NBA scores today: Spurs vs Thunder – West finals Game 3

MANILA, Philippines–The San Antonio Spurs play the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 today, May 23 (May 22 in the US) as the NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals shift to San Antonio, Texas.

NBA scores today: Spurs vs Thunder (Game 3)

• The Oklahoma City bench keeps getting better in these NBA Playoffs Western Conference finals — and, with all respect to MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the backups are the reason the Thunder are two wins away from a return the NBA Finals.
• The Thunder got 50 points from their reserves in Game 1, then 57 in Game 2 — and on Friday, the bench mob struck again, scoring 76 points and keying Oklahoma City’s 123-108 win over the San Antonio Spurs for a 2-1 series lead.
• Jared McCain scored 24 points for the Thunder; that’s a playoff career best. Jaylin Williams — that’s the forward, with Thunder guard Jalen Williams out with hamstring issues again — hit five 3-pointers and scored 18; that was also a playoff career high. And Alex Caruso had 15 points, giving him 63 in this series; that’s the best three-game scoring span of his career.