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The New York Knicks pulled off something that belongs in a highlight reel for the ages, erasing a twenty-two point deficit to stun the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game One of their playoff series. Mike Brown confirmed it was no accident — the Knicks came in with a specific blueprint to attack James Harden, and it worked to perfection, putting New York in a position that's starting to feel like something more than just a hot streak.
Donovan Mitchell didn't sugarcoat it afterward. He looked his teammates in the eye and admitted Cleveland had that game in hand and let it slip completely. That kind of brutal honesty from your best player either lights a fire or fractures a locker room, and the Cavaliers are about to find out which one it is in Game Two.
Meanwhile in Phoenix, Ketel Marte refused to let the Arizona Diamondbacks go quietly. Down three to one with two outs in the ninth, the D-backs scratched back to within one, and then Marte launched a three-run bomb to flip the script entirely, walking Arizona off with a five to three win over the San Francisco Giants in stunning fashion.
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