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The two thousand twenty six NBA Finals are heating up fast, and Karl-Anthony Towns is making his case as the series' dominant force. The Knicks big man has been a problem for Victor Wembanyama on both ends of the floor, giving New York a commanding grip on this series heading into Game Two in San Antonio.
But Game Two wasn't without its flash points. Josh Hart picked up a flagrant-one foul with under six minutes left in the second quarter, a moment the Spurs tried to use as fuel. San Antonio had already blown a fourteen-point lead in Game One and came out pressing hard, ramping up the ball pressure and daring the Knicks to crack. Hart cracked — just enough to give the Spurs something to work with.
Meanwhile, over in golf, Scottie Scheffler is in survival mode at the Memorial Tournament. The back-to-back champion flirted with the cut line before a late rally saved his weekend, but he enters Saturday a full ten shots behind J.T. Poston. Defending titles is one thing — catching that kind of deficit is another conversation entirely.
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