By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY It’s bad enough to be down 3-1 in a first-round series, but the latest injuries have all but guaranteed that the elimination of the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls — like death, taxes and reality TV shows about singing and dancing — is imminent. It’s simply a question [...]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Dwyane Wade remembers his first Air Jordans. It was the late 1990s. And after years of trying on other people’s, the teenage Wade finally got to wear his own Jordans (the XIII model, he said) during a holiday tournament. No surprise: As he remembers it, he played pretty well. “I [was] [...]
New York Knicks‘ Carmelo Anthony, right, holds Jeremy Lin’s hand as he leaves the game after fouling out during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the New Jersey Nets, Monday, Feb. 20, 2012, at Madison Square Garden in New York. The Nets defeated the Knicks 100-92. Anthony shot 4 of 11 and [...]
The debate that Carmelo Anthony can’t play with Jeremy Lin should be heating up in three, two, one . . . Anthony returned to action for the Knicks Monday night, and some of their offensive struggles from earlier this season were back. The Knicks weren’t as crisp as they had been with Lin running the [...]
Feb. 17, 2012, 5:52 p.m. CST Carmelo Anthony won’t be the only shooter looking to get some passes from Jeremy Lin. J.R. Smith announced via his Twitter account Friday morning that he will be joining the team. Though the Knicks have yet to make a formal announcement, it appears to be a done deal as [...]
The Jeremy Lin show continues for the New York Knicks. The second year point guard that the Knicks signed as a free agent on December 27, 2011, scored 23 points and dished out a career high 10 assists last night, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, to lead the Knicks to a 107-93 road win over the [...]
Jeremy Lin has been nothing short of amazing for the New York Knicks over the past week. On Wednesday night (Feb. 8), he led the Knicks to a huge victory over the Washington Wizards on the road. It was the third straight game that Lin has commanded most of the point guard minutes and it’s [...]
When the NBA season began, the New York Knicks point guard situation looked something like this: Jeremy Lin is making the most of his minutes for the Knicks. (Bill Kostroun – AP) Starter: Toney Douglas Backup: Mike Bibby Would-be third-stringer when healthy: Baron Davis But in New York’s last two games the starting point guards [...]
NEW YORK (AP)—Mike D’Antoni shook his fists in the air as Jeremy Lin’s clutch shot fell through the net. It wasn’t just the basket that had D’Antoni giddy. It’s the feeling that he’s found the point guard who can get his offense running. “It’s fun, you can actually draw a play up and (say), this [...]
Carmelo Anthony will try to play today when the New York Knicks host the Orlando Magic in a Martin Luther King Day matinee. Anthony sprained his right ankle in the Knicks’ loss in Memphis last Thursday and missed Saturday night’s game in Oklahoma City, a 104-92 loss to the Thunder. “It’s sore, but if I [...]
