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Caitlin Clark did what Caitlin Clark does. The Indiana Fever were sitting on a seventeen-point lead before Washington clawed all the way back and took a one-point edge with four seconds left. Then Clark caught a crosscourt pass, the Mystics gambled on a steal and missed, and she buried a three from just inside the arc with one-point-two seconds on the clock. Fever win, seventy-eight to seventy-six. Ice cold.
Over in the WNBA, Breanna Stewart carried New York with twenty-eight points, but the real story out of Uncasville was Han Xu stepping into her first career start and delivering fourteen points in place of an ailing Jonquel Jones. The Liberty handled the Connecticut Sun eighty-nine to eighty, staying sharp and deep when it mattered most.
And at Madison Square Garden, Game three of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs had a very unusual guest. Donald Trump became the first sitting president to attend an NBA Finals game, though the reception at MSG was anything but warm. Fans booed heavily through the national anthem, and security delays had the crowd waiting well before tip-off. The game had to share the spotlight, whether it wanted to or not.
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