The San Antonio Spurs have reached the 2026 NBA Finals after a stunning road victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 7.
San Antonio beat OKC 111-103 on the road, ending a hard-fought Western Conference Finals series in dramatic fashion.
Head coach Mitch Johnson had warned after Game 5 that Victor Wembanyama would need to take more than 15 shots for the Spurs to beat the Thunder.
In Game 7, Wembanyama finished with 22 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the field and 3-for-5 from three-point range.
The performance was impressive, but it was the collective team effort that truly made the difference in the decisive contest.
Six other Spurs players also scored in double figures alongside Wembanyama, highlighting the team’s remarkable depth and balance.
Julian Champagnie was the Spurs’ second-leading scorer with 20 points, going 6-of-8 from three-point range and adding six rebounds, an assist and a steal.
Champagnie was one of just 18 players to appear in all 82 regular season games this year, demonstrating his importance to San Antonio throughout the campaign.
The Spurs will now face the New York Knicks in the 2026 NBA Finals, a team they split the regular season series with.
Champagnie has already shown he can punish the Knicks from long range, hitting a career-high and Spurs single-game record 11 three-pointers in a 134-132 win over New York on New Year’s Eve.
That remarkable performance puts Champagnie firmly in the conversation among the greatest single-game three-point shooters in NBA history.
The quiz accompanying this article challenges fans to name the last player to hit 10 three-pointers in a single game for each NBA franchise.
Notable answers include Stephen Curry hitting 12 threes for Golden State, Damian Lillard drilling 13 for Portland, and Trey Murphy III connecting on 12 for New Orleans.
No Philadelphia 76er has ever hit 10 three-pointers in a single game, making them the only franchise without an answer in the quiz.
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