Playing with the intensity and defensive edge that define them, the Thunder got back to who they are by matching San Antonio’s physicality and using a signature third quarter run to turn a tight game into a statement win.
OKLAHOMA CITY – 9:26 left in the game with the Thunder up 21, trying to finally put the Spurs away for the first time this season, Kenrich Williams slid under Victor Wembanyama on a jumper that sent the officials to the monitor and the building into a low, simmering uproar from Thunder fans.
Words started to get exchanged after Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan wasn’t happy with the foul. Williams barked back at Jeremy Sochan. And then Lu Dort, in street clothes, clipboard night, no stat line to his name, leapt from the bench and joined the moment anyway.
That fire and intense animosity had been missing the first three times Oklahoma City and San Antonio met.
On Tuesday night, it finally arrived.
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