Oklahoma City defeated San Antonio 127-114 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points as the Thunder capitalized on San Antonio’s error-prone performance. San Antonio had leveled the series at 2-2 earlier, but struggled in Game 5 at Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center. Victor Wembanyama scored 20 points on 4-of-15 shooting and grabbed six rebounds, while Devin Vassell scored six points on 2-of-11 shooting. Oklahoma City recovered from a slow first quarter and had five players reach double figures. Alex Caruso scored 22 points off the bench with four three-pointers, Jared McCain added 20, Chet Holmgren had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Isaiah Hartenstein recorded 12 points and 15 rebounds.
"Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the San Antonio Spurs 127-114 to move within one win of a return to the NBA Finals on Tuesday. Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder punished an error-strewn performance by San Antonio to claim a victory which leaves the reigning NBA champions 3-2 up with two games remaining in the Western Conference finals."
"Spurs player Victor Wembanyama had a miserable shooting night, scoring 20 points but making just 4-of-15 attempts from the field while grabbing only six rebounds. Spurs forward Devin Vassell also had a night to forget, scoring just six points from 2-of-11 shooting after averaging 17 points in the opening four games of the series."
"Oklahoma City will head to San Antonio for Thursday's game six with a chance to clinch the series after a typically clinical performance, recovering from a slow start to seal a deserved win. Gilgeous-Alexander was one of five Thunder players to finish in double figures, with Alex Caruso scoring 22 from the bench, including four three-pointers, and Jared McCain impressing with 20 points."
"I might have had the worst start to a basketball game in my career, but the group held it down and kept us in the game, Gilgeous-Alexander said of a sluggish first quarter by the Thunder that saw San Antonio jump into an early eight-point lead. Somehow we still won the first quarter but that's a testament to the guys in the locker room. I've been saying it all year we're a group of one through 15, and we wouldn't be this deep in the season without everybody on the team,"
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