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Former NBA head coach Stan Van Gundy called for San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama to change his nickname from "Alien" to something else.
Nike warns NBA fans as Victor Wembanyama helps the Spurs upset the Thunder 111-109 in his return, advancing to the NBA Cup final.
LAS VEGAS — It made for quite the coincidence and convenience that the return of Victor Wembanyama and the return to Earth by the Oklahoma City Thunder would happen on the same night, inside the same arena and during the same Emirates NBA Cup Semifinal game, twin forces that understandably produced a spectacle.
The San Antonio Spurs took a wrecking ball to the Oklahoma City Thunder's hopes of winning the NBA Cup, but that wasn't the Miley Cyrus song playing in the locker room after Saturday's 111-109 win.
With the Spurs beating the Thunder in what was an NBA Cup classic, there's a "good chance" that the NBA's next best rivalry is happening.
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A phenomenal game was played last night in the NBA Cup semifinal between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder, where the defending champions suffered only their second loss of the season. Mitch Johnson's team prevailed 111-109 amd secured a spot in the NBA Cup final.