Knicks hope win is diversion for New York

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Nov 032012
 

Truth be told, Tyson Chandler didn’t even want to play on Friday night.

Chandler had spent the last few days seeing and hearing the nightmare tales of New Yorkers in disarray in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, and his thoughts strayed from the game.

“There’s so many emotions,” Chandler said. “The last thing you want to do is play basketball, to be honest with you.”

Even a few hours before tipoff of Knicks-Heat, Chandler and some of his teammates felt preoccupied with thoughts of the hurricane victims.

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Rapid Reaction: Knicks 104, Heat 84

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Nov 022012
 

WHAT IT MEANS: There hasn’t been much to cheer about in New York over the past few days.

But for a few hours inside Madison Square Garden on Friday night, the Knicks gave a few thousand New Yorkers a reason to smile.

In the first major sporting event in New York City since Hurricane Sandy, the Knicks played near-flawless basketball in their win over the Miami Heat.

They shot 53 percent from beyond the arc and held the defending champs in check for long stretches in a 104-84 win.

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Cruz, Smith buddies since AAU days

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Oct 272012
 

The date was Feb. 5, 2012, the evening of Super Bowl XLVI in Indianapolis, when breakout star Victor Cruz scored a touchdown to help the New York Giants upset the New England Patriots.

Twelve days later, it was J.R. Smith’s turn to capture the attention of the sports world. He took to Twitter, saying, “New York Knicks It Is!” After signing a one-year contract, without even a practice under his belt, he scored 15 points in his Knicks debut.

New Yorkers had two new players to cheer for, a wide receiver and a shooting guard who had been friends for years.

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Frazier’s four keys to the 2012-13 Knicks

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Sep 192012
 

On Wednesday, ESPNNewYork.com caught up with Knicks legend and MSG analyst Walt Frazier at NYC’s Pier 78, where he unveiled his likeness on a double-decker sightseeing bus. Gray Line New York was celebrating Frazier’s induction into its “Ride of Fame” campaign, which honors exemplary New Yorkers.

Through their conversation, Clyde revealed four main keys to the Knicks season, which are:

1. Health: “I’m very optimistic about the season. I really like the new acquisitions: [Marcus] Camby, [Jason] Kidd, [Raymond] Felton.

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Carmelo, Knicks remember 9/11

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Sep 112012
 

Just like the rest of us, Carmelo Anthony remembers exactly where he was 11 years ago.

Anthony was sitting in class at Oak Hill Academy in Virginia when the first plane hit the World Trade Center’s north tower.

“All you could hear in the hallways were people yelling and screaming, and then we turned the TV on and we actually caught the second tower going down,” Anthony said Tuesday. “It was a tragedy.”

Anthony, like most other New Yorkers, took some time Tuesday to honor the memory of those lost on 9/11.

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