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The Western Conference Semifinals between the Spurs and the Timberwolves keeps providing memorable matchups. On Sunday, Victor Wembanyama’s first-half ejection threatened to create a throwaway game, but the Silver and Black responded without their best player and battled to the very end before losing a heartbreaker, 114-109. The series will move back to San Antonio for Game 5 tied 2-2.
Surprisingly, considering the event that will be most remembered from this game, the Spurs seemed like the calmer and more disciplined team early on. They played with pace while still involving Victor Wembanyama both on and off the ball, with the pick and roll between the big man and Stephon Castle proving to be effective. On the defensive end San Antonio was not sending as much help as they did in past games but were getting some stops. The main thing keeping the Timberwolves in it in the opening few minutes were second-chance points. Alas, as it has happened often in the postseason, once the second unit checked in, the execution suffered and Minnesota upped the pressure to create turnovers. The momentum was swinging the home team’s way before Dylan Harper, who had a slow, erratic start, showed off his tremendous offensive talent to provide a boost. After one, the Wolves led by four on a surprisingly high-scoring affair.
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Both teams quickly started to settle for too many jumpers to kick off the second quarter, but the Spurs were getting the better of their opponent until the incident that changed the game. Victor Wembanyama got an offensive rebound, was fouled, didn’t hear a whistle, and threw an elbow at Naz Reid that rightfully got him ejected. The rest of the half prectably consisted of the Wolves trying to get to the rim as much as possible, with Anthony Edwards attempting to take over. But the Silver and Black responded. Luke Kornet provided some good minutes, and the frenetic pace of the game when they went small favored them. There were some stretches when it seemed like Minnesota would pull away, but San Antonio’s guards always scored a timely bucket to keep up with their opponent, as Chris Finch’s…
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