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NY Knicks' Amar'e Stoudemire continues to make wrong kind of noise in NBA playoffs

nydailynews.com

The next time Amar’e Stoudemire wants to make some noise, as he said he was merely doing when he took a swing at that glass fire extinguisher door in Miami, he should probably try to limit that to the court.

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

Tyson Chandler won the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award on Wednesday, as Yahoo! Sports' Marc J. Spears first reported on Tuesday evening, and the New York Knicks center has more than earned the honor. The veteran big man was gracious in his acce…

CNNSI.com

ATLANTA (AP) -- Josh Smith has undergone an MRI on his sprained left knee, and the Atlanta Hawks are awaiting word on whether the power forward will be able to play in Game 3 against the Boston Celtics.

CNNSI.com

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Tyson Chandler, the catalyst for the New York Knicks' defensive improvement, has been voted the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

The Knicks might be having all sorts of trouble against the Heat, and Baron Davis isn’t exactly lighting it up, but at least he has some dope kicks on his feet. These are the Li-Ning BD Doom “Playoff” exclusives that Davis was wearing during Game 2.…

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Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks is the recipient of the 2011-12 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, the NBA announced Wednesday. Chandler becomes the first player in franchise history to earn the honor.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Atlanta Hawks forward Josh Smith has a strained tendon in his left knee and is day to day for the playoff series against the Boston Celtics.

CNNSI.com

GREENBURGH, N.Y. (AP) -- Amar'e Stoudemire says there's a "great chance" he can play in Game 4 of the Knicks' series against Miami on Sunday despite cutting his left hand on a fire extinguisher case.

Joanne C. Gerstner, nytimes.com

The N.B.A. playoffs have a growing list of injured players, with some big names out of action.

Jared Zwerling, ESPN.com

After Wednesday's practice at the New York Knicks' training facility, point guard Jeremy Lin participated in a 3-on-3 full-court scrimmage, making progress from April knee surgery.

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Can the hype surrounding Foamposites get any crazier? I remember being down in Orlando for All-Star Weekend and hearing some crazy stories. The “Galaxy” Foamposites were releasing and sneakerheads were out causing havoc. Even as many complain Foams ha…

Ian Begley, ESPN.com

Speaking for the first time since he injured his hand after hitting the glass case surrounding a fire extinguisher after Game 2 of the Knicks-Heat series, Amare Stoudemire called the incident an "unfortunate" one that resulted in unintended co…

Sean Sweeney, dimemag.com

Okay, we’ve all had our laughs and our jokes about heat extinguishers and attacking the glass. Crosstown New York even made a shirt out of it. Some are already concluding this fire extinguisher escapade will be to Amar’e Stoudemire what Scottie Pippen…

Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com

That's what a source who witnessed the incident told ESPN's Chris Broussard:

Kelly Dwyer, yahoo.com

To start, we agree with Trey Kerby at The Basketball Jones. The imagery in this post will be gross. If you don't like gross, and we're right there with you, step away after reading this intro. We're well aware of what New York Knicks forward/center Amar…

Dom Cosentino, deadspin.com

The Bulls' first game without Derrick Rose was a dud-they lost Game 2 to the Sixers by 17-but for one, brief moment, Joakim Noah left poor Thaddeus Young in a heap with this fake crossover and kick-out.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

No Rajon Rondo. No Ray Allen. No Ben Affleck, Brian Scalabrine or Steve Carell either. None of it mattered because The Truth was in rare form for Boston last night, going bonkers in the second half and even getting all biblical on us in the Celtics’ 87-…