Oklahoma City Thunder dey lead San Antonio Spurs 65-44 for halftime inside Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, for dia 2026-27 NBA season opener on October 20, 2026. Tip-off na 20:30 local time. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander carry Thunder with 16 points, four assists, two blocks and plus-11 in 17 minutes, and im team dey follow im lead.
Jared McCain add 11 points for 4-of-5 shooting and 3-of-4 from deep. Thunder go 11 deep into rotation and all 11 players score. For second quarter, Oklahoma City outscore Spurs 25-12 and lead 59-40 with 1:38 left before halftime. Chet Holmgren show strong interior defense, while Victor Wembanyama still block shots for San Antonio. Spurs offense struggle well well for di night.
Before di game, Stephon Castle warn say di rematch go physical and Thunder go play fast like dem always do. Castle talk say Spurs no need change anything about dem, dem just need trust wetin dem do for whole 48 minutes. E also talk say rebounding na di main problem with big lineup, but if everybody buy in, San Antonio go fine.
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson plan start Castle, De’Aaron Fox and Dylan Harper together, with Devin Vassell and Victor Wembanyama. Di three guards first start together against Phoenix Suns on October 14, and Castle score 18 points for 123-103 win, with eight of im 14 free throws coming for second quarter.
Di match carry weight because Spurs eliminate Thunder for Western Conference Finals Game 7 on May 30, winning 111-103 for Paycom Center. Castle score 16 points for dat Game 7. Thunder forward Jalen Williams reinjure im hamstring for Game 2 and miss di next three games. Both teams come into di game healthy.
Tickets for di match start from 133.46 EUR, and more than a thousand tickets still dey available at di time of writing. Demand for NBA games for Texas dey climb as game day near, and di best-value seats dey disappear first.
