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Wemby, Spurs Facing Off Against Reigning NBA Champions in Western Conference Finals | What to Know for Game 1
The matchup is only the seventh in NBA history between 62-win teams, and Oklahoma City has won nine straight playoff games.
- The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs begin their Western Conference finals series on Monday in Oklahoma City, marking their first playoff matchup since 2016.
- This series is only the seventh time in NBA history that two teams with 62 wins have met in the playoffs, a rarity not seen since the 1972 Lakers-Milwaukee West finals.
- Experience favors the Thunder, with 12 players who have scored in Rounds 3 or 4 of the playoffs, compared to just five current Spurs with conference finals or NBA Finals experience.
- "Conference finals is crazy," Victor Wembanyama said, while Thunder coach Mark Daigneault called the Spurs an "incredibly worthy" opponent the team must beat.
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander says the defending champion Thunder remain focused on their ultimate goal: "We still haven't reached our goal," he said, with two more series to win.
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The NBA conference finals start with Spurs-Thunder on Monday
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Total News Sources34
Leaning Left12Leaning Right5Center11Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
Bias Distribution
- 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left
L 43%
C 39%
R 18%
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