'No Chance!' Spurs Offer Brutal Truths About Playoff Loss To Thunder

"No chance.''

San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama did not speak to the media following Tuesday night's 127-114 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals ...

A bad look.

But an assortment of other Spurs folks did. And their look in the mirror for self-evaluation is resulting in another "bad look'' ... because they don't like what they see of themselves as they've fallen behind 3-2 in this best-of-seven showdown.

"In a game like tonight, you give yourself no chance if that's the level you're going to play to,'' coach Mitch Johnson said after the game, noting that from his perch, there wasn't enough effort and confidence from his Spurs in Game 5.

Johnson also mentioned players being in the "wrong positions or wrong coverages" or making "poor decisions."

How brutal is that? Want more?

From Spurs forward Devin Vassell: "Undisciplined. Undisciplined rotations. Undisciplined fouls. That's about it.''

From De'Aaron Fox, who said the Spurs allowed the Thunder to become "too comfortable" offensively: "When that happens, they start making threes, start touching the paint. We had bad fouls, put them on the line too many times, things of that nature.''

Added Keldon Johnson: "We just committed too many fouls, too many fouls away from the basket, things like that. We got into the bonus early. When they get to the foul line, it slows down the pace."

The free-throw point is a key one. After making just 18 trips to the line in Game 4, the Thunder had 38 attempts, including a 16-of-17 effort by MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. ... that part of his 32 points.

That's a bounce-back from SGA, who was held to just 19 points in Game 4. And the same goes for the OKC offense as a whole, which in Game 4 was limited to its lowest point total in any game since Dec. 2, 2021 ...

But which here saw the defending NBA champions to put up their most points in the series.

"We definitely got better from the last game," Gilgeous-Alexander said.

Indeed, as after being held to 82 points in Game 4, the Thunder had 82 points in just over three minutes into the third quarter.

Wembanyama finished with 20 points and six rebounds in the loss, but he shot just 4-of-15 from the field - with the 7-5 star's affection for the arc backfiring; he ended up missing all five of his 3-point attempts. He went 12-of-12 at the free throw line and added 3 blocks.

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The defeat moved the defending NBA champion Thunder within one win of a return trip to the NBA Finals, where the New York Knicks await.

Game 6 is Thursday in San Antonio, and a potential Game 7 set for Saturday in Oklahoma City.

The Spurs need to win two straight against what is at this moment the best team in the NBA.

"We did not put ourselves in position enough to be successful on each possession," Spurs coach Johnson said. "And so, to beat a team of this caliber, in their building, with the stakes, we'll need to be a lot better to give yourself a chance."

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Said Julian Champagnie, with one more Spurs self-diagnosis: "They were the more desperate team tonight. I thought they wanted the game more than we did."

Brutal.