balance of this
41:34game.
41:35It's fuel up
41:37for Saturday
41:38night.
41:40Nikola Topic
41:42checking in.
41:44Six-six.
41:45First-year player
41:45out of Serbia
41:47who has played
41:4716 minutes
41:48for these
41:49playoffs.
41:51Might see a little
41:52less than half
41:53that here
41:53in game six.
41:58Kelvin Johnson
41:59takes it to nine
42:00points out of the
42:01night.
42:01This is how
42:02Kelvin Johnson
42:02can get his rhythm
42:03going for game
42:04best.
42:05He's going to get
42:05a bully right now
42:06in the paint,
42:06right?
42:07Yeah, he's going
42:07to be counted
42:08on.
42:09Windy Waters
42:09has drifted
42:11for the Spurs.
42:12Bryant gets
42:13the rebound.
42:14Kelly Olenek
42:15and Fizzback
42:16Piappo
42:16getting ready
42:17to check in.
42:18Barnes.
42:21Johnson keeps
42:22it alive.
42:24Waters with
42:24Bronco.
42:25Bryant,
42:26Johnson
42:27right back
42:27to Barnes.
42:28Everybody
42:29touched him.
42:31They turned
42:32it over.
42:34Kendridge
42:35Williams.
42:46Waters staying
42:47right with
42:47him.
42:49He's out.
42:52He's out.
42:52We're at the
42:525-15 mark.
42:55You guys
42:56surprised
42:56at what's
42:58happening out
42:58here tonight?
42:5928-point game?
43:01Well, look,
43:02when you're facing
43:04elimination,
43:05you've got to
43:05come with your
43:05best game.
43:06the Spurs
43:07and the Spurs
43:07were desperate
43:07tonight.
43:10It's game
43:11seven,
43:11Saturday.
43:13Tip,
43:148-15.
43:14Everything's
43:15on the table.
43:16All those
43:17scouting reports
43:17that led up to
43:18this moment here,
43:19he didn't want
43:20them out.
43:20He wants it
43:21more.
43:21And I'm not
43:22surprised at all.
43:23I just figured
43:24that the Spurs
43:25would come out
43:25desperate.
43:26Maybe they were
43:26going home
43:28if they did not
43:29come with that
43:29same energy and
43:30focus that they
43:32would need to
43:32push this thing
43:33to a game
43:33seven.
43:34Here's the
43:34problem.
43:35You never want
43:35to leave anything
43:36for chance in a
43:37game seven.
43:38People expect
43:39the company
43:40except you played
43:41in.
43:42Quite a few.
43:43One, loss.
43:44I mean,
43:46it's desperation
43:47because you're
43:48always a rolled
43:49ankle away
43:49from anything
43:50happening.
43:51And the way
43:52SG has played
43:53this whole series,
43:54he's only had
43:55one game where
43:55he shot 50%,
43:56and that was
43:5712-24
43:59in, I believe,
44:00game two.
44:01Every other game
44:01has been a
44:02struggle for him.
44:03I know he had
44:0432 points
44:06in game five,
44:07but 16 of those
44:08came from the
44:09free throw line.
44:09He didn't shoot
44:10the ball particularly
44:10well.
44:13Probably not
44:13coming back in.
44:14He's got 15
44:15points.
44:15It means lowest
44:16point totals
44:17of the season
44:18as Henry
44:19Williams misses
44:20on the drive.
44:23And now it's
44:24how you win.
44:26The Spurs,
44:26they've
44:27throttled them here,
44:28so now everything
44:29shifts towards
44:29them as being
44:32a team that
44:33has a great
44:33chance to win
44:34game seven.
44:36Travel on
44:37Carter Bryant.
44:38It's part of
44:39the 6 of 18
44:40night.
44:41And just watch
44:42how he was
44:43defending.
44:44It always
44:44attracts attention.
44:45Misses those
44:46chip shots
44:46those bunnies
44:47usually gets.
44:48Seeing the crowd
44:49never got the
44:50rhythm.
44:51They kept him
44:52off balance.
44:53They were
44:53into his airspace.
44:56And they're
44:57going to
44:57absolutely need
44:57him to be
44:58the MVP
45:00if they're
45:00going to have
45:01a chance
45:01in game seven.
45:02Time out.
45:03Fuck it.
45:08You can dress
45:09like a minion
45:10or you can just
45:11like these folks.
45:13Probably be at a
45:13theater on July 1st
45:15for the minions
45:17as that debuts.
45:19When I asked
45:20you guys if you're
45:20surprised,
45:21I was just
45:22surprised.
