{"id":247903,"date":"2026-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/nbas-ny-knicks-and-nhls-carolina-hurricanes-one-win-away-from-championship-titles-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T00:00:00","slug":"nbas-ny-knicks-and-nhls-carolina-hurricanes-one-win-away-from-championship-titles-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/nbas-ny-knicks-and-nhls-carolina-hurricanes-one-win-away-from-championship-titles-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA\u2019s NY Knicks and NHL\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes one win away from championship titles | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>The NBA\u2019s NY Knicks (up 3-1) and the NHL\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes (up 3-2) are on the cusp of sports immortality \u2014 both teams are one win away from hoisting their respective trophies. With a pair of potential title-clinching tilts on deck this weekend, the men\u2019s playoffs are reaching their crescendo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc0 The Knicks are chasing history: <\/strong>And that\u2019s beyond <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QH2Mm9WkVOI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their improbable 29-point comeback<\/a> against the San Antonio Spurs in Wednesday\u2019s Game 4. It\u2019s been <em>53 years<\/em> since the Knicks have won a title, an eternity for a team with a fanbase <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=24pWkK6Km-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this rabid<\/a>. This NY playoff run has an air of destiny to it, from Jalen Brunson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GMIVAa71Xsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unfathomable finishing<\/a> to OG Anunoby\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sOQKRjP3ZJk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">clutch heroics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfd2 Hurricanes skating to end two-decade drought: <\/strong>For the first time in this series, a multi-goal lead was <em>not<\/em> relinquished as the Canes topped the Vegas Golden Knights 4\u20132 last night, moving one win away from their first Cup since 2006. Who else but captain Jordan Staal lit the lamp: The 37-year-old center has now scored in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescore.com\/nhl\/news\/3552839\/hurricanes-captain-staals-high-scoring-cup-final-by-the-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">all five games this series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expect goaltending to be a hot topic ahead of Sunday\u2019s 8 p.m. ET Game 6 in Vegas. Carolina\u2019s Brandon Bussi has been solid in back-to-back wins, while Vegas\u2019 Carter Hart has <em>literally<\/em> been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZaAgB4CRjs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the worst goalie<\/a> in Cup Final history. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rg18Kf4en2o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keeping our side of the street clean<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\n  n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\n  document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1716705275141133'); \/\/ Insert your pixel ID here.\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n      <\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegistsports.com\/article\/knicks-and-hurricanes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIST: The NBA\u2019s NY Knicks (up 3-1) and the NHL\u2019s Carolina Hurricanes (up 3-2) are on the cusp of sports immortality \u2014 both teams are one win away from hoisting their respective trophies. With a pair of potential title-clinching tilts on deck this weekend, the men\u2019s playoffs are reaching their crescendo. \ud83c\udfc0 The Knicks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}