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| | Can Isiah Thomas turn around the Knicks? |
 | | Breaking into his un-matched Cheshire-cat smile, Isiah, newly anointed sheriff– general manager of Knickland, known to perform a bit of prestidigitation with the ball during his Hall of Fame playing career, was suitably impressed. |
 | | But in the end, after the hard work and planning, the game is “full of mysteries.” There are questions you don’t ask when things are going good, tricks the magician won’t tell you, even if he knows. |
 | | On the Tuesday before Christmas, Isiah’s first game after replacing the owlish, roundly mocked Scott Layden, the Garden was a more ominous place. |
| www.newyorkmetro.com /nymetro/news/sports/features/n_9711 (665 words) |
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