The San Antonio Spurs defeated Minnesota 126-97 at home last night, taking a 3-2 lead in the NBA Western Conference playoff semifinal series.
The most responsible for San Antonio's triumph was Victor Wembanyama, who finished the match with 27 points, 17 rebounds, five assists and three blocks.
Wembanyama was best led by Keldon Johnson with 21, Dieron Fox with 18 and Stephon Castle with 17 points.
Anthony Edwards, who was limited to just eight points in the first half, finished with 20 points for Minnesota. Julius Randle and Jaden McDaniels each added 17 points.
San Antonio led by as many as 18 points in the first half, but Minnesota opened the third quarter with a 14:2 run to tie the game at 61:61. However, the home team went up 18 points again (91:73) by the end of the third quarter and did not allow Minnesota to get back into the game in the final quarter.
San Antonio is now one game away from the Western Conference finals, where Oklahoma is already, having eliminated the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0.
Game 6 is played on Friday night in Minneapolis.
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