The Day In Sports (May 27)

SI Staff | May 28, 2016

The Day In Sports (May 27) /

The Day In Sports (May 27)

A jubilant J.R. Smith and LeBron James celebrate their return trip to the NBA Finals after a 113-87 win over the Toronto Raptors in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Here are some of the other images that caught our eye on Friday, May 27.

LeBron James and J.R. Smith will face either the Golden State Warriors or Oklahoma City Thunder in this year's NBA Finals.

Jonas Valanciunas of the Toronto Raptors and Richard Jefferson of the Cleveland Cavaliers exchange words as Matthew Dellavedova holds back Jefferson in Game 6.

Curtis Granderson of the New York Mets gets a gatorade bath from Kevin Plawecki after hitting a walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Pedro Baez of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Pitcher Masahiro Tanaka of the New York Yankees tags out Steve Pearce of the Tampa Bay Rays between second and third base.

Annika Beck of Germany hits a forehand during a third-round match against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania at the French.

Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland serves during a third-round match against Jeremy Chardy of France at the French Open.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland hits a backhand against Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic on day six of the French

Sydney Colson of the San Antonio Stars shoots against the Chicago Sky at AT&T Center in San Antonio.

LeBron James goes up against Bismack Biyombo and Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors.

DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors falls over J.R. Smith of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Kunkabayev Kamshybek of Astana Arlans (right) in action against Frazer Clarke of British Lionhearts in the semifinals of the World Series of Boxing in London.

Laura Massaro of England competes against Nour El Sherbini of Egypt during day four of the PSA Dubai World Series Finals in squash.

Rafael Nadal announces his withdrawal from the French Open due to an injury.

St. Michale-Virbac's French skipper Jean-Pierre Dick and Hugo Boss's Alex Thomson sail past the Statue of Liberty during a charity race ahead of the New York-Vendee Race.

Hugo Boss's Alex Thomson (right) and Banque Populaire's Armel Le Cleach (center) sail with others during a charity race on the Hudson River.

Ami Kondo (white) of Japan fights with Sarah Menezes (blue) of Brazil during the 48kg fight as part of the World Judo Masters Guadalajara in Mexico.

Dylan Bundy and Ryan Flaherty of the Baltimore Orioles collide while catching a pop up by Lonnie Chisenhall of the Cleveland Indians.

Published May 28, 2016

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