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Castle\u2019s 21 points and Wembanyama\u2019s 19 helped Spurs crush T\u2019wolves 133-95 as Knicks take 2-0 lead over 76ers.<\/p>\n

Published On 7 May 20267 May 2026<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama scored 19 points and grabbed 15 rebounds as \u200chosts San Antonio Spurs dominated the final three quarters on the way to a 133-95 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves, levelling the teams\u2019 Western \u2060Conference semifinal series at one win apiece.<\/p>\n

San Antonio swamped the sixth-seeded Timberwolves in the \u2060second quarter, turning a seven-point lead after the opening period into a 24-point advantage at halftime on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Spurs expanded the margin to 98-63 after three periods as Julian Champagnie poured in all 12 of his points on the night via four 3-pointers in the frame.<\/p>\n

From there, San Antonio \u2060cruised to the finish, building their lead to as many as 47 points.<\/p>\n

Stephon Castle\u2019s 21 points led the Spurs, with De\u2019Aaron Fox scoring 16, Harrison Barnes tallying 12, Dylan Harper adding 11, Devin Vassell hitting for 10 points and Keldon Johnson pulling down 10 rebounds. Wembanyama canned two 3-pointers but is just 2 of 15 from behind the arc for the series.<\/p>\n

Second-seeded San Antonio have not lost back-to-back contests since January 11 at Minnesota and January 13 at Oklahoma City, a stretch of 49 games.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama said of the difference between Game 1 to Game 2, \u201cWe had intensity early \u200con. Crashing the offensive boards early, fighting for the ball and passing to the open man.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, we\u2019re gonna keep doubling up on what worked and the few things that didn\u2019t. We\u2019re gonna erase them. [Minnesota] is an experienced team \u2013 we know they\u2019re going to respond. \u2026 I love how everyone had everybody\u2019s back. It looked like a system that worked.\u201d<\/p>\n

Game 3 of the best-of-seven series is scheduled for Friday in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n

\"SANStephon Castle led the scoring for the San Antonio Spurs [Joe Murphy\/Getty Images via AFP]Knicks take 2-0 lead over 76ers<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jalen Brunson scored eight of his 26 points in \u200cthe fourth quarter for the New York Knicks, who took control of their Eastern Conference semifinal by \u2060stopping the Philadelphia 76ers down \u2060the stretch to earn a 108-102 win in Game 2.<\/p>\n

The Knicks lead the best-of-seven set series 2-0. Game 3 is scheduled for Friday night in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing down 2-0 after coming back to win in the \u2060first round, I think it\u2019s more of a challenge,\u201d Sixers coach Nick Nurse said. \u201cIt was 1-1 after two games [against the Boston Celtics in the first round], right? So it\u2019s 2-0. Puts a lot on this next game for sure, but that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karl-Anthony Towns \u2060produced 20 points and 10 rebounds despite playing just 27 minutes due to foul trouble for the Knicks, who ended the game on a 12-3 run to close out a contest that included 14 ties and 25 lead changes.<\/p>\n

OG Anunoby, who exited the game with 2:31 left after hobbling off with a right leg injury, had 24 points while Mikal Bridges added 18 points as New York \u200cwon its fifth straight game overall. The Knicks\u2019 average victory margin in the previous four games was 33.8 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looked like he was hopping,\u201d Knicks coach Mike Brown said of Anunoby. \u201cI have not talked to medical yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyrese Maxey scored 26 points for the 76ers, who managed just 12 points on 4-of-19 shooting in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia took its final lead at 99-96 on Kelly Oubre Jr\u2019s 3-pointer with 6:52 left, after which the Sixers hit 1 of 10 from the field with two turnovers.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, it came down \u2060to who was going to get more stops in that fourth quarter,\u201d Brown said. \u201cTo hold a \u2060team like that to 12 points \u2013 and they missed some shots, we know that \u2013 to have them only score 12 points in that fourth quarter, it\u2019s huge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oubre and Paul George each finished with 19 points. VJ Edgecombe had 17 points.<\/p>\n

The 76ers Joel Embiid missed the game due to ankle and hip injuries.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia host Game 3 and 4 on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"NEWJalen Brunson of the New York Knicks dribbles past Dominick Barlow of the Philadelphia 76ers [Dustin Satloff\/Getty Images via AFP]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Castle\u2019s 21 points and Wembanyama\u2019s 19 helped Spurs crush T\u2019wolves 133-95 as Knicks take 2-0 lead over 76ers.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3782],"tags":[7,307,152,3954,6,275,308,417,418],"class_list":["post-727867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-basketball","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-timberwolves","tag-minnesotatimberwolves","tag-nba","tag-sport","tag-timberwolves","tag-united-states","tag-us-canada"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116532114519780460","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}