No taunt.
Michael Beasley denied he was glaring at the Miami bench in overtime as he tripped over Wayne Ellington at AmericanAirlines Arena on Friday, spraining his left ankle.
Beasley missed most of the overtime in the Knicks’ loss, then missed Sunday’s win in Dallas. He wore a walking boot after the game. Replays appeared to show Beasley backpedaling and staring down the Heat bench after his power-drive bucket gave the Knicks a two-point lead in the opening minute.
“No, I was trying to turn,’’ Beasley said. “Just took a backstep before I turned around. Freak accident.”
The odds of Beasley making his return Wednesday against Chicago at the Garden are good, as he’s known to play through injuries and is on a huge tear, averaging 17.5 points since the start of December.
“One hundred percent — not 100 percent [sure], but I’m definitely hoping [Monday] to get up some shots,” Beasley said.
Beasley’s 20 points in 23 minutes in Miami is the most he’s ever scored against the franchise with which he has had three separate stints, feeling each time coach Erik Spoelstra didn’t give him his just due.
“I was just trying to get a win,’’ Beasley said. “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a win against them to my recollection. If I did, maybe it’s one and I didn’t play.”
In a Sunday Q&A with The Post’s Steve Serby, the red-hot reserve boasted: “I don’t think there’s a man on the earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball. I take that back. I know there’s not a man on earth that can stop me from scoring a basketball.”
If replays weren’t distorted and he taunted Miami on Friday on that play, the only human who could stop Beasley is Beasley himself.
https://nypost.com/2018/01/08/michael-beasley-claims-taunting-isnt-how-he-got-hurt/
