The magic worked wonders!
In a captivating turn of events, a Voodoo King stepped up to assist the Knicks on their thrilling Tuesday night comeback, quelling worries among fans that Mayor Zohran Mamdani might bring his notorious “Curse of the Mambino” to Madison Square Garden.
Michael Washington, better known by his spiritual name Tata Tilk, made a timely appearance outside the iconic arena. Just an hour before the tip-off of the Eastern Conference Finals Game 1, he performed a Palo Mayombe ritual to safeguard the team’s chances.
“I command thee for no more spells from Mayor Mamdani on any team or anyone that interfere with their success. I’m here to protect the Knicks from his benevolent respect,” Washington declared with conviction outside the venue where the Knicks eventually staged a stunning victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Voodoo King’s intervention was prompted by the mayor’s earlier suggestion that he might attend the game, which sparked apprehension among the superstitious crowd.
“It is an incredible run. I am, like every New Yorker, just continuing to hope. Maybe I will be there, we’ll see, but I’m definitely watching,” Mamdani remarked at an unrelated press conference, hinting at his potential presence at the match.
The mayor’s remarks created paranoia amongst fans after the lefty mayor’s hug with Mr. and Mrs. Met was blamed for the team’s brutal losing streak, dubbed the âCurse of the Mambino.â
The “Voodoo King” brought a cauldron full of “secret” spiritual items — including human and animal bones and meteorites — for his witchcraft.
He told The Post that Mamdani has proven he has “magical abilities” to curse New York sports teams and should stay far away from the Knicks.
“He’s basically showing the magic abilities that he has through cursing an entire team, in other words, multiple people, like multiple counterparts, like all at once,” he explained.
“It was a spell to basically not have Mamdani curse the Knicks, because we were nervous about him coming tonight, and he might possibly curse the Knicks, so I did the match for it,” Washington added of his ritual. “He wouldn’t be able to curse the Knicks, so no Mambino curses here.”
And the witchcraft might’ve just worked.
The Knicks staged an improbable 115-104 overtime win over the Cavaliers â overcoming a harrowing 22-point fourth-quarter deficit.
The team’s stunning comeback is the largest in a Conference Finals game since 1997, according to the NBA.
Since 1997, the only larger fourth-quarter comeback to win any playoff game is the Clippersâ 24-point rally against the Grizzlies in Game 1 of the 2012 First Round.
Kareem âReemo Meerakâ Tyson, 46, thanked the Voodoo King for staving off any of the socialists’ sorcery before the epic win.
âListen, Mamdani, listen, you’ve been doing an amazing job, respectful, respectful. You cannot ruin our flow. You see what you did with the other orange and blue, and that’s not cool. Okay, that’s not cool. It’s gonna lose you brownies for us,” Tyson, a social media personality from Harlem, said.
âI feel amazing. Thank God. Thank you [Voodoo King] for what you’ve been doing so far for protection.â
A group of friends, Nick Ellard, James Questel, and Aidan Jordan, also gathered outside the arena to watch the game â and made their feelings about the Mamdani curse crystal clear.
âIâd love him to stay as far away from the team as possible,” said Jordan, a 20-year-old college student from Long Island.
âDonât hug anybody. Tell him to pay for some waters for everybody,â Elleard, 20, added.
