Julian Champagnie Hits 6 Threes in Game 7, Joining Curry and Thompson
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Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 31
Julian Champagnie Hits 6 Threes in Game 7, Joining Curry and Thompson
7 articles · Updated · Yahoo Sports · May 31
Champagnie scored 20 points and went 6-of-10 from deep in San Antonio's 111-103 Western Conference finals Game 7 win over Oklahoma City.
Those six 3-pointers made him just the third player in NBA history to hit at least six threes in a conference finals Game 7, alongside Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson.
San Antonio needed that shooting burst to finish off the defending champion Thunder, who were missing key players to injury.
The Spurs now head to the NBA Finals against the Knicks, with Champagnie's recent surge adding another weapon to a young roster that has outpaced its playoff experience.
Will Julian Champagnie’s hometown hero story culminate in a title, or will the Knicks spoil the dream at Madison Square Garden?
Can the statistically superior but underdog Knicks defense halt Victor Wembanyama's historic first Finals run?