45:23Oklahoma City
45:23hasn't been
45:24competitive tonight.
45:25I didn't see
45:26that third quarter
45:26dominant role
45:27happen.
45:28They did.
45:29We were looking
45:29at a game seven
45:30on Saturday
45:30night.
45:31I don't like
45:32the body language
45:33or the energy
45:34that was needed
45:36here to win
45:36a game seven.
45:38Yes, they've won
45:39big game sevens
45:40at home.
45:40They've shown
45:41that.
45:42This is a scary
45:43first team that
45:44has just gained
45:45a lot of confidence
45:46from that third
45:47quarter.
45:48They absolutely
45:49did.
45:49What they did
45:50was go on a
45:50defensive run,
45:51let guys like
45:52feeling hard to
45:53have a night
45:53get back in
45:54rhythm.
45:55Steph Castle
45:55always plays
45:56fearless.
45:57He can get
45:58wherever he wants
45:58on the court.
45:59And then you
46:00have the leadership
46:00of Victor
46:01with Mignog
46:01that started
46:02early and he
46:03was there giving
46:04Cornette some
46:04love and his
46:05first just rolling
46:06on all cylinders
46:07but it started
46:07with him.
46:08He was so
46:09aggressive taking
46:09six shots in
46:10the first quarter
46:11it set the tone
46:12to how we're
46:13going to play
46:13tonight.
46:14A 20-0 run
46:15with the assist
46:15brought to you
46:16by State Farm
46:18and the start
46:18perspective,
46:19it's the longest
46:20run against the
46:21Thunder in the
46:22playoffs since
46:23the franchise
46:23moved to
46:24Oklahoma City
46:25some 18 years
46:26ago.
46:29That was the
46:30deciding window
46:31and some of the
46:31folks here in
46:32San Antonio
46:33heading home to
46:34go watch
46:35Game 7 on
46:37Saturday night.
46:40Aaron Wiggins
46:41who's seen very
46:42limited action
46:42in this series
46:43has checked in
46:44and the fifth
46:46year turf
46:46out of Maryland
46:48makes one in.
46:5024 point game
46:51Mason Plumlee
46:52Kelly Olenek
46:53Bismack Biambo
46:54Lindy Waters
46:55Jordan McLaughlin
46:56going to fill out
46:57the box score
46:58here in this
46:59one.
47:02Olenek to work
47:04inside.
47:04Biambo got
47:05knocked down.
47:06The other way
47:07comes Topic
47:09and he is
47:10fouled
47:10by Plumlee.
47:12Nikola Topic
47:14played just
47:1410 games
47:15this season.
47:17And during the
47:18timeout
47:18look at Harrison
47:19Barnes
47:19giving Wimby
47:20advice
47:21coaching him up
47:21not about right
47:23now but about
47:23what's coming
47:24Game 7
47:24and the approach
47:25he has to take.
47:26He's telling him
47:27every time you
47:27come out aggressive
47:28the wins follow
47:29that.
47:30They always follow
47:30what you're doing.
47:33Remind you
47:34Barnes
47:35with Steph
47:36Curry
47:36Golden State
47:37as Williams
47:38tips it back
47:39in.
47:39Cameron
47:39Williams
47:39his locker
47:40was right next
47:41to Steph
47:41for about four
47:42years
47:42practice gym
47:43and game
47:44so he was
47:45around greatness
47:45then
47:46as Curry
47:47was rising
47:48to that
47:49Hall of Fame
47:50level
47:51he spent a couple
47:52of years
47:52in Dirk
47:53Novitski
47:53a winnick
47:53scores inside
47:54in Dallas
47:55he saw the end
47:56of Dirk's
47:56career
47:56and Harrison
47:57told me
47:58he player
47:58after player
47:59from the
48:00international
48:01basketball
48:03countries around
48:03the world
48:04come in
48:04and be thankful
48:05for what Dirk
48:06meant to the game
48:08and now he's
48:08around Wemby
48:09and he's like
48:09how am I so gifted
48:11all the good years
48:11he had in the league
48:12as well
48:13but to be around
48:14three absolutely
48:15great players
48:16and learn from them
48:18Olenek
48:19scores inside
48:20now Barnes
48:20is passing along
48:22some of that wisdom
48:22I mean think about it
48:23when you have
48:24Harrison Barnes
48:24as good pass
48:25right there
48:26as Olenek
48:27gets the
48:28and one opportunity
48:30with the finish
48:31same foot
48:31same hand
48:32but when you have
48:33Harrison Barnes
48:34he's been around
48:34Steph Curry
48:35been around Dirk
48:36imagine all that
48:36wisdom
48:37that Wendy
48:38Harper
48:39Cassel
48:40all these young guys
48:41were getting
48:41they're seeing
48:42what a professional
48:42looks like every single
48:43day
48:43when you have
48:44goals like that here
48:45they set the
48:45foundation for your
