The New York Knicks 2012-13 season ended in widespread disappointment, the blame stick being passed around from Carmelo Anthony to J.R. Smith to Mike Woodson all the way to Rihanna for the team's second-round exit from the playoffs.
A No. 2 seed out East and a potential threat to the Miami Heat, New York came into that postseason with championship aspirations. The Indiana Pacers stymied those hopes in six games, suffocating New York's offense with a stalwart defensive scheme en route to pushing the Heat to a seven-game Eastern Conference Finals for the ages.
While it was fair for New York to feel disappointment, the instant reaction seemingly overshadowed 2012-13 being the team's best season since the turn of the century. The Knicks won their first Atlantic Division crown since 1993-94, were a top-two seed for the first time since that same season and made the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1999-2000.
Still, New York City won't ever be satisfied with a second-round exit—especially not when the crosstown Brooklyn Nets are trying to construct a superteam. Carmelo Anthony implore ...
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