Pre Game News and Notes
Knicks vs. Kings
The Knicks will look to end their road trip on a high note with a victory in Sacramento against the Kings. Like Wednesday night against the Suns, the Knicks will be without Carmelo Anthony (hyper extended knee) and Raymond Felton (broken pinkie finger). The Kings may also be without two of their top players in Tyreke Evans (sore left knee) and DeMarcus Cousins (detrimental behavior towards the team). It went down to the wire Wednesday against the Suns, so it would not be a shock to see a competitive game again tonight.
-Who Steps Up
Wednesday against the Suns the Knicks had a number of people step up with two of their top scorers out with injury. Jason Kidd played quite possibly his best game of the season, scoring a season high 23 points and J.R. Smith pulled through with another game winner at the buzzer.
The bigger surprise was the play of Chris Copeland, who should again see significant minutes off the bench with Anthony sitting this...
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PLAYERS:
Carmelo Anthony,
Raymond Felton,
Tyreke Evans,
DeMarcus Cousins,
Jason Kidd,
J.R. Smith,
Chris Copeland,
James White,
Ronnie Brewer,
Jared Dudley,
Steve Novak,
Marcus Thornton,
John Salmons,
Pablo Prigioni,
Mike Woodson
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns
TEAMS: New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings, Phoenix Suns
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