Basketball NewsTuesday, May 19, 2026

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMay 19, 12:38 AM ET

Game one of the NBA Western Conference finals is in the books and it was an instant classic. The San Antonio Spurs stole game one against the Oklahoma City Thunder, in double overtime, 122-115 behind a 41-point, 24-rebound performance from Victor Wembanyama. OWembanyama’s performance will forever be talked about but what will be overlooked is […]

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMay 18, 9:53 PM ET

Victor Wembanyama barely left the court while throwing down the left-handed jam on Monday night.

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMay 19, 12:57 AM ET

The longest night of Victor Wembanyama's NBA career was over. “Save some steps,” Wembanyama said. Add Wembanyama to that list now, after his latest masterpiece — in a career-high 49 minutes — carried the Spurs to a 122-115 double-overtime win over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night.

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMay 19, 1:42 AM ET

The guard with the headband carried the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. With reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander largely bottled up by San Antonio's defense, it was another headband-clad guard — Alex Caruso — who tried to come to the rescue in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals. It was nearly enough: Caruso hit eight 3-pointers and finished with 31 points, the second-most of his career, but the Thunder fell to Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs 122-115 in double...

Publisher:Yahoo Sports NBAOutlet infoMay 19, 2:03 AM ET

San Antonio Spurs (62-20, second in the Western Conference) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (64-18, first in the Western Conference) Oklahoma City; Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. EDT LINE: Thunder -6.5; over/under is 215.5 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: Spurs lead series 1-0 BOTTOM LINE: The San Antonio Spurs visit the Oklahoma City Thunder in the Western Conference finals with a 1-0 lead in the series. The Spurs won the last matchup 122-115 in overtime on Tuesday, led by 41 points from Victor Wembanyama. Alex C...

Publisher:Yahoo Sports WNBAOutlet infoMay 19, 2:00 AM ET

Dallas Wings (2-2, 0-1 Western Conference) at Chicago Sky (3-1) Chicago; Wednesday, 9 p.m. EDT BOTTOM LINE: Chicago Sky faces the Dallas Wings after Gabriela Jaquez scored 20 points in the Chicago Sky's 86-79 victory over the Minnesota Lynx. Chicago went 6-16 at home last season while going 10-34 overall. The Sky averaged 75.8 points per game last season, 13.0 on free throws and 20.1 from deep. Dallas went 4-18 on the road and 10-34 overall last season. The Wings allowed opponents to scor...