While the setting has changed from near the Riverwalk in Bricktown, OKC, to near the (old school) Riverwalk in San Antonio, nothing else has changed in what has been an intense and captivating Western Conference Finals.

Victor Wembanyama is shouldering the blame for the San Antonio Spurs' 123-108 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

Sometimes, experience matters. The San Antonio Spurs hit the floor at the Frost Bank Center looking like an absolute buzzsaw, as the Oklahoma City Thunder found themselves down 15-0 less than three minutes into Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals.

In what is a must-win game for the Oklahoma City Thunder — if they drop the first two games on their home court, there may be no path back to the NBA Finals — they are playing with an appropriate level of desperation.

Oklahoma City’s first loss of the playoffs exposed a difficult offensive question that could shape the rest of its Western Conference Finals battle against San Antonio.

Across the first two games, the Thunder's bench has outscored San Antonio's 107-41. For reference, Alex Caruso, the Thunder's leading bench scorer, has singlehandedly outscored the Spurs' reserves, putting up 48 points in the first two games.