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- Nearly 2,000 Rikers Island inmates watched Game 1 of the NBA Finals Wednesday.
- Screening was in George R. Vierno Center, an 850-bed jail where honors-house inmates received snacks, staying out past the 9 p.m. lock-in.
- Beacon Center offers classrooms, a recording studio, a barbershop and training programs.
- Luis Guzman, 43, said the Knicks rely on chemistry and believed a home win could clinch series as they made the Finals in 27 years.
