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NBA Southeast News and Rumors

Source: Amare socks extinguisher, hurts hand

Ian Begley, ESPN.com

Amare Stoudemire suffered lacerations on his left hand after the New York Knicks' loss to the Miami Heat on Monday night, a team spokesman confirmed.

CNNSI.com

Miami took care of business at home -- and made it look easy again. The Heat cruised to a 104-94 win over the Knicks, grabbing a 2-0 lead as the first-round series shifts to New York.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

David West had 18 points and 11 rebounds to help the Indiana Pacers beat the Orlando Magic 93-78 on Monday night and even the Eastern Conference first-round series at one game apiece.

Associated Press, ESPN.com

Dwyane Wade scored 25 points, Chris Bosh added 21 and the Miami Heat beat New York 104-94 on Monday night, sending the Knicks to an NBA-record-tying 12th straight postseason loss.

Ian Begley, ESPN.com

Jeremy Lin went through drills with his teammates, shot around and did some conditioning work before Game 2 of the Knicks-Heat series on Monday night.

Dan Devine, yahoo.com

Coming off perhaps the worst regular season in NBA history, the Charlotte Bobcats announced Monday that head coach Paul Silas would not return to coach the team during the 2012-13 NBA season. Rod Higgins, Charlotte's president of basketball operations, …

Rob Mahoney, nytimes.com

The Miami Heat's decision to deny Carmelo Anthony the ball by fronting him has led to an array of complications for the Knicks.

CNNSI.com

ATLANTA (AP) Talk about a tough playoff opener for the Boston Celtics .

Howard Beck, nytimes.com

Tyson Chandler (flulike symptoms) and Baron Davis (stiff back) played limited minutes in Game 1, but are expected to be in the lineup for Game 2 against the Miami Heat on Monday night.

Ian Begley, ESPN.com

Knicks center Tyson Chandler, battling through flu symptoms, will start for the Knicks in Game 2 of their first-round series against the Miami Heat on Monday night.

nydailynews.com

A day after they scored 67 points and were outclassed in every way imaginable by the Miami Heat in their playoff opener, the Knicks allowed Jeremy Lin to speak to the media.

Dime Magazine, dimemag.com

The only thing seemingly happening more often than freak injuries through the playoffs first two days are blocked shots. We saw Roy Hibbert sending away all sorts of shots from the Orlando Midgets. Kevin Durant somehow had four of them. And Serge Ibaka …