With the New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers locked in a pivotal Game 4 in Indiana, Tyson Chandler set the tone early with a hard shove, and Amar'e Stoudemire followed closely with a tech of his own a few minutes later.
With two minutes left in the first quarter, Chandler took offense to some physicality by Roy Hibbert under the hoop after D.J. Augustin dropped in a layup, so he delivered a solid shove to Indiana's center.
Tyson Chandler just called for a tech. Shouldn't he just be happy that he robbed Roy Hibbert for 1st team All Defense?
— Mike Wells (@MikeWellsNBA) May 14, 2013
Tyson, why?
— Noam Schiller (@noamschiller) May 14, 2013
Seemingly not wanting to be left out, Stoudemire took it upon himself to get on Chandler's level and do more or less the same thing to Ian Mahinmi early on in the second quarter.
Amare Stoudemire: $19M, two fouls, one tech.
— Shaun Powell (@Powell2daPeople) May 14, 2013
New York had turned the game into exactly what Indiana wanted: a slopfest.
Indiana's game is predicated on slowing things down and taking the opposition out of it ...
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New York Knicks’ Frustrations Turn to Technicals in Desperation Game 4
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