"Bill Walker, we have some nice parting gifts for you backstage..."

Preparation for the playoffs starts now. Jockeying for playoffs position is less important than getting players healthy and in sync. The task is simple, steal a road win. The Garden will be rocking and the top-seeded Heat have a past due guarantee they must deliver on.

“I’m OK with (playing Miami). They’ve beaten us obviously every game. I don’t feel we necessarily made the adjustment to that team. That’s a team you have to make adjustments and have to make them pay for how aggressive they are [defensively]. We haven’t done that yet. We have to be willing if that’s the matchup to break down tape, focus in and see where we can beat them."

The Knicks need JR Smith and Steve Novak to show up large.

JR Smith is the reincarnation of John Starks so we need him to be as crazy good and not so crazy bad. Play defense. Take the shot.

“I feel great the way we’re playing right now. With the way Melo’s playing and all our role players are playing well. It’s not so much the key guys going into the playoffs. It’s how everyone else is doing on the team. Are they confident? Will they take a shot when the ball is swung around to them? Those are things that win games."

Beat Cleveland.