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>GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- New York Knicks coach Mike Woodson said he
>was "upset" that his team wore all black on Wednesday before
>Game 5 of the Knicks-Celtics series to mimic a funeral for
>Boston.
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>"I'm a little upset about that, and I've addressed that,"
>Woodson said after practice on Thursday. "... Things like that
>have just got to be, just kept outside the game and just
>concentrate on playing basketball."
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>The Celtics trailed in the series 3-1, heading into Game 5 and
>forced a Game 6 with a 92-86 win at Madison Square Garden.
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>Kenyon Martin reportedly told his teammates after their Game 4
>loss in Boston to wear black to Game 5, "funeral black," he
>said, in anticipation of the Knicks eliminating the Celtics.
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>Woodson said he did not know about the team's plan before the
>game. The coach said he learned about it Thursday morning and
>expressed his disappointment.
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>He said he "absolutely" would have prohibited the Knicks from
>wearing black if he had known about the idea.
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>"I made reference to our guys, you need to stay out of the
>papers and just concentrate on playing. That's not important.
>What you're wearing doesn't have anything to do with how you
>play on the basketball floor," Woodson said.
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>He added: "I've addressed that with our players, and that's
>enough. The game is played on the floor, and that's where it
>should be played."
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>The Celtics are the 11th team in NBA history to force a Game 6
>after trailing 3-0 in a best-of-seven series. Three teams have
>won Game 6.
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>Woodson insisted on Thursday that his team is still confident
>heading into Game 6 in Boston.
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>"We're confident. We're 3-2 in the series and still facing a
>close-out game. I feel pretty good about it, and our guys feel
>good," Woodson said. "We just got to go give back what we gave
>away last night. We got to go back there and try and figure it
>out tomorrow night."
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>The Knicks have not won a playoff series since 2000.