48:46career
48:46and these guys
48:47out on the floor
48:48right now
48:48yes
48:48absolutely
48:49probably 13 years
48:51beyond 15 years
48:52in the league
48:54Kelly Olenek
48:5413 years
48:55and they're going
48:56to have to lean
48:57on all of that
48:58come Saturday
48:59in a hostile
49:00environment
49:01against his
49:02defending chance
49:04out of bounds
49:05after a game six
49:07there's always the
49:08put game six to bed
49:09what are those
49:1040 something hours
49:11like leading up
49:12to a game seven
49:13well what's going
49:14to be interesting
49:14because if you're
49:15coach Dagnall
49:16in the Thunder
49:17I would even show
49:19this
49:20can't really take
49:21a lot of numbers
49:21unless you want
49:22he wants to really
49:23get them upset
49:24maybe show that
49:2520-0 run
49:25in the third
49:26things that
49:27were taken away
49:28from them
49:29but now the pressure
49:30shifts
49:30the pressure was
49:32on San Antonio
49:33coming here tonight
49:33they did
49:34they're supposed to do
49:35and now
49:36the pressure shifts
49:38to OKC
49:38you're defending champ
49:39you're going home
49:40where you're expected
49:41to win a game seven
49:42against a young Spurs
49:44team
49:44who are starting
49:45to feel like
49:46they're figuring
49:46things out
49:47do you get nervous
49:48during this time
49:49extra nervous
49:51you're always
49:51on edge
49:51for a playoff game
49:52yeah you're always
49:53on edge
49:54and you're always
49:54it's
49:55the not knowing
49:56right
49:57especially now
49:57you talk about
49:58the pressure
50:00yes it has shifted
50:01because everyone
50:02thinks it's going
50:03to be a cakewalk
50:04that you think
50:05that OK
50:05we're going home
50:06we've done this
50:07before
50:07we're the champs
50:09it doesn't work
50:10that way
50:10and the way
50:11that the Spurs
50:12have started
50:12every game
50:13in this series
50:15those first
50:16three or four minutes
50:16have always been
50:17Spurs
50:18if they can get
50:19their confidence
50:19early on the road
50:21which they've showed
50:21through the first six
50:23that gives them
50:24confidence to think
50:25that they can win
50:25on the road
50:26you said nervous
50:26I get nervous
50:27playing at LA Fitness
50:28in front of a good crowd
50:29that's just
50:29when you're a ball
50:30that's just how it goes
50:31these guys are
50:33absolutely nervous
50:33but absolutely
50:34will use that energy
50:35to play on the epic
50:36game seven
50:37McGough
50:38tried to pass
50:38to Plumlee
50:39they don't connect
50:40Reggie were two
50:41and three
50:42in your career
50:43in game seven
50:44what was that
50:45Mike
50:45what was that
50:46I mean
50:47you're in the award
50:48winning
50:48staff is researching
50:50we got to Reggie
50:52first
50:52I'm on the B team
50:53I wasn't
50:54I wasn't ready
50:54for the A card
50:57Aaron Wiggins
50:58knocks down
50:59at three
51:00116
51:01to 91
51:03we tell the stories
51:04of the players
51:05so often
51:06and we've called
51:08the cold
51:08toe pitch
51:08a couple of times
51:0944 for Oklahoma City
51:10just picked by a
51:11Linux
51:11as McGoughlin
51:12misses that three
51:14there is
51:15Topic
51:16out on the run
51:19pitch to Isaiah Joe
51:23Topic very inspiration
51:24towards ACL
51:25free draft
51:2525
51:26and
51:26Ben had
51:28the discovery
51:29of testicular cancer
51:30at a testicular
51:31procedure
51:32the beginning
51:33of this season
51:34didn't debut
51:35until mid-February
51:36and has
51:37stayed with it
51:38has come back
51:38and he's been
51:39in at the end
51:40of the game
51:40so you go to
51:40Oklahoma City
51:41practice
51:41you watch him
51:43he's out there
51:43like the other guys
51:44working
51:46it's so good
51:46to see somebody
51:47who's overcome
51:48a couple of
51:48different curveballs
51:49just a reminder
51:50inspiration to all
51:52dealing with challenges
51:53you can overcome it
51:54come back
51:55and keep chasing
51:57those dreams
51:58and you love to see
51:59that because
52:01adversity doesn't
52:01just build character
52:02rebuilds it
52:03it's not always
52:04going to go
52:04like you planned
52:04it but when you
52:05can fight through
52:06and keep working
52:07keep believing
52:08good things
52:09can be happening
52:11Jamal's staff
52:12got right to work
52:13his Diombo
