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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists, and the Oklahoma City Thunder climbed out of a 15-point hole minutes into the game to beat the San Antonio Spurs 123-108 on Friday night and take a 2-1 lead in their series.<\/p>\n

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Jared McCain had 24 points and Jaylin Williams added 18 for Oklahoma City. The Thunder were without Jalen Williams, who sat out with left hamstring soreness.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City’s bench outscored San Antonio’s 76-23, including 15 points by Alex Caruso.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tShai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 122-113 in Game 2 to even the Western Conference Finals series 1-1.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n

Victor Wembanyama had 24 points for San Antonio. Devin Vassell added 20 and De’Aaron Fox had 15 in his series debut.<\/p>\n

The Thunder have won two straight after the Spurs’ double-overtime victory in Game 1. Game 4 is Sunday.
Fox (sprained right ankle) and Dylan Harper (right adductor soreness) were cleared to play 45 minutes prior to tipoff.<\/p>\n

Fox’s return sparked a historic start.<\/p>\n

The Spurs raced to a 15-0 lead, the longest run to open a game in the conference finals since the play-by-play era began in 1997.<\/p>\n

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Fox opened the run by wrapping in a driving layup and Wembanyama followed by crossing over Isaiah Hartenstein to drill a 3-pointer. Vassell’s 3-pointer put the Spurs up 10-0, leading to an early timeout by Thunder coach Mark Daigneault.<\/p>\n

Hartenstein broke the drought with a runner over Wembanyama, but the center was immediately greeted with thunderous boos after his physical play against the Spurs in Game 2.<\/p>\n

The Thunder went on a 13-2 run when Wembanyama went to the bench and closed the first quarter trailing 31-26.<\/p>\n

It was a pattern the Spurs could not overcome.<\/p>\n

The series continued to be chippy with emotions boiling over early in the second half. Stephon Castle hit the court on back-to-back dunk attempts. The second resulted in a flagrant 1 foul against Ajay Mitchell and technical fouls on Mitchell and Vassell after the two exchanged words following the foul.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back 3-pointers by Gilgeous-Alexander and Williams extended Oklahoma City’s first lead to 35-31.<\/p>\n

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