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The New York Knicks just rewrote the NBA Finals record book. Down twenty-nine points to the San Antonio Spurs in Game four, New York pulled off the most stunning comeback in Finals history, winning one hundred seven to one hundred six. OG Anunoby sealed it with a game-winning tip-in, and the Knicks now hold a three to one series lead. Wembanyama and the Spurs had one of the greatest first halves in Finals history, and still found a way to lose it.
Staying in New York basketball, the statistical context makes this even wilder. The Knicks entered the final stretch of that game with a ninety-nine point six percent probability of losing. That is not a typo. They won anyway. This team simply refuses to acknowledge the math, and right now, they are one win away from an NBA championship.
Shifting to baseball, Shohei Ohtani had his roughest outing of the season in Pittsburgh Wednesday, getting pulled mid-inning for the first time all year. A missed challenge call helped the Pirates rally from five runs down, and Los Angeles dropped a brutal nine to eight decision. His ERA still sits at one point zero six, but Ohtani walked off that mound with blood on his pant leg and answers left to find.
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