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The New York Knicks are two wins away from an NBA Championship after surviving a gut-punch finish in Game two Friday night. Jalen Brunson stepped to the line with nine and a half seconds left, converting the go-ahead free throw after Victor Wembanyama coughed up a crucial turnover. Wembanyama's last-gasp jumper rimmed out, and New York escaped with one hundred five to one hundred four, stretching their postseason winning streak to thirteen straight.
Karl-Anthony Towns called the victory a blessing, and honestly, it's hard to argue. Towns has been central to this Knicks run that nobody saw coming at this magnitude, and with the series shifting to San Antonio, New York holds all the momentum and all the pressure on the Spurs to respond or watch their season slip away entirely.
Shifting sports entirely, Michelle Wie West's highly anticipated return to competitive golf ended at Riviera Country Club with a missed cut. The two thousand fourteen U.S. Women's Open champion shot seventy-five and seventy-four across her two rounds, finishing three strokes outside the cut line. It was her first major event in four years, and while the return didn't go as hoped, the door remains open.
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