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The New York Knicks are two wins away from ending a fifty-three year championship drought, and Timothee Chalamet's face said everything the city of New York was feeling. The Knicks edged San Antonio one hundred five to one hundred four in Game Two, surviving a gut-punch finish on the road and sending the series back to Madison Square Garden with all the momentum in the world.
Speaking of survival, the Yankees got a jolt of their own Friday night as Spencer Jones stepped in for the injured Aaron Judge and delivered. Jones struggled badly in his first big league stint, batting one sixty-seven with strikeouts piling up, but his return was a different story entirely, giving New York a reason to believe the lineup doesn't fall apart without its superstar.
And while the Knicks celebrate, Victor Wembanyama is doing some serious self-reflection. The Spurs' phenom admitted postgame he was still mentally riding the high of beating Oklahoma City in the previous round, and Shaquille O'Neal went on the air and demanded more from the young franchise centerpiece. Down two-nothing in the Finals, Wemby's window to respond opens the moment he steps into Madison Square Garden.
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