{"id":31088,"date":"2026-05-29T02:32:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/nba-playoffs-2026-live-updates-from-thunder-spurs-game-6\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T02:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T02:32:55","slug":"nba-playoffs-2026-live-updates-from-thunder-spurs-game-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/nba-playoffs-2026-live-updates-from-thunder-spurs-game-6\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA playoffs 2026: Live updates from Thunder-Spurs Game 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"bd458c44-2d33-47eb-cebc-35d3d4ac595c\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/okc\/oklahoma-city-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> have a chance to close out the Western Conference finals on Thursday in Game 6 against the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"8aef8547-32f5-0943-a1de-e734567674cc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/sa\/san-antonio-spurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Oklahoma City beat San Antonio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/game\/_\/gameId\/401873201\/spurs-thunder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">127-114<\/a> in Game 5 on Tuesday to take a 3-2 series lead. Historically, teams that won Game 5 in a best-of-seven series that was tied 2-2 went on to win the series 82% of the time (198-44 series record), according to ESPN Research. Oklahoma City holds a 7-1 series record when leading 3-2 since moving to OKC in 2008-09.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder can reach their second consecutive NBA Finals with a victory, continuing their quest to be the first team since the 2017-18 <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"77a8546f-24bf-a333-8161-bf9f75396c49\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/gs\/golden-state-warriors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Golden State Warriors<\/a> to win back-to-back championships. <a data-player-guid=\"4dcec409-3ff9-2881-2bc3-b4289ce6c36d\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4278073\/shai-gilgeous-alexander\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> would become the sixth player in NBA history to win MVP and make the NBA Finals in consecutive seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs have a 1-13 series record when trailing 3-2 in franchise history, with a 5-9 record in Game 6s of those series. Their only 3-2 comeback came in the second round in 2008 against the then-New Orleans Hornets. San Antonio is 2-0 this postseason when trailing a series, but have yet to face elimination.<\/p>\n<p>Will the Thunder close out the series, or will the Spurs force a Game 7? Follow along below for the top moments and highlights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/i\/infographics\/20170710_nfl_fpr\/charts\/_end_rule.png\" width=\"100%\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oklahoma City Thunder have a chance to close out the Western Conference finals on Thursday in Game 6 against<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_animmysite_disable_animation":false,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F0529%2Fr1665121_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trending-sports-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trendifyhubusa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}