SAN FRANCISCO – Everything basketball fans watched from their couches, bars, the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, the River Walk in San Antonio and anywhere else were witness to what the NBA playoffs are all about in the Spurs’ double overtime win against the Thunder on Monday night to open the Western Conference finals. The two best teams in the league building a budding rivalry stepped onto the stage, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hoisting the MVP trophy for a second straight season and Victor Wembanyama staring through him in disgust during the pregame ceremony. There wasn’t any talk about tanking. Flopping and foul baiting was rarely a topic as referees let them play physical basketball. Nobody had a thought of the CBA or a random LeBron James debate. It was just purely basketball to the highest degree. Watching Victor Wembanyama be some kind of combination between Gumby and Steph Curry against the reigning champions had to send shivers down the rest of the NBA’s spines. Every team already knows they’re in for a world of hurt as a hungry Wemby looks to swallow the league whole. The Warriors are among them. They’re...
What Warriors are seeing, learning from watching exciting NBA playoffs from home
Published May 19, 2026 • 8 hrs ago
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