[Zach] Kram: Role players and schemes and strategic adjustments matter, but sometimes playoff basketball reduces down to a battle between stars. In this series, the Thunder are 3-0 when Gilgeous-Alexander scores at least as many points as Wembanyama, while the Spurs are 3-0 when Wembanyama outscores the two-time MVP. It's reasonable to expect that trend to continue in Game 7.
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The Spurs will win Game 7 if ______.
[Ben] Golliver: Wembanyama continues to outplay Gilgeous-Alexander, their hot perimeter shooting travels and their guards take better care of the basketball. Still, this will be a tall order: Oklahoma City is 6-1 at home during the 2026 playoffs after going 11-2 at home during last year's title run. Remarkably, the Thunder's only loss this year came in double overtime -- in Game 1 against the Spurs -- and their 2025 losses were both on last-second shots.
Getting the chance to host Game 7 at Paycom Center is why Oklahoma City never let its foot off the gas during the regular season despite a list of injuries to key players. Spurs coach Mitch Johnson should remind his young team that it dealt the Thunder one of their seven home losses during the regular season.
Obviously, I agree with the first, having written it repeatedly here. I also agree with the second implied answer. OKC dominates at home, the games there are, maddeningly to me, called by the officials differently, and going back to the first question, I expect SGA to out-score Wemby. OKC will win.
