Not only can J.R. Smith not shoot well, he apparently can't act well, either.

If Amar'e Stoudemire is in uniform for Game 3 on Saturday night, then he will play. The Knicks have made that much clear.

Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been fined $5,000 by the NBA for a flop during Game 1 of their playoff series against Indiana.

Iman Shumpert knows how to make a statement.

Roy Hibbert has only one inch on Tyson Chandler in terms of height, yet the 7-2 Pacers center has played this series as if he towers over the Knicks center.

Amar'e Stoudemire is determined to have a positive impact this postseason for the Knicks even if his time will be limited -- for real this time.

J.R. Smith is in a deep, poorly timed shooting funk, but it could always be worse, as John Starks knows too well.

The shooter in J.R. Smith knows there's only one way to break his way out of a slump. Keep hoisting those shots, he said, because eventually they'll start falling.

The three-day chasm in the Knicks-Pacers series is an affront to common sense, common decency and the common good for sports fans who prefer their postseasons with coherent dramatic and competitive flow.

The Knicks' season was on the brink. The Garden crowd was muttering nervously to itself. And Carmelo Anthony was facing another four long days of questions and doubters -- on TV, radio, Twitter and perhaps his own locker room.