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Key takeaways
- The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs have been on a collision course ever since a fateful meeting in the NBA Cup semifinals.
- At the time, the defending champion Thunder were 24-1, seemingly poised not only to repeat but to set the single-season wins record, too.
- San Antonio snuck out a two-point win, then steamrollered the Thunder twice more, by a combined 35 points, later that month.
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The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs have been on a collision course ever since a fateful meeting in the NBA Cup semifinals.
At the time, the defending champion Thunder were 24-1, seemingly poised not only to repeat but to set the single-season wins record, too. Then they ran into Victor Wembanyama and the upstart Spurs in Las Vegas last December.
San Antonio snuck out a two-point win, then steamrollered the Thunder twice more, by a combined 35 points, later that month. The Spurs were 4-1 against the Thunder this season.
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