"It’s hard to win playoff games on the road," ucap Daigneault.

Bintang utama Thunder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, memberikan apresiasi tinggi terhadap kedalaman skuadnya. Empat pemain cadangan berhasil mencetak poin dua digit.

"We have a really good basketball team. 1-15 can really play at the highest level.

… No surprise for us, we know what we’re capable of," kata Gilgeous-Alexander.

Di kubu lawan, San Antonio Spurs kesulitan menjaga momentum saat megabintang mereka, Victor Wembanyama, beristirahat di bangku cadangan.

"We can’t play him 48 minutes, so you can’t lose by 20 in those minutes," kata Mitch Johnson, Pelatih San Antonio Spurs.

Mitch Johnson menjelaskan bahwa absennya performa maksimal dari tiga garda utama akibat kendala kebugaran. Hal itu memaksa timnya untuk terus melakukan penyesuaian strategi.

"Vic creates our advantages for us more than anybody else," ujar Johnson.

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Meskipun menelan kekalahan, Victor Wembanyama tetap menyumbangkan 26 poin bagi Spurs. Game 4 dijadwalkan kembali berlangsung di San Antonio pada Minggu malam.