New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson told ESPN on Tuesday that his team is "absolutely" on the same page a day after Carmelo Anthony appeared to take offense to Tyson Chandler's criticism of the team's offense. Chandler told Frank Isola of the New York Daily News that the team is hurting themselves by not sharing the basketball enough.
"Honestly, we're doing it to ourselves," Chandler told The Daily News on Sunday. "I watched the tape myself and there are open looks. We have to be willing passers. You have to sacrifice yourself sometimes for the betterment of the team and for the betterment of your teammates. So when you drive in the paint and you draw, you kick it. I think we need to do a better job of allowing the game to dictate who takes the shots and not the individuals."
Anthony said Monday that he wanted to discuss privately with Chandler the exact meaning of his remarks, which insinuated that the Knicks were playing selfishly on offense. Neither Anthony nor Chandler were available.
Woodson declined to further address the Anthony-Chandler issue in detail. However, when asked if his team was unified heading into Tuesday's Game 4 in Indianapolis, Woodson said, "Absolutely, absolutely."
Kenyon Martin also said that the Knicks' locker room was not fractured heading into Game 4. "We're not divided. We need to go get a win," Martin said. "There ain't no time for whatever was said [between Anthony and Chandler]. So we need to stay together in this locker room. I think we are. But we need to go out and get a win."
New York currently trails Indiana 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. The series continues with Game 4 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind., on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. ET on TNT.
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