Thunder-Spurs Game 2 takeaways: Defending Wemby, turnovers haunt San Antonio

The 2026 Western Conference finals are all knotted up. The Oklahoma City Thunder outlasted the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, May 20 in Game 2 , 122-113 , as the series now heads to San Antonio. Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bounced back with a 30-point, 9-assist game after he had struggled with double-teams and inefficiency in the series opener.

On the other side of that, Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama (21 points, 17 rebounds) appeared to wear down late in the game, as Oklahoma City ramped up its physicality against him. Here are takeaways from Game 2 of the Western Conference finals: The biggest issue for the Spurs is obvious In Game 1, the Spurs committed 21 turnovers — against 14 by the Thunder — yielding to a 28-17 deficit in points off of those giveaways. On Wednesday night, it was much of the same.

San Antonio turned the ball over 21 times (compared to Oklahoma City’s 9), leading to a 27-10 Thunder edge in points off of turnovers. Fourteen of those Spurs turnovers were on Thunder steals. The main culprit here is Stephon Castle, who has had a solid series against Oklahoma City, overall, though he has committed 20 turnovers across both games.

Some of that is because he has been tasked with more ball-handling than usual; starting point guard De’Aaron Fox has missed both games , and Dylan Harper left Game 2 in the third quarter. That has forced Castle to be the primary play-maker. It’s a role he’s comfortable with in smaller doses, but Spurs coach Mitch Johnson already offered some possible solutions to cut down on those giveaways.