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Colin Montgomerie believes Rory McIlroy is the favourite for Masters victory after the world No 3 rallied to finish his second round strongly at Augusta.McIlroy, who could complete the Grand Slam with victory this week, recovered from a slow start to fire three birdies along his closing stretch to move within one of overnight leader Jordan Spieth.That late run closed a one-under 71 to lift McIlroy up in to outright second, setting up a third-round shoot-out against the defending champion, and Montgomerie expects the momentum to be with the Northern Irishman. McIlroy was one of only four players to break par on Friday He was three under from the 11th tee onward and no one was like that all day, Montgomerie told Sky Sports. Everyone was making mistakes on that back nine apart from Rory McIlroy.He has come right back in to this with vengeance. I think at one stage he was eight shots behind and now theres one. Thats massive and youve got to think with momentum playing such a big part in tournaments McIlroy is your favourite.Click on the video above to hear more of Colin Montgomerie reviewing the second round action with Sarah Stirk at the Sky CartAlso See:Rory leads Spieth by oneSpieth: Should have been lowerWhen can I watch the Masters?Day two: As it happenedCustom Milwaukee Bucks Jerseys . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. D. J. Wilson Bucks Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. http://www.nbabucksproshop.com/Authentic-Ersan-Ilyasova-Bucks-Jersey/ . The defence is doing its part, too. Drew Brees threw a pair of touchdown passes in the first half and the guys on the other side made sure that was enough, sending the Saints to a 17-13 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night. Eric Bledsoe Bucks Jersey . The formidable trio of Canadian receivers -- individually known as Chris Getzlaf, Rob Bagg and Andy Fantuz -- will share the field at Mosaic Stadium one more time on Sunday. Milwaukee Bucks Jerseys . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006.Canberra forward Luke Bateman will miss Mondays clash against North Queensland after taking the early guilty plea for his crusher tackle last week.Bateman was only hit with a grade one dangerous contact charge from their win over Newcastle, however loading meant he had to successfully fight his charge at the NRL judiciary to get off.The 21-year-old instead took the discounted early plea and is sidelined for a week.Raiders teammate Kurt Baptiste (dangerous throw) and Wests Tigers forward Josh Ailoai (dangerous throw) also took eaarly guilty pleas but escaped suspension for their grade one charges.ddddddddddddrisbane forward Josh McGuire was the first to enter a guilty plea on Monday, freeing him to play for Queensland in State of Origin III on Wednesday week.Manly winger Brayden Wiliame has until midday on Wednesday to decide whether to fight a grade one shoulder charge stemming from Mondays NRL win over St George Illawarra. ' ' '