Eric Moody breaks down Thursday's Thunder-Spurs playoff game and offers his favorite bets and DFS plays.
Eric Moody breaks down Thursday's Thunder-Spurs playoff game and offers his favorite bets and DFS plays.
Eric MoodyMay 28, 2026, 01:06 PM ETCloseEric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men's and women's basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career as a manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company.
Eric MoodyMay 28, 2026, 01:06 PM ET
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What you need to know for Thursday
Game 6 between the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder arrives with San Antonio facing elimination for the first time in the Victor Wembanyama era. Oklahoma City leads the Western Conference finals, 3-2, after taking Game 5, but this series has already swung back and forth enough to make a Game 7 feel very possible.
The focus for the Spurs starts with Wembanyama, who was held to a series-low 20 points on just 15 shots in Game 5. The Spurs need him to be more aggressive, especially against a Thunder defense that has kept bodies on him and made life difficult around the rim.
Oklahoma City is one win from the Finals, and the Thunder have enough depth to make life difficult for San Antonio one more time. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has had to work for everything against the Spurs' pressure, shooting just 38.3% from the field in the series, but he still found a way to score 32 points in Game 5. San Antonio returns home with its season on the line, giving Game 6 the urgency of a true win-or-go-home test.
Let's dig further into the matchup to identify some betting angles and DFS value picks for tonight's action.
Moody's bets for Thursday
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