Tag: Knicks

  • James scores 33 at MSG as Cavs cruise (AP)

    From left to right, David Sommo and brother Frank Sommo, of Kings Park, N.Y., and Zachariah Reitano, of Ridgefield, Conn., show their support for Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James(notes) to become a New York Knick before the start of an NBA basketball game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers on Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, in New York.

    LeBron James celebrated with the Yankees and toyed with the Knicks. No wonder he's bummed about the NBA schedule: only one Garden party this season. James scored 33 points in his lone visit to New York, leading the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 100-91 victory over the Knicks on Friday night. One night after managing just 42 second-half points in an ugly home loss to Chicago, the Cavaliers rang up 40…

  • Ejected Maccabi coach delays Knicks game (AP)

    Maccabi Tel Aviv's head coach Pini Gershon, center, leaves the floor after being called for his second technical foul during a preseason charity basketball game against the New York Knicks Sunday, Oct. 18, 2009 in New York.

    NBA or Europe, regular referees or replacements, the rules are the same: Two technical fouls is an automatic ejection, and anyone ejected must leave the floor. Maccabi Tel Aviv wanted a pass on that rule Sunday. The New York Knicks' 106-91 victory over the Euroleague team featured a bizarre delay in the third quarter when the visiting coach refused to leave after he was ejected.

  • Knicks re-sign F Lee to 1-year, $8M deal (AP)

    Power forward David Lee is staying with the New York Knicks for a one-year deal Thursday worth about $8 million. Lee sought a multiyear contract. But with the Knicks hoping to save salary cap room for the summer of 2010, he had to settle for the chance to become an unrestricted free agent next year. Lee averaged 16 points and 11.7 rebounds last season.