$Newsday —Amar'e Stoudemire and Jason Kidd said the right things about not playing in the second half in Game 5. It was an elimination game, and the Knicks won to stay alive in their series against Indiana.
$Newsday —Pacers point guard George Hill (concussion) was medically cleared to play in Game 6 Saturday night, a potential blow to the Knicks' chances of staging a comeback in this Eastern Conference...
NY Daily News (Bob Raissman) —James ( Guitar Jimmy ) Dolan should hope Knicks players believe Mike Woodson more than Stephen A Smith does. Then again, in a lame attempt to discredit opposing viewpoints, it was Dolan’s lackeys...
NY Post (FRED KERBER) —INDIANAPOLIS – George Hill went through shootaround this morning for the Pacers giving hope that he would be able to play tonight against the Knicks who were fighting to stave off elimination in...
NY Daily News —Point guard George Hill will be a game-time decision as the Pacers try to close out the Knicks. After Indiana’s shootaround Saturday morning, coach Frank Vogel did not say whether Hill had passed...
NY Times (NATE TAYLOR) —Knicks guard Raymond Felton credits much of his success to Ivorie Manning, one of the shooting coaches working in today’s specialized N.B.A.
NY Post (MIKE VACCARO) —INDIANAPOLIS — It’s hard to believe they can make an exact duplicate of what they got Thursday night. Thirty-four seconds into Game 5, Pablo Prigioni found Carmelo Anthony ducking into the lane,...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —INDIANAPOLIS — Tonight, the Knicks either take a giant step toward South Beach by forcing a Game 7 at the Garden or their season is over.The Knicks didn’t break their 40-year championship drought...
NY Post (TIM BONTEMPS) —The Knicks hope to leave Indianapolis tonight with a win that would bring them a step closer to making history — becoming the ninth team to recover from a 3-1 series deficit in NBA playoff...
NY Post (FRED KERBER) —INDIANAPOLIS — If they absolutely had to, the Pacers believe they could win a Game 7 at the Garden. But it’s like getting in a car driven by Lindsay Lohan. If you can avoid it, by all means do.The...
NY Post (STEVE SERBY) —INDIANAPOLIS — The banners hanging from the Garden rafters, the Red Holzman 613 banner, the Willis Reed 19 banner, the 10 Clyde Frazier banner, even the 33 Patrick Ewing banner, they’re all...
NY Post (POST STAFF REPORT) —Was there any other way to respond?J.R. Smith celebrated his improved performance (13 points, six rebounds, two assists, three steals and a blocked shot) in the Knicks’ 85-75 Game 5 win over the...
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —INDIANAPOLIS — During a quiet moment, in the locker room in Toronto, on the eve of his 40th birthday in March, Jason Kidd asked a group of Knicks beat writers if they thought he would make a good...
NY Daily News (Mike Lupica) —In so many ways, the best and most important money game Patrick Ewing ever played for the Knicks, the one that finally put him into the NBA Finals, was Game 7 against another Indiana Pacers team,...
NY Daily News (MITCH ABRAMSON) —Mike Woodson has always publicly supported J.R. Smith in the face of the shooting guard’s struggles on and off the court. But Woodson offered Smith what seemed like a back-handed compliment during...
NY Daily News (MITCH ABRAMSON) —Beyond grappling with the Pacers’ size and defensive prowess, Mike Woodson has had to wrestle with his own rotation — whom to start, whom to have come off the bench, how to divvy up the minutes,...
Bergen —The Knicks have lost all four games in Indiana this season, blown out by 34 points in one game this season, and in the two playoff games at Bankers Life Fieldhouse the Pacers have led for all but...
ESPN (Ian Begley) —Win tonight and the Knicks go home for Game 7. Lose, and their season is over. They trail at the half of Game 6, 55-47. Here are a few observations from the first half: CAN'T KEEP THEIR COOL: The...
ESPN (Ian Begley) —INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers said point guard George Hill has been cleared to play in Game 6 against the Knicks.George Hill#3 PGIndiana Pacers2013...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —Today brings us yet another elimination game. Good morning! I'll be attending a college graduation this morning. This is just a quick thread to take stock of things on the morning of Game 6. For...
Posting and Toasting (Seth) —The (surprising) reports are in: George Hill has passed all the concussion tests and will start at point guard for the Pacers in tonight's Game 6. Hill's absence made New York's path to...
Knicker Blogger (Mike Kurylo) —I was invited to talk about Game 6 at Espanola. A snippet: 1. What does the absence of George Hill mean? Mike Kurylo, KnickerBlogger: Obviously, Hill is an important cog for the Pacers. But I...
ESPN (Jared Zwerling) —As one veteran NBA scout put it, the Knicks brought a "different intensity level" to their Game 5 victory.It all started on defense in the first quarter when Tyson Chandler and Pablo Prigioni's...
KnicksJournal (noreply@blogger.com (Keith Schlosser)) —Defense win championships. Every smart basketball mind seems to understand this, and Knicks' Coach Mike Woodson is no different. Over the last year and a half, he has spearheaded a movement that's...
ESPN (Ian Begley) —INDIANAPOLIS -- Mike Woodson will go with a small-ball starting lineup in Game 6 -- the same lineup that he has played for most of the season. Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni will start in the...
NY Times: Off the Dribble (By ZACH SCHONBRUN) —The point guard, who was hurt in Game 4 against the Knicks, must complete a series of exertion exercises before being cleared to play.
theKNICKSblog.com (Tommy Dee) —Referees for tonight’s Knicks vs. Pacers game six:Ken MauerEd MalloyTom WashingtonAlternate: Sean Wright — Jonah Kaner (@TheKnicksWall) May 18, 2013
NY Post (MARC BERMAN) —INDIANAPOLIS – The Sabbath is a day of rest in the Jewish religion, but Amar’e Stoudemire, wearing a black yarmulke coming out of today’s morning shootaround at Bankers Life Field House, wants...
ESPN (Ian Begley) —Forget win or go home. This is win and go home. If the Knicks win Game 6 of their series against the Pacers on Saturday night in Indy, they will force a Game 7 at home on Monday night. But it...
theKNICKSblog.com (Tommy Dee) —Via Mike Lupica There were other players that day, Patrick didn’t do it alone, even though we are supposed to believe now that the big guy only ever did big things alone. But he was the...
ESPN (Ian Begley) —Mike Woodson still has confidence in Jason Kidd. Just not enough confidence to guarantee the slumping veteran more minutes in Game 6. Woodson played Kidd just five minutes in the Knicks' Game 5...
ESPN (Jared Zwerling) —Chris Copeland's agent, John Spencer, told ESPNNewYork.com on Friday that the Knicks are planning to give the rookie forward a qualifying offer for next season. Spencer also said his client...