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Oklahoma City's championship window just got a whole lot more complicated. Jalen Williams returned from a hamstring strain and managed just one point, while Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished well below half his regular-season average. The Thunder dropped Game six to San Antonio and are now staring down a Game seven.
And the Spurs deserve every bit of credit for putting them there. Victor Wembanyama and a core of players twenty-two and younger have been acing elimination games they have no business winning at this stage of their careers. San Antonio dominated Game six and is now one win away from one of the more stunning postseason runs in recent memory.
Shifting to cricket, and fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi remains the story of IPL two thousand twenty six. Gujarat Titans face Rajasthan Royals in Qualifier Two, and the question is whether anyone can solve the teenager who has been swatting the world's best bowlers around all season. Mohammed Siraj eventually cracked the code once, but doing it when everything is on the line is an entirely different challenge.
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