52:14misses
52:14three and two
52:15in game seven
52:16oh Rage
52:16I had a better record
52:17you were the better
52:18player but I had
52:19a better record
52:19was I the better
52:20player
52:21oh you killed me
52:22Rage is top
52:24five
52:24top six
52:26two ball of all time
52:27he's trying to be
52:28the Spurs largest
52:29margin of victory
52:29when facing elimination
52:30that Maria and the guys
52:32will talk about
52:33on NBA Showtime
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52:35coming up
52:36after the game
52:37what an effort
52:38from San Antonio
52:39they're going to lead
52:40wire to wire
52:41in this one
52:42Thunder never led
52:44hasn't happened
52:45in a playoff game
52:46since one here
52:46in 2016
52:50San Antonio Spurs
52:51going to take this
52:52one in the biggest
52:53blowout of the series
52:55by 27 points
52:57the back-to-back MVP
52:59will face a game
53:00seven
53:01the Spurs
53:02have pulled it off
53:03and there will be
53:05a seventh game
53:24well these six guys
53:26on the San Antonio side
53:28of SGA
53:29heads back
53:29with his lowest
53:30playoff performance
53:31this year
53:32with six guys
53:33with no
53:35experience
53:36when facing
53:37NBA elimination
53:39handle their business
53:43and get us
53:44to a game
53:45seven
53:45on Saturday night
53:47and Victor
53:48Wempanyama
53:49standing by
53:50with Ashley
53:52coach Johnson
53:53told me
53:54that you live
53:54for big moments
53:55like this
53:55that you want
53:56to be on center stage
53:57so why are you
53:58why is this team
53:59built for moments
54:00like this
54:01I can't ask for why
54:02I'm just
54:02we're just hard
54:04we haven't done nothing yet
54:05you guys held
54:06Oklahoma City
54:07to 13 third quarter points
54:09what kind of defensive effort
54:11does it take
54:11as a team
54:12to do something like that
54:13trusting the coaches
54:14playing with effort
54:15thank you
54:16Mike
54:17alright Ashley
54:18thank you
54:19Wemby quick on that
54:21as quick as he was
54:22around the basket
54:22we are set
54:24for the 160th
54:25game seven
54:26in NBA history
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56:03Yeah, look, I'm disappointed that the Thunder didn't come out with the right type of force that it was going
56:09to take to win a Game 7.
56:11Again, you never want to leave Game 7 to a chance, even though you're going home.
56:16Because right now, this young Spurs that with very little experience in the playoffs, they have all the momentum and
56:22the confidence, Jamal.
56:23Well, as the series goes longer, other Spurs players are starting to come to the forefront.
56:27Dylan Harper wasn't playing so good. He's back in rhythm.
56:30Champagne wasn't playing well. He's back in rhythm.
56:32So, Fox right now, their top guy is the only one that's going to get in rhythm.
56:36And the shots he's getting, I believe he'll get in rhythm.
56:38We're up for an epic Game 7.
56:40Well, Game 6, his headline was Victor Wembenyama continuing the trend.
56:43Game 1, Game 4, Game 6. When he brought it, they won.
56:47Yes, absolutely. And if you just watch him, he set the tone.
56:50First off, he had the green. I don't know what you call that, but it was funny from the start.
56:55But then he's taking the leadership. And then he took the leadership off the floor as well, knocking down his
57:00first three.
57:01Then getting to a spot, shooting the one leg, dirt fade.
57:05And then doing what he always does on defense.
57:07But when he scores early, it just engages him in so many different ways.
57:11And then they go on a 20-0 run in the third, Rich.
57:13Yeah, to me, I know we're going to see a lot of offensive plays here, but this is what, that
57:19didn't get them to lead.
57:20Their defense was phenomenal in that third quarter.
57:23The pressure, SGA, he has struggled 6 of 18 tonight, but he has not shot the ball well.
57:30And I give all the credit to the Spurs' defense.
57:33Those guards, they are ball-hawking him everywhere he goes.
57:36You both played in five of them during your career.
57:38Sweaty palms already.
57:40Yeah.
57:40It's a Saturday, 8.15 Eastern time to tip.
57:44Game 7, two best words in sports.
57:47We get to share them with you on Saturday night.
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