The NBA's unbelievable second round continues, plus a Champions League classic |

07/05/2025 12:22 - The Pulse Newsletter 📣 | This is The Athletic’s daily sports newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Pulse directly in your inbox. Good morning! Be overrated today. Each spring, NBA rights holders bless us with melodramatic ads for the playoffs. Big drama! Every night! Tune in for every second and consume every ad! Please!  Most of the time, each game isn't a must-watch, especially this early in the postseason. We still have eight teams left. Flukes can still linger at this point.  And yet, this year? The ads were correct. The second round is cooking. No home team has won a...