Schedule and 2025-26 Results
Regular Season Records: Oklahoma City 64-18, San Antonio 62-20
Game 1 on Monday, 18 May: San Antonio wins at Oklahoma City, 122-pts-115(2OT)
Game 2 on Wednesday, 20 May: San Antonio at Oklahoma City
Game 3 on Friday, 22 May: Oklahoma City at San Antonio
Game 4 on Sunday, 24 May: Oklahoma City at San Antonio
Game 5* on Tuesday, 26 May: San Antonio at Oklahoma City
Game 6* on Thursday, 28 May: Oklahoma City at San Antonio
Game 7* on Saturday, 30 May: San Antonio at Oklahoma City
* if needed
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil:
Ignoring win order; ignoring site order: The team leading 1-game-nil irrespective of site order (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2026 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 1155-485 (.704)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 275-111 (.712)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 484-161 (.750)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 109-29 (.790)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 882-758 (.538)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 212-174 (.549)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 365-280 (.566)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 84-54 (.609)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1640 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2026 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.
HISTORICAL VICTORY PROBABILITIES: Leading 1-game-nil @ V:
Ignoring win order; considering site order: The team leading 1-game-nil with site order V (San Antonio) has the following best-of-7 playoff series and games record through the 2026 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round:
series record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 314-249 (.558)
series record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 90-51 (.638)
series record, NBA only, all rounds: 95-88 (.519)
series record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 31-12 (.721)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, all rounds: 191-372 (.339)
Game 2 record, all best-of-7 sports, Semifinals round: 57-84 (.404)
Game 2 record, NBA only, all rounds: 46-137 (.251)
Game 2 record, NBA only, Semifinals round: 18-25 (.419)
These records are drawn from the applicable 1640 best-of-7 NHL, NBA, and MLB series played through the 2026 NBA/NHL Quarterfinals round. Note in general that the greater the number of games or series fitting a particular situation, the greater the significance of the corresponding winning fraction:
For example, 0.800 is far more likely to come closer to the true winning fraction in a given situation when the corresponding win-loss record is 400-100 rather than 4-1.
SERIES NOTES:
After Game 1: The San Antonio Spurs visited and outscored the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-pts-115(2OT) to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1645 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a series record of 31-8 and a Game 2 record of 26-13. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Oklahoma City Thunder have a series record of 6-6 and a Game 2 record of 6-6. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an active best-of-7 NBA playoffs Game 2 winning streak of six consecutive Game 2s. Irrespective of Game 1 outcome, the Oklahoma City Thunder have seen their best-of-7 NBA playoffs Game 2 outcome match their series outcome in their last fourteen series (eight wins, six losses). Of the eight best-of-7 NBA playoff series losses sustained by the San Antonio Spurs in the wake of a Game 1 victory, two were to the Oklahoma City Thunder (in series 1183, in the 2012 NBA Semifinals; in series 1313, in the 2016 NBA Quarterfinals).
Pre-series assessment: In the 2025-26 NBA regular season, the Oklahoma City Thunder finished two games ahead of the San Antonio Spurs. From 1947 through the 2026 NBA Quarterfinals round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 24-17 (.585) in those series against those opponents. Best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1645 is the 29th best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the 65th for the San Antonio Spurs. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Oklahoma City Thunder have an all-rounds series record of 17-11 (with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Semifinals-round series record of 2-3, and a Game 1 record of 16-12, while the San Antonio Spurs have an all-rounds series record of 39-25, a Semifinals-round series record of 6-8, and a Game 1 record of 39-25. Series 1645 is the fourth best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs. The Oklahoma City Thunder won two of the previous three best-of-7 NBA playoff series meetings between these two teams; the sole San Antonio series victory over Oklahoma City occurred in series 1249, in the 2014 NBA Semifinals by San Antonio en route to their 2014 NBA championship.
