There was clearly some frustration from Alex Caruso after Game 7, and he didn’t hide his disappointment following the loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Caruso and the Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated on Saturday night, falling to the Spurs in the decisive Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals. Oklahoma City lost at home 111-103, ending their bid to defend their back-to-back championships.
Alex Caruso downplayed any idea that the Spurs are a matchup problem for the Thunder, saying “there’s nothing that needs to be solved,” and stressing that Oklahoma City simply didn’t play well enough to win Game 7 and reach the NBA Finals.
There was clearly some frustration from Alex Caruso after Game 7, and he didn’t hide his disappointment following the loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
Caruso and the Oklahoma City Thunder were eliminated on Saturday night, falling to the Spurs in the decisive Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals.
Oklahoma City lost at home 111-103, ending their bid to defend their back-to-back championships.
After the game, Caruso was asked whether the Spurs feel like a team they specifically need to figure out moving forward. He pushed back on that idea.
“We should’ve played better and won the game and been in the NBA Finals,” he added. “They’re a good team, they’re young. [We’ll] both probably be around for a while. But we’ve gotta get better and try and win next time.”
The Spurs dominated the regular-season matchup 4-1 against OKC and ultimately edged the Thunder 4-3 in the series.
Caruso finished the Western Conference Finals, averaging 14.9 points per game and coming off the bench throughout the seven-game series.
