Derrick Rose says he has no beef with Amar'e Stoudemire.

Stoudemire knocked Rose down hard to the floor on separate occasions and stuffed his shot at the rim once.

New York defeated Chicago 103-95 at Madison Square Garden.

The pair exchanged words midway through the fourth quarter, but Rose said after the game he has no hard feelings toward Stoudemire.

"That's basketball," he said. "We got heated up for a minute, but it's nothing more than that."

Rose never felt Stoudemire crossed the line.

"It was just a basketball play, where things are going to get physical," Rose said. "He's a big man, that's what he's supposed to do. It's just basketball. I'd get tired if I kept on driving to the hole too, if that was someone else."