Landry Shamet on track to join these unheralded New York sports playoff heroes

Nypost · Jun 01, 2026 · 567 words · By Howie Kussoy

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Landry Shamet is on an all-time heater, hitting 17 of his last 21 3-point shots in the past six games.

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What happened

Landry Shamet is on an all-time heater, hitting 17 of his last 21 3-point shots in the past six games.

Why it matters

But he’s not the first New York role player to turn it on under the brightest of lights.

Common ground

Here’s a look at some other members of a supporting cast who became stars in the postseason: David Tyree There were 11 Giants who had more receptions during the 2007 regular season than Tyree, who finished with four catches for 35 yards.

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Claim 1: “He added one more catch in the team’s first three postseason games.”

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One source explicitly states Tyree entered Super Bowl XLII with 'just one catch for four yards total in the first three games of the 2007 playoffs'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brian Tyree Henry (born March 31, 1982) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received nominations for an Academy Award, an Actor Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, thr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Tyree_Henry

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — David Mikel Tyree (born January 3, 1980) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for seven seasons, primarily with the New York Giant…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Tyree

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Helmet Catch was an American football play involving New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wide receiver David Tyree in the final two minutes of Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008. It featu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmet_Catch

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Claim 2: “finishing with six goals and three assists during the postseason run that broke the Rangers’ 54-year Stanley Cup drought.”

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Claim 3: “Landry Shamet is on an all-time heater, hitting 17 of his last 21 3-point shots in the past six games.”

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While web search results mention Landry Shamet's performance in 2026 (future-dated relative to training data), they do not provide the specific stat of '17 of his last 21 3-point shots in the past six games'. One source mentions 4/4 in a game and another mentions 91.7% in the ECF, but the specific 17/21 over six games is not explicitly confirmed by the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2023 NBA draft, the 77th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on June 22, 2023, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The draft consisted of 58 picks instead…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_NBA_draft

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024 NBA draft was the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. Unlike recent years, the 2024 draft took place over two nights. This was the first NBA draft held over mu…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Landry Michael Shamet () (born March 13, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landry_Shamet

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Claim 4: “Matteau also scored the double-overtime winner in Game 3 against the Devils”

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Claim 5: “Tyree became a legend at Super Bowl 42, scoring his first touchdown of the season, and later adding an iconic helmet catch to propel the Giants to an upset of the undefeated Patriots.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm the 'Helmet Catch' occurred during Super Bowl XLII against the Patriots and that Tyree scored a touchdown in that game.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Super Bowl XLII was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide…
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Claim 6: “The light-hitting shortstop hit less than .250 during the Yankees’ 1977 championship run, and again during the 1978 regular season”

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The claim is found verbatim in one web search result, but other sources (like the 1978 Yankees season Wikipedia page) do not provide the specific batting average for the 1977 run or 1978 regular season to corroborate the '.250' figure.

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web search NEUTRAL — Major League Baseball team season. 1978 New York Yankees. World Series champions American League champions American League East champions.
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web search NEUTRAL — Bucky Dent. The light-hitting shortstop hit less than .250 during the Yankees’ 1977 championship run, and again during the 1978 regular season, but Dent became an all-time Boston villain after deliver…
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web search NEUTRAL — From 10/2/1978 and for the 1st time: Bucky Dent's BIG ALDS 7th inning home run vs Boston at Fenway Park as called by Frank Messer--we took the WPIX-TV video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeFmHEVzQ0

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Claim 7: “His legacy is defined by his wraparound goal in double overtime of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals”

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Claim 8: “became an All-Star with the Yankees in 1998, hitting .300 with 19 home runs and 98 RBIs”

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Claim 9: “The Giants released McConkey before the 1986 season, then reacquired him one month later”

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Claim 10: “Dent capturing World Series MVP honors against the Dodgers.”

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Wikipedia and other sources explicitly state that Bucky Dent was the World Series MVP in 1978 against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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web search NEUTRAL — Dent earned two World Series rings as the starting shortstop for the Yankees in 1977 and 1978, both over the Los Angeles Dodgers and was voted the World Series ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucky_Dent

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web search NEUTRAL — 1978 World Series ; Dates, October 10–17 ; Venue(s), Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) Yankee Stadium (New York) ; MVP · Bucky Dent (New York) ; Umpires · Ed Vargo (NL), ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_World_Series

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... In 1978, he was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Bucky Dent is most famous for his home run in a tie-breaker game against the ...
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Claim 11: “Next year finally came for Brooklyn in 1955 thanks to a 23-year-old left-hander who had gone 9-10 in his third big league season.”

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Claim 12: “using him as a returner and a receiver who made 16 receptions.”

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Claim 13: “Weis went 5-for-11 (.455) with three RBIs and four walks in the World Series, which included the winning hit in Game 2 and the game-tying home run in the Game 5 clincher over the Orioles.”

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Claim 14: “In Super Bowl 21, the undrafted Navy graduate became part of franchise lore, setting up a field goal with a punt return, making a 44-yard catch at the goal line, then scoring a touchdown, as the Giants won their first Super Bowl 39-20 over the Broncos.”

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Claim 15: “There were 11 Giants who had more receptions during the 2007 regular season than Tyree, who finished with four catches for 35 yards.”

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Multiple web search results and Wikipedia-style entries explicitly state that during the 2007 regular season, Tyree had four receptions for 35 yards.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Football League playoffs for the 2007 season began on January 5, 2008. The postseason tournament concluded with the New York Giants defeating the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLII, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007–08_NFL_playoffs

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Claim 16: “Brosius, who hit .203 with a .576 OPS in 1997”

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Claim 17: “In parts of four years with the Mets, Weis hit .191.”

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Claim 18: “batting .383 in the postseason and becoming World Series MVP on one of the greatest teams of all time.”

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Claim 19: “Dent became an all-time Boston villain after delivering a three-run homer in the AL East tiebreaker game, which eventually led the Yankees to a second straight title”

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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Bucky Dent hit a three-run home run in the 1978 AL East tiebreaker game against Boston.

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web search NEUTRAL — 1978 AL East tie-breaker game. Bill Buckner's error. "Idiots" break the curse.1978 AL East tie-breaker game. 1978 American League Championship Series.
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web search NEUTRAL — “Al called Bucky’s home run just before he hit it,” the Boss said. “The New York Yankees were the champs of the AL East Division. “Well, I’ll tell you, I was dreaming, dreaming about something like th…
https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/october-2-1978-bucky-dents-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Bucky Dent, right, is embraced by Yankees teammate Reggie Jackson after Dent hit three-run home run against the Boston Red Sox in one-game tiebreaker for the AL pennant on Oct. 2, 1978 at Fenway Park …
https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/bucky-dent-1…

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Claim 20: “The career .219 hitter received just one at-bat in the 1969 NLCS.”

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Claim 21: “After pitching a complete game to win Game 3 of the World Series, Podres got the ball again in Game 7 and didn’t allow a run in nine innings at Yankee Stadium, leading the Dodgers to a long-awaited triumph over their pinstriped tormentors.”

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Claim 22: “Matteau — who was acquired less than a month before the 1994 playoffs began”

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No evidence was provided for this claim in the search results.

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Claim 23: “Tyree never caught another pass.”

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The provided evidence confirms his stats for 2007 and the Super Bowl, but does not provide a full career stat sheet or a definitive statement that he 'never caught another pass' after that game.

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