May 21, 2013

New-look Knicks win preseason finale

Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks celebrates

Photo credit: Jim McIsaac | Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks celebrates a basket against the New Jersey Nets during their preseason game. (Dec. 21, 2011)

What the Knicks hope is a new era dawned at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night as the team's $51-million-a-year frontcourt played its first game together in their expensively renovated arena.

OK, the Knicks' 88-82 win over the Nets was just a preseason game. But it did mark the first professional men's basketball game to be played in the Garden since the team finished the first stage of...

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