'GUARANTEE' THAT WASN'T SPURS INDY

SLAM Online found this 12/18/2007 on www.nypost.com [flag]

The Knicks are even being burned by erroneous guarantees attributed to them. The Pacers were pumped by an inaccurate rumor that center Eddy Curry guaranteed a Knicks victory during yesterday's morning shoot-around. A reporter who missed a deathly... [link]

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Media to Blame for Knicks Beatdown?
Published 12/18/2007 by Marcel Mutoni at SLAM Online
... The Pacers came into the Garden and stomped the Knicks by twenty-seven points. A reason they beat the Knicks so badly - other than New York’s inability to play good basketball, of course - might’ve been an a media-created rumor that Eddy Curry had guaranteed a Knick victory. ...

BLINK and Be Merry
Published 12/18/2007 at Fan Voice: Recent Topics in The Court Reporters: The NBA.com Blog
... ? Hey, wait a minute... J-Kidd in Big D. Haven't we been down this road? What? A fake guarantee leads to a fired up Pacers squad. Um, psyche ! Yahoo!'s ...

J.O. Offended by Curry's Non-Guarantee
Published 12/18/2007 by Matt Watson at FanHouse
Filed under: Knicks, Pacers, Eastern, NBA Gossip, Indianapolis, New YorkThe Pacers stomped the Knicks 119-92 last night, and it seems they entered the game with a bit more motivation than usual. Before the game, they caught wind that Eddy Curry guaranteed a New York win. From Marc Berman of the New York Post: "We did talk about it," Pacers center Jermaine O'Neal said. "You know I'm not gonna lie. We all thought it as strange especially being so early in the season and especially the team ...

The Knicks Are Simply A Laughing Stock

originalwhiler84 posted 12/18/2007 from mvn.com

Hey James kicking the fans out for booing is just embarrassing. What do you want the smartest fans in the world to do? Cheer for BS basketball? Cheer for BS coaching? Cheer for the BS players playing over players that should play?

Isiah opens up as Knicks fold

SLAM Online found this 12/18/2007 on www.nydailynews.com

About 15 minutes after his last-place team got blown out at home and fell to 10 games under .500, Isiah Thomas ripped the Knicks' effort and heart in a dismal 119-92 loss to the Pacers on Monday. "We just stopped playing with pride," he said.

ESPN Page 2 - Simmons: True value

Only The Bulls found this 12/18/2007 on sports.espn.go.com

GROUND RULES A quick recap of the rules: 1. Salaries matter. Over this season and the next three, would you rather pay David West $37.9 million or Andrei Kirilenko $63.3 million? 2. Age matters. Would you rather have Rasheed Wallace for the next four ...

BLAME NOTES: Knicks vs. Pacers

Stop Mike Lupica found this 12/18/2007 on slamonline.com

by Russ Bengtson One step forward, 27 steps back. That’s how it’s been all season for the New York Knicks, and apparently that’s how it’s going to be for the foreseeable future. Why anyone would pay to see this poor excuse for a basketball ...

Fan ejected for holding 'Fire Isiah' sign

Can't Stop The Bleeding found this 12/18/2007 on www.nydailynews.com

DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 5:41 PM Holding up a "Fire Isiah" sign can get you ejected from the Garden. It happened late in Monday's Knicks-Pacers game when a fan seated one row behind the Knicks team bench and only a few ...

Dunleavy's Career-High 36 Lead Pacers Over Knicks
Dunleavy scored 22 of his career-high 36 points in the third quarter, helping the Indiana Pacers pull away beat the Knicks 119-92 Monday night.

'GUARANTEE' THAT WASN'T SPURS INDY
The Knicks are even being burned by erroneous guarantees attributed to them. The Pacers were pumped by an inaccurate rumor that center Eddy Curry guaranteed a Knicks victory during yesterday's morning shoot-around. A reporter who missed a deathly...

Eddy 'guarantee' motivates Pacers
Word circulated around the Pacers' locker room before Monday night's game at the Garden that Eddy Curry had guaranteed the Knicks would win. The only problem? Curry never said it.

Marbury back again, scores 16
Stephon Marbury made return No. 2 to the Knicks' lineup Monday night, and while it may not have been as emotionally grueling as return No.1, it couldn't have been any fun at all as his team was trounced by Indiana, 119-92, at the Garden.

Knicks' Thomas not ready to evaluate himself
GREENBURGH, N.Y. - The realizations are mounting like the losses. Isiah Thomas first came to the realization that Eddy Curry, the center he bartered two lottery picks to acquire, may never be a quality all-around player. Then after Monday's blowout ...