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Victor Wembanyama comes up big again to propel Spurs to key Game 3 win over Timberwolves

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“Victor Wembanyama delivered another masterpiece with 39 points, 15 rebounds and more game-wrecking defense for the San Antonio Spurs”
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The claim is corroborated by Al Jazeera and a web search result specifically detailing the game summary, both confirming Wembanyama's 39 points and 15 rebounds.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 San Antonio Spurs season is the 59th season of the franchise, its 50th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 53rd in the San Antonio area. On May 2, 2025, Gregg Popovich st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_San_Antonio_Spurs_seas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victor Wembanyama ( WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama
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“the San Antonio Spurs, who took a 2-1 lead in the second-round NBA playoff series with a 115-108 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the San Antonio Spurs defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves 115-108 on Friday night to take a 2-1 lead in the second-round series.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1976–77 San Antonio Spurs season was the Spurs first season in the NBA. Months earlier, the Spurs were part of the American Basketball Association (Six in Dallas and three in San Antonio). The ABA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976–77_San_Antonio_Spurs_seas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 San Antonio Spurs season is the 59th season of the franchise, its 50th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 53rd in the San Antonio area. On May 2, 2025, Gregg Popovich st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_San_Antonio_Spurs_seas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs
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“Wembanyama went 13 of 18 from the floor and 10 of 12 from the line, adding five blocks”
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While the general game event is corroborated, the specific shooting splits (13/18 FG, 10/12 FT) and block count are not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the Al Jazeera source mentions 'five blocks'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023–24 NBA season was the 78th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 24, 2023, and ended on April 14, 2024. The NBA held their first-ever in-sea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–24_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA playoffs is the ongoing postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2025–26 season. The playoffs began on April 18 and will end with the conclusion of the 2026 NBA Fina…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_playoffs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Victor Wembanyama ( WEM-bən-YAH-mə; French: [viktɔʁ wɛmbanjama]; born 4 January 2004), nicknamed "Wemby" and "the Alien", is a French professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the Na…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Wembanyama
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“the Spurs won their second straight game after dropping the opener at home”
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The evidence confirms the Spurs took a 2-1 lead (implying they won two games after a loss), but the specific detail of 'dropping the opener at home' is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs are a professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas that competes in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 1967, the franchise was founded in Dallas, Texas as …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_San_Antonio_Spurs_seas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the Wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The San Antonio Spurs started playing in the NBA in 1976. They started drafting NBA players for first time in the 1977 NBA draft. In total, they have had 157 NBA draft picks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Spurs_draft_histor…
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“De’Aaron Fox scored 17 points”
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The provided evidence for De'Aaron Fox consists of a Wikipedia bio and general state information for Delaware; no specific game stats for the mentioned game are provided.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — De'Aaron Martez Fox (born December 20, 1997), nicknamed "Swipa", is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De'Aaron_Fox
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 San Antonio Spurs season was the 58th season of the franchise, its 49th in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and its 52nd in the San Antonio area. On November 2, 2024, five games …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA All-Star Game was a round-robin tournament played on February 15, 2026, the 75th edition. It was hosted by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. It was the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_All-Star_Game
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“Stephon Castle had 13 points and 12 assists with a team-high plus-17 rating”
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The evidence mentions Stephon Castle's first triple-double and other milestones, but does not mention the specific stats (13 pts, 12 ast, +17) for the game against the Timberwolves.
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web search NEUTRAL — On November 12, 2025, Castle recorded his first career triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the Spurs’ 125–120 loss to the Golden State Warriors. He and Victor Wembanyama becam…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephon_Castle
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web search NEUTRAL — Stephon Castle dropped a near triple-double: 20 points, eight assists, and seven rebounds to go along with a steal. He shot just under 50% for the game and turned the ball over five times.
https://www.poundingtherock.com/spurs-highlights/93072/highl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Castle also became the first rookie in the league this season to reach 1,000 points. He is just one of three rookies in Spurs history to have 1,000-plus points and 250 assists. The others were Wembany…
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/spurs/article/castle-want…
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“Anthony Edwards had 32 points and 14 rebounds”
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Edwards, nicknamed "Ant-Man" or simply "Ant", is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Edwards_(basketball)
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web search NEUTRAL — Tyrese Maxey recorded 30 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds to lift host Philadelphia past Miami. Kelly Oubre Jr. added 22 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots and Kyle Lowry had 16 points, i…
https://deadspin.com/nba-roundup-anthony-edwards-32-points-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Anthony Edwards made $42,176,400 in 2025. What does Anthony Edwards average? Anthony Edwards averages 28.8 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/edwaran01.htm…
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“Naz Reid added 18 points and nine rebounds for the Wolves”
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The evidence provides stats for Naz Reid from other games (college debut, a game against the Nuggets, and a game against the Cavaliers), but not for the game against the Spurs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reid registered 17 points (8-16 FG, 1-7 3Pt), seven rebounds and one block over 28 minutes during Saturday's 110-102 victory over the Cavaliers.He was later invited to the McDonalds All-Star game, whe…
https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/player/naz-reid-4806?nid…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reid made his college debut on November 6, 2018, with 17 points and 6 rebounds in a 94–63 win over Southeastern Louisiana University. Three days later, he scored his season-high 29 points, along with …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naz_Reid
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web search NEUTRAL — Timberwolves' Naz Reid: Quiet in Game 3 win. Rotowire Apr 24, 2026. Reid racked up five points (2-7 FG, 1-4 3Pt), six rebounds and two assists across 18 minutes during Thursday's 113-96 victory over t…
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/players/3148879/naz-reid/fanta…
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“allowed the Spurs to shoot 6 for 10 from 3-point range in the pivotal third quarter”
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No evidence was found regarding the 3-point shooting percentage in the third quarter.
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“Minnesota will host Game 4 on Sunday night”
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“The series shifts back to San Antonio for Game 5 on Tuesday”
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“Jaden McDaniels drew Wembanyama’s fifth foul with 6:18 left and brought the Wolves within 99-98 on pair of free throws”
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“the Spurs never trailed in the second half despite never leading by double digits”
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“Wembanyama... finishing with 16 points in the fourth quarter”
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“Edwards... returning from a deep bone bruise in his hyperextended left knee after just one week to make the start of the series”
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“Edwards... had 22 points in the first half”
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“help them snap back from an early 18-3 deficit”
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“The Wolves missed their first 12 shots and didn’t get a basket to go down until Rudy Gobert’s putback with 6:52 had elapsed”
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“the 133-95 drubbing they took in Game 2 on Wednesday”
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“Edwards hit a buzzer-beating 31-footer at the end of the first quarter”
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“McDaniels swished a 3-pointer from the wing to end the first half with a 51-all tie”
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“McDaniels and Julius Randle... shot a combined 8 for 34 from the floor”
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