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By TIM REYNOLDS<\/p>\n

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) \u2014 The MVP looked like the MVP again, and the Western Conference finals are knotted up.<\/p>\n

Read more Alanys Robertson powers Castro Valley to first-round NCS win over San Marin<\/a><\/p>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander bounced back from a subpar series opener to score 30 points, Alex Caruso added 17 off the bench and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the San Antonio Spurs 122-113 on Wednesday night in Game 2.<\/p>\n

Chet Holmgren scored 13 points and reserves Jared McCain and Cason Wallace each had 12 for Oklahoma City. The Thunder finished with a 57-25 edge in bench scoring, plus a 27-10 edge in points off turnovers.<\/p>\n

Stephon Castle scored 25 points for the Spurs, who got 22 points from Devin Vassell and a 21-point, 17-rebound, six-assist, four-block night from Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

Game 3 is Friday in San Antonio.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys brought it tonight. Knowing what it would have meant if we lost this one, we brought the energy from the jump,\u201d Gilgeous-Alexander said.<\/p>\n

Isaiah Hartenstein \u2014 who barely played in Game 1 \u2014 had 10 points and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, who improved to 14-5 after a loss this season \u2014 and beat the Spurs for just the second time in seven meetings.<\/p>\n

Read more NCS baseball playoffs: Wednesday\u2019s first-round scores, updated schedule<\/a><\/p>\n

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The win was not without cost for the Thunder, who lost guard Jalen Williams \u2014 who had already missed six games in these playoffs with a left hamstring strain \u2014 in the first half with a recurrence of the hamstring issue. The Thunder said it was tightness, but even that would figure to put his availability for Friday into doubt.<\/p>\n

And the Spurs got banged up as well. Already without All-Star guard De\u2019Aaron Fox because of ankle soreness, San Antonio lost his replacement in the starting lineup \u2014 Dylan Harper \u2014 to a right leg injury after he took a couple of awkward falls in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

San Antonio was down by 11 at the half and trailed by eight going into the fourth quarter, then got within 99-97 off a corner 3-pointer by Harrison Barnes with 9:06 left.<\/p>\n

The next 2 1\/2 minutes saved the Thunder. An 11-0 run by the defending champions \u2014 including a banked-in 3-pointer by Jared McCain midway through the burst \u2014 pushed OKC\u2019s lead to 13.<\/p>\n

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But the Spurs were far from done. Wembanyama scored down low to make it 118-113 with 1:25 remaining, but Gilgeous-Alexander got one last basket to settle things down and send the series to San Antonio tied.<\/p>\n

Read more NCS playoff roundup: Washington edges Cardinal Newman in D-II baseball<\/a><\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/nba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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