Stephon Castle 'confident' Spurs can bests Thunder in Western Conference Finals

All roads led to this. The Oklahoma City Thunder will square off against the San Antonio Spurs in the 2026 Western Conference Finals. All year, those two teams were in their own tier compared to the rest of the league.

They were 60-plus-win juggernauts who destroyed their opponents left and right. Now, we get to see the Thunder and Spurs face off. Considering their respective historic dominance, the gravitas of this matchup is difficult to put into words.

The entire basketball universe believes that the eventual NBA champion will be crowned in this series. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama were two of the three MVP finalists. Gilgeous-Alexander continues to add to his all-time resume as his peers are greats like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant.

Meanwhile, Wembanyama broke out as one of the league's best players. He was a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year winner. That's been expected since before he joined the league, really.