Player grades: Thunder flex depth in 123-108 Game 3 win over Spurs

SAN ANTONIO — Going with the side-dribble, Jared McCain had Victor Wembanyama back-pedaling with the pump-fake. The 22-year-old drove his way to the rim before he bumped into the unanimous Defensive Player of the Year winner and let off a circus floater that banked in. He flexed his muscles in celebration.

The Oklahoma City Thunder somehow, someway picked up a 123-108 Game 3 win over the San Antonio Spurs . The bench propelled them to a 2-1 series lead in the 2026 Western Conference Finals. Wow.

There are two sides to this coin — for the Thunder, this was an epic, storybook win. Down Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and friends found a way to get a series-altering road win to regain homecourt advantage. If you're the Spurs, this is a flat-out embarrassment.

A bunch of variables went their way and none of them mattered. To paint how improbable a win this was for the Thunder, let's go back to the opening minutes. It didn't take long for the Spurs to feed into their hyped-up home crowd.