CLEVELAND (AP) — Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Mikal Bridges added 22 and the New York Knicks moved within one game of their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 with a 121-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavalier. OG Anunoby had 21 points as New York led the entire game. The Knicks were 43 of 77 from the field, including 11 of 28 on 3-pointers. The Knicks can wrap up the Eastern Conference Finals and sweep their second straight series with a win on Monday night. Evan Mobley scored 24 points, Donovan Mitchell had 23 points and James Harden added 19 for Cleveland. The Cavaliers were 12 of 41 on 3-pointers.
The New York Knicks are one win away from reaching the NBA Finals. And they’ve gotten into this position on the strength of a 10-game winning streak like no other in team history. Or NBA history, for that matter. They trailed Atlanta 2-1 in Round 1, which seems like forever ago. They’re 10-0 since, after winning the final three games against the Hawks, then sweeping Philadelphia in Round 2, and now taking a 3-0 lead over Cleveland in the Eastern Conference finals.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Nikolaj Ehlers got loose up the center of the ice and popped the puck past Jakub Dobes at 3:29 of overtime to lift the Carolina Hurricanes past the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Saturday night to level the Eastern Conference Final at one game apiece. Ehlers scored twice for the Eastern Conference’s top seed, the first with a highlight-reel individual effort in the second period against two Montreal defenders. Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, while Josh Anderson scored twice for Montreal. The series shifts to Canada for Monday’s Game 3.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR drivers are grappling with the loss of Kyle Busch, who died at age 41 from complications related to pneumonia. Connor Zilisch and others are finding it hard to return to the track for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The mood is somber, with tributes to Busch everywhere, including a black No. 8 decal on every car. NASCAR CEO Steve O'Donnell said postponing the race was never considered, as Busch would have wanted them to race. Austin Hill will fill in for Busch in the No. 33 car while Katherine Legge will attempt to complete the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 double.
PARIS (AP) — Home player Arthur Gea ran off the court for an emergency bathroom break early in the first set of his French Open debut. Gea told the chair umpire before hastily running off Court Suzanne-Lenglen that “I need to go to the bathroom. I can’t move anymore. I’m going to (go) on the court.” The 135th-ranked Gea was trailing 13th-seeded Karen Khachanov 4-2 when he made his move. Khachanov won 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Usually bathroom breaks are only permitted between sets. The 21-year-old Gea received a wild card invitation from Roland Garros organizers to participate in the main draw.
PARIS (AP) — The French Open has started amid a heat wave in Paris. Among the early matches on Day 1 of the clay-court Grand Slam were 13th-seeded Karen Khachanov against Arthur Gea on Court Suzanne-Lenglen and 15th-seeded Marta Kostyuk against Oksana Selekhmeteva on Court Simonne-Mathieu. The temperature was already 26 degrees Celsius (79 Fahrenheit) when play started and was due to soar to 31 Celsius (88 Fahrenheit). The night match features three-time champion Novak Djokovic against Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Two days after his 39th birthday, Djokovic will play a men’s record 82nd Grand Slam tournament. That's one more than Roger Federer and Feliciano Lopez.
West Ham and Tottenham are battling to avoid the final relegation spot heading into the last round of the Premier League when English soccer will bid farewell to Pep Guardiola and Mohamed Salah. West Ham has it all to do to maintain its 14-year top-flight status. The team from east London is in third-to-last place and two points behind Tottenham with an inferior goal difference of 12. West Ham must therefore beat Leeds at home and also needs Tottenham to lose at home to Everton. Tottenham last played in the second tier in the 1977-78 season and would be the biggest team to be relegated from England’s top flight in a generation.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch died after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming complications, according to a statement released by his family. Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, said the family received the medical evaluation on Saturday. Busch, a two-time NASCAR champion, died at 41 on Thursday, a day after passing out in a Chevrolet simulator. Sepsis is considered a life-threatening medical emergency that occurs when the body has an extreme, overactive response to an infection, causing the immune system to damage its own tissues and organs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
PHOENIX (AP) — The president of the governing body of Iranian soccer says the nation’s World Cup training base has been moved to Mexico from the United States after getting approval from FIFA. Mehdi Taj, president of the Iran Football Federation, announced the decision in a statement issued by the federation’s media relations official. FIFA has not confirmed the move. Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona. The federation says the team wil be based in Tijuana, Mexico, just south of San Diego. This year’s World Cup runs from June 11 to July 19 and will be co-hosted by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Si Woo Kim lost all of the five-shot lead he built a day earlier while flirting with sub-60 history at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. The 30-year-old South Korean player still managed to maintain an edge over a couple of major champions heading into the final round. That includes hometown favorite and defending champion Scottie Scheffler. Kim shot 3-under 68 for a two-shot lead over world No. 1 Scheffler and 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark. They had matching 65s. Sungjae Im, Kim’s countryman, followed a second-round 61 with a 67 and was another two shots back