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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony & Amare Stoudemire Aren’t the Problem
Where are the New York Knicks that led the Eastern Conference and were talking about nothing less than a conference final? After losing five of their last eight games, no one is talking about Carmelo Anthony as the MVP or how Amare Stoudemire is going to fit in with him and the others. They’re talking about what went wrong, and how they move on from here.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Loves Playing at Home
The return of Carmelo Anthony after missing two straight games went swimmingly. Two games out of action, Anthony didn’t miss a beat. The New York Knicks are still perfect at home, Anthony is still very much in the MVP discussions, and his team look like as good as any in the Eastern Conference.
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New York Knicks – Beating the Champions Twice Isn’t a Fluke
For the second time this season, the New York Knicks beat the defending NBA champions Miami Heat by 20 points. This time on the road, and without Carmelo Anthony. It speaks volumes as to how good the Knicks really are, and how big some problems are for the Miami Heat.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony & Home Perfection
While the New York Knicks have began to show some cracks in their armor of perfection, especially with Jason Kidd being unable to play, things are going well at home, for both the team and Carmelo Anthony, improving to 7-0 at the Madison Square Garden this season.
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New York Knicks – Defense no Longer a Dirty Word
While most of the New York Knicks starting the season with a 5-0 record (for the first time in 19 years) is attributed to Carmelo Anthony playing responsibly and unselfishly, a lot of it has to do with the way the team has been playing defense through the first five games, something which hasn’t been exactly a point of pride in recent seasons.
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New York Knicks – Right now do not Have a Weakness
A small sampling pool of only three games doesn’t mean much, but the New York Knicks are impressive. They’ve scored at least 100 points in all three wins. They’ve won by at least 16 points three times, and they haven’t let anyone score more than 88 points on them. Not just Carmelo Anthony deserves praises. Everyone deserves it.
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London 2012 – Next USA Dream Team Ready for Olympic Games
After so many injuries to players from the 2008 Redeem team and for others projected to be among the final 12 player going to the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 12-man roster of the United States men’s basketball team is ready, with five players (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony) from the gold medal winning team four years ago.
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NBA Lockout Gets Longer, Future of Season Gets Darker
The NBA season will be another two weeks shorter it seems, and the NBA Lockout keeps on going, steamrolling NBA Fans into apathy. Tyson Chandler calling the owners dictators, players being agressive in the media instead of shutting up and focusing on negotiations isn’t helping.
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Game 6 of the 2011 NBA Finals in Pictures
Before entering an unknown future, threatened with a lockout, the Dallas Mavericks made a lot of “neutral fans” happy by beating the Miami Heat and mostly, LeBron James. Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Terry led the Mavs to a 105-95 win in Game 6 and the Dallas Mavericks to their first ever NBA Finals, avenging the loss in 2006.
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Huge Game 4 For Dwyane Wade Not Enough Against Fighting Mavs
Dwyane Wade (32 points) got no help from LeBron James (a pathetic 8 points) while a feverish Dirk Nowitzki was carried by his teammates to a 86-83 win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, tying the series at 2-2.