The Spurs and Thunder gear up for another showdown tonight, plus we look back at a historic Tuesday for James Harden.

After a rocky year marked by Victor Wembanyama's health issues and Gregg Popovich's retirement, the Spurs are playoff contenders for the first time since 2019. Why it matters: The strong first half of the season has reenergized Spurs fandom.

In over the course of the last month, the mainstream NBA audience and many more saw the San Antonio Spurs show its ability to beat the reigning NBA champions Ok

The Spurs and the Thunder will tip off at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 13, from the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City. The game will be brought to you live on NBC, and will stream simultaneously on Peacock, so you can catch the action straight from your devices, wherever you might be.

When it comes to what the San Antonio Spurs have done so far here in the first half of the NBA season, the remarkable aspect has been the way they’ve gone from a team that was expected to take a nice step forward from the 34-win team they were last year to a real contender–not for a playoff spot, but for an NBA championship.

The Spurs have beaten the Thunder twice in 10 days, setting up a Christmas showdown that the NBA world will certainly be watching.