{"id":118488,"date":"2026-05-28T16:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/?p=118488"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:10:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:10:21","slug":"nba-picks-spurs-looking-to-force-game-7-in-western-conference-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/basketball\/nba\/nba-picks-spurs-looking-to-force-game-7-in-western-conference-final\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Picks: Spurs Looking to Force Game 7 in Western Conference Final"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":117460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[769],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"acf":{"auto_update_sportal365":true,"property_type":["","run_ads","","","",""],"main_image":117461,"main_image_description":"Thursday NBA betting picks from Betway","authors":false,"custom_author":"Mark Keast","type":"news","properties":{"ads_enabled":true,"adult_content":false,"important":false,"live":false},"live_url":"","type_of_redirect":"permanent","body":[{"acf_fc_layout":"editor_block","content":"<p>There has been critique that the San Antonio Spurs rely too much on Victor Wembanyama, and Tuesday night we saw the consequences of that.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The 22-year-old first overall pick in 2023, in just his second season, was held to a series low 20 points and six rebounds in the Spurs\u2019 127-114 loss, putting the Spurs on the brink of elimination tonight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Wembanyama didn\u2019t speak with reporters afterwards. The Spurs have home-court advantage tonight, and need a strong comeback game from the 7-foot-4 forward, who\u2019s been averaging 22.9 PPG these playoffs, with a FG% of 51.6, averaging 3.7 blocks per game, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Wembanyama had just 15 shot attempts in Game 5. That will not cut it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">\u201cThat\u2019s probably the easiest (adjustment) in terms of just surface-level stuff,\u201d said Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, to Associated Press. \u201cHe\u2019ll definitely need to take more shots.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Spurs won elimination games in each of their last two playoff series before this season but ultimately lost both of those series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">On the sidelines, waiting, are the Eastern Conference champion New York Knicks, winners of 11 straight playoff games. So it\u2019s not going to be easy either for the Spurs or the Thunder beyond this series.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">According to the NBA injury report, as of 10:15 a.m. EST, Ajay Mitchell is out for the Thunder (right soleus strain), and Jalen Williams is listed as questionable (left hamstring strain).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>BEST BETS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs, 8:30 p.m. EST, Frost Bank Center, San Antonio, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Oklahoma City leads best-of-7 series 3-2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>In <\/strong><a target=\"_self\" class=\"editor-link\" href=\"https:\/\/betway.com\/g\/en\/sports\/grp\/basketball\/usa\/nba\"><strong>NBA betting<\/strong><\/a><strong> on Betway this morning, the Spurs are Moneyline favourites at -150, with the Thunder at +125. The Spread is Spurs -3.5 (-105), the Thunder +3.5 (-115). Over\/Under is 219.5 (O is -115, U is -105).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Spurs To Win (-150)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Wembanyama aside, the Thunder really took care of business on home court overall Tuesday night, holding San Antonio to 40.2% from the field and under 30% from 3-PT range.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The Spurs are 5-3 on home court these playoffs, but the Thunder shot 43.8% from 3-point range in Game 5. If the Spurs can\u2019t limit that tonight, then it\u2019s lights out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Still, expect a strong Spurs comeback, led by Wembanyama, tonight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">San Antonio has been competitive the entire series, and the Spurs have huge motivation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Wembanyama Over 40.5 Points and Rebounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">I expect a huge superstar-like rebound game from Wembanyama tonight, who\u2019s a beast on the boards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">San Antonio is 2-0 in this series when he eclipses 30 points \u2013 and Game 5 aside, he\u2019s had a massive series going toe-to-toe with the Thunder\u2019s Shae Gilgeous-Alexander, the MVP of the NBA again this season.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">That MVP pick irked Wembanyama, so no way he has another subpar game after Game 4. He\u2019s had some massive games \u2013 including 41 points and 24 rebounds in Game 1, a 122-115 Spurs win in double overtime, and a 39-point game against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the previous round, and 35 points in Game 1 against the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">He\u2019s also +135 at Betway to go over 30 points. Shae is -135.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><strong>Under 219.5 (-105)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The series already has had some lower-scoring games, and defences will lock in tonight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">The stakes are massive, where teams shorten rotations, and possessions become more deliberate, signs of a playoff-style grind as opposed to a December night shootout.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\">Thunder defensive schemes will carry over to tonight, plus injuries to Williams and Mitchell, key rotation players, reduce their offensive depth. Bettors typically fade unusually high-scoring playoff games, like we saw last game, where the teams combined for 241 points, expecting regression on the offensive side of the ball.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: start;\"><i><u>&nbsp;<\/u><\/i><\/p>\n"}],"brief_description":"Bettors expect a bounce back game from the Spurs' Victor Wembanyama, who scored a series low 20 points in Game 5"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118489,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118488\/revisions\/118489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.betway.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}