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Knicks unsure about Stoudemire's role
Amare Stoudemire will go into next season with $45 million left on his contract and no guarantee of a starting job. He also could remain a reserve who ...
Pacers knock out Knicks with 106-99 win in Game 6
Indiana spent the entire season perfecting its defense. On Saturday, it produced the biggest payoff for the Pacers in nearly a decade. Roy Hibbert's ...
Anthony has 28, Knicks beat Pacers to stay alive
Carmelo Anthony made two jumpers to open the game, knowing it wouldn't stay that easy. The defenses in this series are too good, so the difference is ...
Knicks try to stay alive Thursday against Pacers
Pablo Prigioni could return to the starting lineup. Jason Kidd will remain in the rotation. Whichever players are on the court for the New York Knicks ...
Pacers rout Knicks 93-82 to take 3-1 series lead
Carmelo Anthony tried to keep the New York Knicks in the game, even as his teammates missed shots all around him. Once Anthony stopped making them, ...
Knicks' Shumpert misses shootaround with bad knee
The left knee of Knicks guard Iman Shumpert doesn't appear to be getting any better and it could keep him out of Tuesday night's game at Indiana.
Knicks JR Smith plays through illness vs. Pacers
Knicks guard J.R. Smith played against the Pacers in Game 3 on Saturday night after being iffy to go because of an illness. Smith, the NBA's top sixth ...
Knicks' Anthony plans to keep attacking in Indiana
Nobody ever really stops Carmelo Anthony. Not in his mind, anyway. Anthony believes he can solve any defense and rarely gives credit when he doesn't.
Knicks use huge run to even series with Pacers
Carmelo Anthony's shooting woes vanished as quickly as Indiana's lead. Once the NBA's scoring leader got in a rhythm, not even one of the league's ...
Knicks not planning lineup change vs bigger Pacers
The New York Knicks will not concede they have a "big" problem — yet. They know the Indiana Pacers have a size advantage, realize that Carmelo Anthony ...
Pacers beat Knicks 102-95 in Game 1
Every time Carmelo Anthony attacked the rim, a big body seemed to be waiting. David West, Roy Hibbert and the rest of the Pacers are classic Eastern ...
Celtics' comeback fades in 88-80 loss to Knicks
Kevin Garnett made his way off the court toward Boston's locker room looking straight down the entire way, not lifting his head or even a hand to the ...
Knicks hold on to beat Celtics 88-80 and advance
Twelve years without advancing in the playoffs. Two failed attempts to close out the Boston Celtics. Nineteen consecutive missed 3-pointers.
Woodson wants Knicks focused on court, not closets
Call it bad fashion sense or poor playoff etiquette. New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson sure didn't like his players' decision to wear black to Game ...
Celtics stay alive, beat Knicks to force Game 6
The 11-0 deficit in Game 5 was wiped away. The 3-0 deficit in the series might be next. The Boston Celtics are two victories from NBA history, and ...
Celtics hoping revived offense has life in Game 5
It started with a 3-pointer by Avery Bradley 16 seconds into the game. It ended with a layup by Jason Terry with 6.5 seconds left. Yes, the Boston ...
Celts top Knicks 97-90 in OT, avoid playoff sweep
The reeling Boston Celtics needed a spark of optimism and a surge of offense to keep their season going. Jason Terry provided both. The energetic ...
Down 3-0, Celtics try avoid sweep Sunday vs Knicks
Hanging on a wall of the Celtics' practice facility, opposite the faded banners that hung in the old Boston Garden a half-century ago, is a spotless ...
J.R. Smith suspended for Game 4 for elbowing Terry
The NBA suspended Knicks guard J.R. Smith on Saturday night for Game 4 of New York's playoff series against Boston for elbowing the Celtics' Jason ...
Knicks roll to 3-0 lead over Celtics
When the New York Knicks finally returned to the playoffs two years ago, the Boston Celtics let them hang around for only four games. Now Carmelo ...
Anthony, Knicks rout Celtics for 2-0 series lead
In what they considered a "must-win" game, the New York Knicks couldn't lose. Not the way they defended after halftime. "We buckled down on the ...
Knicks' J.R. Smith wins NBA Sixth Man award
J.R. Smith won the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award Monday after turning a role he didn't want into one of the strengths of the New York Knicks' ...
Celtics plan more Garnett, and Knicks expect it
The New York Knicks not only expect a Boston adjustment, they can guess what it is. The Celtics never could have accomplished so much over the last ...
Anthony scores 36, Knicks beat Celtics in Game 1
Carmelo Anthony started fast, struggled through the middle, and finished with a flurry. And the New York Knicks, after knocking the Boston Celtics ...
Knicks' Rasheed Wallace retires again from NBA
New York Knicks forward Rasheed Wallace retired again from the NBA on Wednesday after he was unable to recover from a left foot injury. Wallace tried ...