The guard scored 21 of his 29 points in the first half to help San Antonio improve to 3-0 against the defending NBA champions this season.

For Williams, the lack of course correction proved the Thunder’s downfall in the second half, when the Spurs outscored Oklahoma City 26-19 in the third quarter, leaving Williams and the Thunder playing from behind to erase a double-digit deficit that ballooned to a 17-point lead in the final frame.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have now lost three straight games to the San Antonio Spurs after falling 117-102 at home on Christmas Day.

The Oklahoma City Thunder have learned their first real challenger after their 117-102 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday. The Christmas Day game told the NBA world it won't be a cakewalk for the reigning NBA champion to go back-to-back.

Christmas Day is special for many, but especially the NBA. It is a tent pole day on the League calendar with five stand alone games, the largest viewed day on t

According to the official schedule that was released at the beginning of the season, tonight should have been the first meeting between the Spurs and the Thunder, but instead, they met on December 13 in the NBA Cup Western Conference finals,

You don’t lose to a team three times in a row in a short span without them being better than you,” Shai Gilgeous-Alexander said following the Christmas Day collision.

Both the San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder may be without multiple key players in Tuesday night's matchup.