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New York is in the midst of a near-historic championship drought

Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, then returned in 1985. His SportsWatch column debuted in 2005.

How’s the week going for you so far, New York-area sports fans?

Let’s see . . . two weekdays in and we’ve seen the Knicks lose on another late gut punch, then read about the latest turn in the Melodrama involving the team’s biggest on- and off-court stars, Carmelo Anthony and Phil Jackson.

The Rangers allowed seven goals in a loss, again raising concerns about Henrik Lundqvist, the aging goaltender upon whom the team’s decade of mostly winning hockey has been built.