I think, all things considered, their elimination still would be worse. They won 67 games, lost 1 game at home during the regular season, had HCA in this round AND they had LMA on their team which was supposed to help them to another title. Instead, assuming OKC can hold on, the Spurs choked in the playoffs.
btw, not surprised that the Zombie Sonics are laying this egg in the 4th, didn't they have 15 or so games this year where they lost big leads?