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05/30 13:39 CDT Game 7 awaits: Spurs at Thunder on Saturday night to decide Western Conference crown Game 7 awaits: Spurs at Thunder on Saturday night to decide Western Conference crown By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) --- For the 160th time in NBA history and fifth time this season alone, a Game 7 awaits on Saturday night. The defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder will be taking on the San Antonio Spurs to decide the Western Conference title, after a back-and-forth series that has seen both teams leading at various points. The winner will take on the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, starting Wednesday. Game 1 will be in either Oklahoma City or San Antonio. Game 7s, Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said, are the things "dreams" are made of. But at least one of the Spurs said he had a little trouble getting to dreamland on Friday night; Devin Vassell revealed that he tossed and turned for at least a half-hour after trying to go to sleep. "I'm more excited than anything," Vassell said at the Spurs' Saturday morning shootaround. "I think that we have a chance to do something special." The Thunder won a pair of Game 7s last season at home, including the one that delivered the NBA championship over the Indiana Pacers. But guard Alex Caruso warned that having Game 7 experience isn't a reason to relax. "Maybe just being here before, you have comfortability," Caruso said. "But at the same time, you don't want to be comfortable in a Game 7. If you're comfortable, you're probably not edgy enough. You probably don't have a high enough sense of urgency. ... You definitely don't want to be comfortable." Jalen Williams and Ajay Mitchell will not play for the Thunder in Game 7 against the Spurs because of injuries that have dogged both throughout the series. Williams has been dealing with a strained left hamstring for much of the playoffs. Mitchell has a strained right soleus. ___ AP NBA: https://apnews.com/nba

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