Thunder bounce back to tie WCF
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🗓️ 21 May 2026
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Summary
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 after a disappointing game one to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to a game two win over the San Antonio Spurs. Dave DuFour and Zena Keita give their instant reactions to the Thunder bounce back game, Isaiah Hartenstein’s effort against Victor Wembanyama, and the effects of injury on the series so far. Then, Dave is joined courtside in OKC by Andrew Schlecht and Jared Weiss to look at Oklahoma City's adjustments and where the series goes from here.
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Host: Dave DuFour
With: Zena Keita, Andrew Schlecht, and Jared Weiss
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily from May 21st, 2026. I'm Dave Dufour. Here with Zena Keda coming up. |
| 0:07.0 | Game two of the Western Conference Finals did not go like game one. Thunder, even the series. |
| 0:12.2 | We're going to hit it from all angles. |
| 0:19.2 | Good morning, everybody. What is up, Zena? |
| 0:22.0 | How are you? |
| 0:23.5 | I'm doing well. |
| 0:24.4 | I feel a little bit more settled after this game than I did after game one, but still a really good game that came down to the last minutes. |
| 0:32.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:33.2 | I mean, I think that settled is kind of a good place to start. |
| 0:36.9 | The thunder looked more settled in game two. |
| 0:39.7 | It looks much more like the thunder that we were used to. |
| 0:42.4 | Shea Gildes-Alexander was making shots. |
| 0:45.1 | They were physical. |
| 0:46.6 | I think, you know, the physicality helped them win this game big time, especially |
| 0:52.2 | Isaiah Hartenstein on Wembe. |
| 0:55.3 | Agreed. |
| 0:55.9 | What's your main takeaway? |
| 0:57.7 | Just first thing that jumps out for you from game two. |
| 1:00.6 | Well, one, Shea Gildos Alexander looked like he needed to prove some points. |
| 1:05.8 | He probably was listening or hearing or reading or something because all of America was saying, |
| 1:11.6 | that was a weird game for Shay. He probably won't do that two times in a row, |
| 1:15.3 | and he had to prove that to many people. So, yeah, |
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