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INDIANAPOLIS -- Guard J.R. Smith is set to become a free agent this offseason but said he hopes to return to the New York Knicks. "I want to retire a Knick," Smith said when asked about his future following the team's season-ending loss to the Pac...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Amar'e Stoudemire said it was "tough" to sit on the bench in the second half of the Knicks' season-ending loss to the Pacers. "It's never easy to sit there and watch. But again, it's Coach's decision," Stoudemire said after playin...

INDIANAPOLIS -- After his third season in New York ended far short of expectations, Carmelo Anthony sat at his stall alone in a cramped visitors locker room in Indiana, thinking about what just transpired. The Knicks star wore a look of surprise,...

WHAT IT MEANS: All season, the Knicks and their fans hoped for a chance to face the Miami Heat in the playoffs. Now, the only thing the Knicks will be doing in Miami next week is vacationing. Carmelo Anthony finished with 39 points but went j...

New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith will likely test the free-agent market this summer, but said he wants to return to the team.

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 Knicks seem to be getting unnerved early in t...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers said point guard George Hill has been cleared to play in Game 6 against the Knicks. George Hill#3 PG Indiana Pacers 2013 STATS GM76 PPG14.2 RPG3.7 APG4.7 FG%.443 FT%.817Hill participated in the team's mo...

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 backcourt alongside Iman Shumpert, Carmelo Anthony a...

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 Monday night. But it won't be easy. The Pacers are 5-0 at home in the play...

Indiana Pacers guard George Hill has been cleared to play Saturday night against the New York Knicks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series.

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 win over Indiana. Kidd did not play in the secon...

Pacers point guard George Hill missed Game 5 against the Knicks because of a concussion. There's no definite timetable for his return. But, under the guidelines of the NBA's concussion protocol, it seems highly unlikely Hill returns in time for G...

Brushing off allegations made by Rihanna about his excessive partying, J.R. Smith insisted on Thursday night that he has focused on basketball, not social media. "I'm not worried about Instagram, I'm worried about the playoffs," Smith said after t...

The Knicks' win Thursday gave them more than just a chance to play another day -- it gave them confidence. "If any team can accomplish this, I feel like we can," Tyson Chandler said. The "this" Chandler was referring to is winning a series af...

WHAT IT MEANS: It wasn't pretty, but the New York Knicks will certainly take it. Thanks to timely shooting from Carmelo Anthony and Chris Copeland, and some sloppy play by a Pacers team without its starting point guard, the Knicks earned an 85-75...

Mike Woodson is going back to a small-ball lineup for Game 5. Woodson started Raymond Felton and Pablo Prigioni in the backcourt alongside a front line of Iman Shumpert, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler. "That's been good for us pretty much...