GRAYSON ALLEN felt the love from his soccer star wife after a fairytale moment in New York.
The Milwaukee Bucks guard, 27, silenced Madison Square Garden with a late three-pointer that set his team on their way to victory.
Allen was thrust into the spotlight after Giannis Antetokounmpo fouled out for the Bucks with a minute to play.
And he made no mistake on his only successful three-point shot of the night as Milwaukee ran out 109-103 winners.
Grayson's wife Morgan Reid celebrated the magic moment for the 27-year-old point guard.
She posted a video of the winning shot to her Instagram story with the caption: "Let's goooo!!"
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Morgan played soccer for the US national team at U17 and U20 level.
She married Grayson in July this year having met him while they were both playing at Duke.
The couple tied the knot in California this summer and Morgan often shares images of the pair together.
Allen was asked about USA's performance at the World Cup after the game at Madison Square Garden last night.
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USA reached the last 16 with a win over Iran on Tuesday and faces Netherlands on Saturday.
He said: "I'm a big soccer fan, I've been watching a lot of it.
"Most of the games are in my nap time post shoot-around.
"So I've been coming home, watching a game and then trying to convince myself to go take a nap.
"The US are a young team and extremely fun to watch and brought a lot of excitement to the States about soccer, in a country where it's not not really the main sport."
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