NBA Western Conference Finals Prediction: Oklahoma City Thunder – San Antonio Spurs (19-05-2026)

The NBA Conference Finals begin in Oklahoma as the Thunder host San Antonio in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.

While Oklahoma City reached this stage with fewer overall problems during the playoffs, San Antonio now arrive with one of the hottest offenses remaining in the postseason.

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San Antonio Spurs may be getting slightly underrated heading into this Western Conference Finals series.

Although Oklahoma City had a smoother path through the playoffs overall, the Spurs are one of the few teams that consistently caused problems for OKC during the regular NBA season.

San Antonio not only competed well in those matchups, but actually won three of the four regular season meetings between these teams while repeatedly scoring at a strong offensive level.

That becomes important because this team total line still feels relatively modest considering the offensive form San Antonio have shown for weeks now.

The Spurs have already produced several strong scoring performances throughout the playoffs, including games with 139, 133, 126, 120, 115 and 114 points during recent series against Minnesota and Portland.

Even against stronger defensive teams, San Antonio still continued pushing the tempo offensively.

Oklahoma City Thunder obviously remain one of the best defensive teams remaining in the NBA playoffs, especially defensively at home, but San Antonio already proved multiple times this season that they can score efficiently against this matchup.

Considering both the recent offensive form and the regular season meetings between these teams, 106+ points from San Antonio still looks achievable here.

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Dalius Mikalauskas

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