SAN ANTONIO (AP) 鈥� Victor Wembanyama had 33 points, eight rebounds, five assists and three blocks and the San Antonio Spurs held Oklahoma City to its second-lowest postseason total, beating the Thunder 103-82 in Game 4 on Sunday night to tie the Western Conference finals.
De’Aaron Fox had 12 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for San Antonio, which has not lost three consecutive games all season. Stephon Castle and Devin Vassell added 13 points each.
鈥淵ou definitely don鈥檛 want to go down 3-1 going into their house,鈥� Vassell said. 鈥淲e knew we had to respond and that鈥檚 how you respond. You get stops. You don鈥檛 try and focus on the offensive end, you get stops, you get out of transition. You guard your yard and that鈥檚 what we did.鈥�
Game 5 is Tuesday in Oklahoma City, followed by Game 6 on Thursday in San Antonio.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 19 points on 6-for-15 shooting for the Thunder.
Wembanyama took Oklahoma City’s 123-108 victory Friday in Game 3 personally. The 7-foot-4 star from France said he needed to be better to make his teammates better. He was monumentally better Sunday night 鈥� and so was San Antonio.
鈥淲e all have high standards and I know I have a lot of responsibilities, but I鈥檓 here for it,鈥� Wembanyama said. 鈥淵eah, it was better today. It wasn鈥檛 perfect. But, you know, all of us, I鈥檓 talking about the whole organization, so we鈥檙e going to have to do things that we didn鈥檛 sign up for.鈥�
The Spurs limited the Thunder to 33% shooting from the field, including 6 for 33 on 3-pointers (18%).
鈥淚 think we made a great defensive adjustment,鈥� Vassell said. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 want to say what it was. We were just able to rotate the shooters and not give them so many wide-open 3s. I feel like they had so many wide-open 3s over the past couple games and you’ve got to respect them, especially if they鈥檙e making them. So, we were trying to cut them out with that and just stay playing fast.鈥�
After being outscored 76-23 in bench points in Game 3, San Antonio’s reserves scored 30 points while limiting Oklahoma City to 34.
The Spurs had another hot start in Game 4 after opening the previous game on a 15-0 run. Unlike Friday鈥檚 lopsided loss, the Spurs never relinquished that lead.
鈥淭hey just punched us in our face early,鈥� Gilgeous-Alexander said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 two games in a row they鈥檝e come out the aggressor. The last game we were able to course correct. Tonight, we just didn鈥檛 do so.鈥�
After blocking Jared McCain鈥檚 layup under the rim, Vassell tossed an alley-oop pass to Wembanyama for a dunk as part of 16-0 run that gave the Spurs a 23-8 lead with 4:19 remaining.
鈥淚 feel like with who we are, we need to start games like this,鈥� Wembanyama said, 鈥渂ut it really doesn鈥檛 mean anything for the way it holds. I mean, it helps for sure, but it鈥檚 a whole ‘nother type of effort to be consistent rather than just hitting first.鈥�
San Antonio had an assist on all 10 field goals in the first quarter.
San Antonio held Oklahoma City to 38 points in the first half, tied for its second-lowest half in the past four regular and postseasons. The Thunder are 2-9 when they score less than 40 points in any half over the last five seasons.
Oklahoma City鈥檚 franchise low is 65 points in a playoff loss to Memphis on May 3, 2014, and its second-fewest points had been 85 against San Antonio on May 21, 2014.
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