Thursday was a big night for New York sports.<\/p>\n
The New York Knicks had a playoff game. The New York Mets were trying to put together a winning streak. The New York Jets and Giants both had selections to make in the 2026 NFL Draft. And the New York Yankees were facing the rival Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n
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The latter event went well enough, with Cam Schlittler outdueling rookie Payton Tolle in a 4-2 win<\/a>. The Giants also did well enough, landing Ohio State linebacker Arvell Reese and Miami offensive tackle Francis Mauigoa in the top 10.<\/p>\n The rest, well, let\u2019s just say the city had a very bad 10 minutes. Here is a tweet from The Ringer\u2019s Sean Fennessey summing up the stakes at 9:42 p.m. ET:<\/p>\n Then, four minutes later:<\/p>\n So we have some unpacking to do.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s go first to the Knicks, who entered Thursday in dire need of a win in Game 3 of their first-round series against the Atlanta Hawks.<\/a> They had a one-point lead with 16.4 seconds to go, and then C.J. McCollum happened<\/a>:<\/p>\n And then this happened, sealing a 2-1 series deficit for New York against its recent antagonist<\/a>:<\/p>\n Then there were the Mets, who recently snapped a 12-game losing streak, their worst since 2002. In the following game, they were up 7-3 against the Minnesota Twins with Huascar Brazob\u00e1n on the mound in the eighth inning and the bases loaded.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Cue the Twins\u2019 Ryan Jeffers.<\/p>\n That grand slam tied the game and continued the Mets\u2019 significant bullpen issues to begin the season, but all was not lost. The Mets responded by loading the bases in the bottom of the eighth, setting up a three-run double from Bo Bichette to retake the lead in what ended up being a 10-8 win.<\/p>\n And then there were the Jets, who had the No. 16 pick in draft and plenty of holes to fill after selecting edge rusher David Bailey with the second pick<\/a>.<\/p>\n They wound up taking Oregon tight end Kenyon Sadiq, the top player at a position the Jets did not have a need, as they selected Mason Taylor out of Stanford in the second round last year and got a solid rookie year out of him.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n