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April 21 (The Sports Xchange) - The New York Knicks announced Monday that coach Mike Woodson and his entire staff were relieved of their duties. Woodson's status was the subject of speculation throughout the regular season, but the team made his departure official after a 37-45 finish to this season. - - Minnesota Timberwolves coach Rick Adelman announced that he is retiring after 23 seasons in the NBA with five teams. Adelman was 97-133 in his three seasons in Minnesota and the Timberwolves were 40-42 in 2013-14. They last made the playoffs at the end of the 2003-04 season. - - Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah was selected as the 2013-14 NBA Defensive Player of the Year. Noah, 29, is the second Bull to win the award, as he joins Michael Jordan, who won the award in 1987-88. - - Houston Rockets point guard Patrick Beverley is expected to play Game Two of the first-round playoffs series against the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday after an MRI revealed no new damage to his injured right knee. Beverley, who sustained a torn meniscus in the knee earlier this month, re-injured it during Sunday's Game 1 loss. - - The NBA said that officials made a mistake when they called a foul on Rockets center Dwight Howard with 10.8 seconds left in overtime of Sunday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Instead, the foul should have been called on Portland power forward Joel Freeland. (Editing by Frank Pingue)