Series
Latest Sporzzio coverage and playoff reads for Oklahoma City Thunder vs. San Antonio Spurs.
Explainer
The 2026-27 NBA season begins October 20 with an NBC and Peacock tripleheader and ends April 11. Here are the biggest games, broadcast details and the reason each team initially has only 80 assigned matchups.
Explainer
The 2026 NBA Cup begins October 30, sends eight teams to single-elimination play and ends December 11 at Hinkle Fieldhouse. Here are the groups, national TV schedule, tiebreakers and impact on the 82-game season.
Explainer
The 2026 NBA Christmas schedule features five games on ABC and ESPN, beginning with a Spurs-Knicks Finals rematch and including LeBron James’ first scheduled trip back to Los Angeles as a 76er.
Debate
The Knicks' Finals question is not the chant. It is whether their Brunson-led strengths travel against the West's size and matchup stress.
Explainer
A playoff rotation is the smaller group a coach trusts when possessions tighten, not the full roster. Thunder-Spurs showed why those bench choices matter.
Team Pulse
Thunder depth matters because Caruso and Hartenstein make Oklahoma City harder to reduce to one star and one fragile playoff lineup.
Team Pulse
The Spurs' contender question is whether Victor Wembanyama has enough healthy guard structure around him to make his production hold up through a playoff series.
Team Pulse
The Thunder cannot erase Victor Wembanyama. Their real job is making his dominance less connected to clean Spurs offense around him.