Knicks Morning News (2017.03.30)

Phil Jackson sat in his usual seat about 10 rows off the court, watching as the Knicks put the finishing touches on another lost season.

Joakim Noah should make his 2017-18 season debut for the Knicks in Game 13, if he’s healthy.

If anyone can relate to being a Knicks forward who must carry a heavy load on offense, it is Carmelo Anthony’s favorite player, Bernard King.

Joakim Noah’s signing was viewed widely as a disappointment this season. And that was before his 20-game suspension.

The aches and pains continue for Derrick Rose.

Joakim Noah is officially healthy enough not to play.

There’s little to no chance Phil Jackson would study Pat Riley’s management style and emulate his old coaching rival.

A “Let’s go Heat” chant broke out at Madison Square Garden late in the fourth quarter. The Knicks obliged.

Before the Knicks were eliminated from the playoffs Wednesday after their 105-88 blowout loss to the the Heat at the Garden, their two key offseason additions from the Bulls were missing. Mark their absences as symbolic in a season gone astray. Point guard Derrick Rose and center Joakin Noah were supposed to lift the Knicks…

Former coach Hubie Brown, on hand for the 1984 Knicks reunion, once had a pretty good post man in Bill Cartwright. Though the league is moving away from post-ups strategically, Phil Jackson’s triangle is not. That is why Brown, now an NBA analyst for ESPN , stressed Porzingis has to get better in that area,…

Bill Cartwright, who won three championships playing for Phil Jackson in Chicago, cannot understand all the talk about the Knicks and the triangle offense. Cartwright said he believes the focus should be upon the Knicks’ donut defense. “This has always confused me. … You’re scoring 105 points a game. How many you giving up?” said…

After the first practice of the preseason at West Point, Carmelo Anthony said, “I haven’t been excited like this in a long time to actually get going and get ready to create something.’’ What the Knicks created was a mess, and they were mathematically eliminated Wednesday from the playoff race in a 105-88 Garden meltdown…

The countdown on Joakim Noah’s 20-game suspension imposed by the NBA on the Knicks center for violation of the league’s anti-drug policy starts Wednesday against Miami. An independent doctor confirmed the assessment of Knicks physicians that Noah, who underwent left knee surgery Feb. 27, is fit to play. Noah returned to practice on Tuesday, though it…

The Heat topped the Knicks, 105-88, on Wednesday night at MSG.

Derrick Rose and Lance Thomas will both be unavailable to play against the Heat on Wednesday night, the team announced.

The Knicks host the Heat on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.

Noah will miss the final eight games of this season and the first 12 of the 2017-18 season.

Hours before a loss knocked the Knicks from postseason contention, Noah was cleared medically to play, triggering the beginning of his suspension for taking a performance-enhancing substance.

The Warriors’ coach reached the milestone in 238 games, 32 games fewer than Phil Jackson did with the Chicago Bulls.

The law, which curbed protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, had led sports organizations such as the N.C.A.A. to cancel events in the state.

Stephen Curry had 29 points as Golden State earned its first win over San Antonio this season.

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