Oklahoma City at San Antonio

The Spurs led for 92% of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals and beat Oklahoma City 111-103 on May 30. Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell were hurt then, and Williams enters opening night fully healthy. Oklahoma City won 64 regular-season games to San Antonio's 62. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the back-to-back MVP, scored 35 with nine assists in that Game 7 loss. Chet Holmgren has played no preseason minutes because of a quad injury. He averaged 10.7 points on 27.3% three-point shooting against Victor Wembanyama in that series. The Thunder lost role players Lu Dort, Isaiah Joe and Aaron Wiggins but kept the core of Gilgeous-Alexander, Williams and Holmgren. San Antonio opens with a new starting group. De'Aaron Fox, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper start together alongside Devin Vassell and Wembanyama, and that guard trio played only 69 minutes together all last season. The Spurs also played until June 13, losing to New York in the Finals, while Oklahoma City's season ended 14 days earlier. I'm grabbing the points tonight. Take Oklahoma City.