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Jalen Brunson is making life miserable for Philadelphia. The Knicks guard dropped twenty-six points Wednesday night as New York took a commanding two-to-nothing series lead over the Seventy-Sixers. Brunson seized control in the crucial moments, and right now the Knicks look like a team with genuine belief and a clear destination.
Shifting to college basketball, the NCAA Tournament expansion conversation is getting louder, but the coaches who've actually won in March aren't exactly cheering. Dan Hurley, Tom Izzo, Mark Few, John Calipari — these are the architects of the sport's biggest moments, and they're skeptical. When the men who've mastered the current format are pushing back, that's a signal worth paying attention to.
And across the Atlantic in South America, Corinthians dug deep in Bogotá and refused to lose. Trailing Santa Fe in stoppage time, Timão found the equalizer at El Campín to snatch a one-one draw and stay unbeaten in the Copa Libertadores group stage. Not perfect anymore, but still standing, and in knockout football, that's often all that matters.
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