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The Western Conference Finals is already delivering moments for the ages. Stephon Castle threw down a tomahawk dunk on the Thunder that had Spurs fans losing their minds, and that's on top of Game One's double-overtime classic where Wembanyama hit a logo three to force the extra period. But Game Two took a serious turn when rookie Dylan Harper was ruled out in the third quarter with a right leg injury. The twenty-year-old had twelve points on five of ten shooting before exiting, and San Antonio cannot afford to lose another piece heading into the stretch.
Shifting to the WNBA, Indiana was already shorthanded without Caitlin Clark, who sat out Wednesday's home game against Portland with a back injury. But Lexie Hull stepped into that void in a big way, delivering a near-perfect performance that gave the Fever faithful something to cheer about. Clark's timeline remains unclear, so Hull's emergence could not have come at a better time for this team.
And in college football, Lane Kiffin pulled off the move everyone saw coming but nobody could quite believe — hiring Ed Orgeron at LSU as a special assistant for recruiting and defense. Orgeron, back at the school where he won a national title, gives Kiffin an immediate edge in the SEC recruiting wars.
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