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Victor Wembanyama walked into Madison Square Garden and took the party away from New York. The Spurs stunned the Knicks one hundred fifteen to one eleven in Game three, with Wembanyama dropping thirty two points, eight rebounds, and six assists. San Antonio cuts the series deficit to two games to one, and suddenly this Finals has a pulse.
A huge part of that swing was the Spurs making Jalen Brunson work for every inch. Brunson went just three for nine when attacking the paint, and with Wembanyama freed from guarding Karl-Anthony Towns, the defensive scheme opened up dramatically for San Antonio. Rookie Dylan Harper has also been quietly extraordinary off the bench, accounting for forty four of the Spurs' sixty four bench points across the Finals so far.
Shifting to the WNBA, Caitlin Clark did what Caitlin Clark does. With four point three seconds left and Indiana trailing Washington by one, Clark caught a cross-court inbounds pass, her defender gambled for a steal, and Clark buried the game-winner to keep the Fever above five hundred on the season. The reaction around the league was immediate and loud.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
