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Sometimes, every now and again, you get a year straight out of a fantasy, so there’s no reason to suffer from what we’ll call “Small Sample Sepsis.”

In 1984, the Detroit Tigers started their season 35-5. There was, quite literally, no reason for a Tigers fan to suffer even an ounce of angst after Cinco de Mayo. Forty years later, the 2024-25 Cleveland Cavaliers began their season 15-0 and 33-4. It was pretty apparent by the end of January that the Cavs were going to cruise to the No. 1 seed.

Those seasons are rare. So are the ultra extremes in the other direction: Despite all the positive vibes emanating from Cincinnati last week, the Jets still started this season 0-7. They are that bad. The Nets look like a calamity — as expected — and now we wait to s

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