#beattheheat

Over at the Mothership, Tom Haberstroh, Jared Zwerling, Mike Wallace, Brian Windhosrt and I offered our opines on five key questions for the series. With the quick turnaround from end-of-season to today, this is probably all the preview we’ll have to offer. The good news is tip-off’s less than four hours away!

[New York Times] On Pro Basketball: Knicks’ Anthony Has More to Prove Than Heat’s James (Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:19:04 GMT) In addition to LeBron James and Company, there is another superstar whose reputation is on the line in the series between the Knicks and the Heat that begins Saturday in Miami. [New York Times] [...]

Looking at the Knicks-Heat through the prism of the four factors. http://offthedribble.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/27/breaking-down-knicks-heat/

During last night’s charity scrimmage, I had a chance to chat with the quantum Jay and Marc from The New York Knicks Podcast. Topics include: Whether Amar’e should come off the bench, Playoff predictions, season awards, Magic Eye pictures, Eduardo Najera, the NBA’s biggest a$@%^&*!, Afghanistan, and other, equally brain-tickling items. One of us even [...]

[New York Times] Knicks 104, Bobcats 84: Knicks Hand Bobcats 23rd Loss in a Row (Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:41:12 GMT) The Knicks are heading to Miami for a first-round playoff series with the Heat after wrapping up the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a rout of the Bobcats. [New York Times] N.B.A. [...]

New York Knicks 104 Final Recap | Box Score 84 Charlotte Bobcats Landry Fields, G 31 MIN | 3-10 FG | 0-0 FT | 5 REB | 7 AST | 6 PTS | +7 On anything other than a slash to the bucket Fields looked really bad. But when he slashes, he looks pretty decent. [...]