From Miami Herald before Game 4

Classic stuff in the Miami Herald before Game 4:

By Greg Cote
gcote@miamiherald.com

The Garden is overrun by tall weeds, a blight in the middle of midtown Manhattan. Madison Square Garden likes to call itself “the world’s most famous arena,” but suffice to say that isn’t any credit to anything the New York Knicks have done there lately.

New York has lost 13 consecutive playoff games since its most recent win in 2001, longest drought in the NBA as the Heat tries to make it 14 by completing a four-game sweep Sunday. The skid includes seven consecutive losses at home, where the supposed hostile environment has proved closer to a relaxing spa day for visiting teams.

During Game 3 on Thursday at the Garden, the crowd displayed all the class properly associated with New York sports fans by loudly and repeatedly chanting “a--hole!” to LeBron James.

They probably would have jeered Chris Bosh’s 1-day-old baby boy had they known his first name.

They should have been deriding their own Amare Stoudemire, of course, as he sat in street clothes after busting open his hand punching a fire-extinguisher box. The Knicks seem to think there is a chance Stoudemire will play in Game 4 — like it matters!

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/06/2785344/for-new-york-knicks-home-is-a.html#moreb#storylink=cpy

And more drivel from the Miami Herald, before Game 4:

What South Florida sports fans are talking about:

1. HEAT

Miami brings the brooms to New York for Game 4: Heat one Sunday win from a first-round sweep of the Knicks in what would be Miami’s first four-game sweep since the second round of the 2005 playoffs. New York has been hamstrung by injuries. Mostly, it has been hamstrung by Miami having LeBron James and Dwyane Wade.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/05/06/2785344/for-new-york-knicks-home-is-a.html#moreb#storylink=cpy