MSG yesterday banned all media from the Expo Center in the bowels of the arena after Monday's verbal and physical confrontation between three Knicks' beat writers and Garden security as a fan was being ejected, the New York Post is reporting.

A Garden spokesman said a new policy will also be in place in which reporters are not permitted to speak with fans who are in the process of being ejected by security.

According to The Post, the Expo Center, also known as the rotunda, lies under the stands on the celebrity-row side of the arena, directly opposite the locker rooms. Reporters were previously permitted in that area to interview celebrities during intermission.