{"id":859,"date":"2026-05-31T04:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=859"},"modified":"2026-05-31T04:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T04:39:06","slug":"spurs-stun-thunder-in-thrilling-game-7-to-set-up-nba-finals-showdown-with-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=859","title":{"rendered":"Spurs stun Thunder in thrilling Game 7 to set up NBA Finals showdown with Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>OKLAHOMA CITY \u2014 Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs started the Western Conference finals with a win in Oklahoma City, then ended the series the same way.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=857\">Mayhem breaks out between anti-ICE protesters, police at Newark\u2019s Delaney Hall \u2014 as protests continue for yet another night<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The champions are dethroned. Wembanyama and the Spurs are headed to the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama scored 22 points, Julian Champagnie got 18 of his 20 off of 3-pointers and the Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-103 on Saturday night \u2014 bucking heavy odds to win a Game 7 on the road.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=855\">NYC bus driver who couldn\u2019t speak English charged in horror Virginia crash that killed 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephon Castle scored 16 points and De\u2019Aaron Fox had 15. Dylan Harper added 12 and Keldon Johnson and Devin Vassell each finished with 11 for the Spurs, who are headed to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They will host the New York Knicks in Game 1 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 35 points, but for the eighth consecutive season the NBA will have a new champion.    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=853\">Authorities desperately search for hiker missing in wilderness near Lake Tahoe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a hard-fought Western Conference finals, the Spurs punched their finals ticket with a decisive Game 7 win over the Thunder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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