Rose hurts knee, is gone

Bulls star Derrick Rose will miss the rest of the season because of a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Rose was helped off the court late in Chicago’s 103-91 playoff-opening victory over the visiting 76ers on Saturday, a staggering blow for a team eyeing a championship run.

He scored 23 points and was playing more like the league’s reigning MVP after missing 27 games because of injuries during the regular season, but his season came to an end as the Bulls were wrapping up an impressive win.

Rose crumpled to the ground after he drove the lane with about 1:20 left and the Bulls leading by 12 and was taken to a hospital for an MRI.

Heat 100, Knicks 67: Lebron James scored 32 points before getting the fourth quarter off, Dwyane Wade added 19 and the host Heat rode the strength of a 32-2 run to easily beat the New York Knicks in Game 1 of the teams’ Eastern Conference first-round series on Saturday.

Mario Chalmers added 11 points and nine assists for Miami, which turned 27 New York turnovers into a franchise playoff-re- The final statistics for the league and the Hawks are on our scoreboard page on C14. cord 38 points.

J.R. Smith scored 17 for the Knicks, who have lost 11 straight playoff games dating to 2001.

Carmelo Anthony missed 12 of 15 shots and finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Baron Davis added 10 points for New York.

Knicks rookie guard Iman Shumpert out of Georgia Tech will miss the rest of the postseason after tearing a left knee ligament in the third quarter.

The Knicks announced Shumpert also tore his lateral meniscus.

Surgery will be scheduled in New York and Shumpert is expected to miss approximately six to eight months.

Magic 81, Pacers 77: Jason Richardson and Jameer Nelson scored 17 points apiece to help visiting Orlando, playing without Dwight Howard, surprise the third-seeded Pacers.

David West scored 19 points, Danny Granger added 17 and Roy Hibbert had eight points, 13 rebounds and nine blocks for the Pacers.