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Thursday / December 19.
  • Video: Melo Calls Game 4 a ‘Gut-Check’ and a ‘Must-Win’

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    With the Knicks fighting for their playoffs lives tonight in Game 4 in Indiana, here’s video of Carmelo Anthony calling it a “gut check” and a “must win.”

    Meantime, Tyson Chandler appeared to call out Anthony and J.R. Smith by saying certain teammates were trying “to take over the game,” according to the New York Times.

    “I really don’t want to go back and forth about that, because I really don’t know exactly what he’s talking about,” Anthony said, referring to Chandler. “But if he feels that way, we’re about to get together right now. We’ll discuss that amongst ourselves and figure that out, just get his take, get his perspective on that comment. We’ll handle that internally and figure it out amongst ourselves.”

    Coach Mike Woodson handled all of this infighting by saying “bickering” was a good thing.

    “Offensively, we’ve been stinking lately,” said Woodson.

    “Sometimes, bickering amongst each other is pretty healthy,” Woodson said. “I don’t call it bickering, maybe that’s not the word to use. I just think he’s being a good teammate. I say it. Sometimes, it’s good that it comes from within the guys that are on the floor working. So I don’t see anything wrong with it.”

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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