<p>The 22-year-old French 7-foot-4 (2.24m) center shot 11-of-22 from the floor, 3-of-7 from three-point range, and added eight rebounds, five assists, three blocked shots, and two steals in 31 minutes for the Spurs.</p><p>Host San Antonio pulled level 2-2 in the best-of-seven playoff series with game five on Tuesday in Oklahoma City and game six back in San Antonio on Thursday.</p><p>The Spurs seek their first trip to the NBA Finals since winning the crown in 2014, while the Thunder hope to become the NBA's first back-to-back champions since Golden State in 2017-2018.</p><p>The Thunder had been unbeaten on the road in this year's playoffs but were foiled in a bid to reach 6-0 by a strong Spurs defensive effort.</p><p><strong>"We were not surprised,"</strong> said Wembanyama, who credited the Spurs' domination to watching<strong> "a lot of film, pretty much, the last 24 to 48 hours."</strong></p><p>The Spurs stretched their lead as large as 25 points while the Thunder were only ahead by a single point.</p><p>NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 19 points.</p><p>Oklahoma City won an NBA-best 64 games this season, with the Spurs second on 62 victories.</p><p>Wembanyama sank a half-court shot at the buzzer -- the longest made basket of his career -- to give the Spurs a 50-38 half-time lead, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year finishing the first half with 22 points.</p><p><strong>"We needed that momentum going into the second half,"</strong> San Antonio's Devin Vassell said.</p><p>Wemby had scored six of his 11 first-quarter points in a 16-0 Spurs run for an early 23-8 lead.</p><p>The Spurs opened the third quarter with a 15-5 run to seize their biggest lead to that point at 65-43, and Oklahoma City could not catch San Antonio from there.</p>