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The Celtics finished with three technical fouls (Ray Allen, Sasha Pavlovic, Jermaine O’Neal), the latter two in the fourth quarter as the Knicks made their move, and one player (Kevin Garnett) who is sure to get a call from the league office today. After missing the last shot of the game, Garnett shoved former teammate Bill Walker, who was defending the Celtics forward on the attempted buzzer-beater. Walker shouted in triumph, and Garnett angrily lunged at the Knicks guard. Boston Herald

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Near the end of the game, Kevin Garnett and former Celtic Billy Walker had an exchange in which Garnett appeared to put his hands on Walker after the two had what appeared to be some harsh words. When asked about it after the game, Garnett scoffed, "Next question." He won't have the opportunity to be so dismissive if the league office calls, and there's a good chance they will after reviewing the incident. There's a possibility Garnett could be suspended for the Celtics' game Tuesday night in Miami, meaning Boston would have to face the powerful Heat without KG and Paul Pierce. CSNNE.com

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“I went to contest his shot,’’ Walker said. “I guess he got mad I contested his shot. He grabbed my hand, tangled it up. I pulled my hand away, and then we had a situation.’’ Walker said Garnett also pushed him. “I’m a grown-up,’’ said Walker, who played 14 minutes after missing both preseason games with a groin injury. “You put your hands on my face, what part of the game is that? You know what the man does.’’ New York Post

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Garnett initially feigned ignorance. “What are you talking about?” he said then snapped, “Next question.” Doc Rivers wasn’t pleased with his team’s response down the stretch, but he also insinuated that the deck was stacked. “Fourth-quarter technicals are not allowed,” he said. “But the game has to be about the players. I thought both teams were complaining just the same, and we got two (fourth-quarter) technical fouls. The game has to be about the players.” Boston Herald

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The problem was two fourth-quarter technical foul calls on the Celtics. That violates a serious no-no under Rivers. Technicals aren’t the issue. Technicals in the fourth quarter are the issue. And the notoriously short-fused Joey Crawford, a veteran official who brooks no dissent, verbal or even visual, whistled Jermaine O’Neal and Sasha Pavlovic for technicals less than two minutes apart in the fourth. “Fourth-quarter technicals on our team are not allowed,’’ Rivers said. “That being said, the game has to be about the players. All right? I mean, c’mon. I thought both teams were complaining just the same, and we got the two techs. The game has to be about the players on the floor. That’s it.” Pavlovic said he had no idea why he got teed up. “I was just playing my game,’’ he said. “I told him [Crawford] I can’t afford to get a technical in the fourth quarter.” ESPN.com

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Garnett then put his left hand on Walker's throat before the two were separated, first by injured Knicks guard Baron Davis. "I guess he got mad that I contested his shot," said Walker, who had scrambled to cover Garnett after colliding with Tyson Chandler, who was supposed to be guarding the Celtic. "He grabs my hand, tangles it up, I pulled my hand away and then we had a situation." Newsday

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Did Walker do anything to provoke Garnett? "I'm a grown man," he said. "You're putting your hands in my face . . . Come on. Y'all know what the man does." Walker said he was unsure precisely where Garnett made contact with him. "I don't know where he caught me," he said. "I just know I saw his hand coming in my face, you know what I mean? That's disrespectful." Newsday

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Stefan Bondy: Garnett is mad he misses a shot so he takes a cheap shot at Walker, then does nothing as Baron Davis is grabbing him up. Stay classy KG. Twitter

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Alex Raskin: Walker said he has no animosity toward KG, but added, "y'all know what he does." #knicks #celtics later he said he looked up to KG. Twitter

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There have been highs, such as Anthony's basket in Memphis with less than a second to go, and lows, such as the night in Detroit when Anthony didn't join the team huddle near the end of a loss in which he made just two of his 12 shot attempts. "It was like going to a new school in the middle of the school year. At first, it's just going to be so different," Knicks forward Bill Walker said. "Guys didn't know how to play with each other. You took away a lot of guys who were key contributors to our team and then took someone else's key contributors and put them with ours." Wall Street Journal

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Knicks reserve Bill Walker, one of Shawne Williams' closest friends but who had a well-documented altercation with Williams in a November scrimmage, said of Williams' punch-throwing suspension, "At all times you want to protect yourself but you get penalized for protecting yourself. It's a sticky situation. "You can't do that by any means. He had to pay the price for it. Hopefully he comes back from that and continues to play the kind of ball he's been playing." New York Post

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Walsh also has been steadfast in saying he will not "gut" his team to get a second superstar to play alongside Amare Stoudemire on the front line, so it starts to become a guessing game as to exactly how much the Knicks are willing to give -- and whether those assets will satisfy a Denver front office that has told the Knicks it isn't particularly enamored of anyone on New York's roster. Some of that is gamesmanship, because a source close to the Nets-Nuggets-Pistons trade talks said there are two young Knicks players -- Landry Fields and Bill Walker -- the Nuggets actually do like. ESPN.com

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Chris Broussard: If Brandon Jennings' injury keeps him out of Slam Dunk Contest, NYK's Bill Walker told me he wants in. Says he has array of windmill dunks. Twitter

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The Knicks have little to offer in trade, with sources saying the Knicks have offered up Roger Mason Jr. ($1.4 million), Bill Walker ($854,000) and Kelenna Azubuike ($3.3 million) around the league and found limited interest. HoopsWorld

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The Knicks are looking at players whose contracts expire at the end of the season in order to keep their salary-cap space for the summer. They are willing to part with Bill Walker, according to the executives. New York Times

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The only fall-out from the scrimmage skirmish after Thursday's practice here apparently was that Bill Walker was annoyed it was reported in the Post and here in the Fix. On his Twitter account, Walker said: "Why do reporters try to make a situation out of nothing? Then wonder why players don't want to talk to them!!! It's a dirty game" Newsday

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One player told me that Walker and Shawne Williams, who went at Walker for a hard foul, are actually very close. "Those guys are friends," the player said. "It was like two brothers fighting, you know how it is when you fight with your brother." I get that, just like I acknowledge (from the experience of eight-plus years as a very mediocre player at the high school and college levels) that scuffles happen all the time on a basketball court. I actually felt like it was a good sign to see such high levels of intensity around this team and, thus, thought even if it was a small matter, it worthwhile to report. Competition keeps everyone sharp. You need guys deep in the rotation pushing the guys ahead of them and vice versa. Newsday

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Toughness has not been a Knicks trait in years. Yesterday, the Knicks, after breaking their six-game losing streak in Sacramento, were feeling feisty at practice as a skirmish broke out between Bill Walker and Shawne Williams. Williams was driving to the basket when Walker took him down hard. Williams, who has yet to play this season after making the team as 15th man, shot up from the floor and lunged at Walker, shouting at him about the dirty play. Teammates separated the two players, but Williams kept carrying on, trying to break free to get at Walker. Even Eddy Curry had to restrain the ranting Williams. New York Post

New York Knicks, Bill Walker, Shawne Williams 

It was a bizarre scene the way Williams carried on. Williams, the former Pacers first-round bust who beat out Patrick Ewing Jr. for the final roster spot and has marijuana arrests on his resume, appears itching to play. With the Knicks shooting poorly from 3-point range (32.5 percent), the coaching staff believes Williams may be their most proficient deep shooter in practice. (Sorry, Danilo Gallinari.) Walker stands in Williams' way. Walker has been a reserve, but coach Mike D'Antoni has dabbled with yanking him from the rotation. If the Knicks falter from the 3-point stripe, Williams could get his chance. The coaches seemed unfazed by the near fisticuffs. New York Post

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