Pre-Game News and Notes
The Knicks and Celtics will be facing off for the fourth and
final time this season in Boston .
The Knicks will look to even the season series up at two, as the Celtics won
the first two meetings pretty handedly and the Knicks won in blowout fashion in
the most recent meeting. This is an important game for the Knicks as they
continue their playoff push, as they cannot afford to lose to teams below them
in the standings to move up. The Knicks will look to continue their four game
winning streak and here are some news and notes for them to do so.
-Player News and Notes
The Knicks will be extremely short-handed in the front court
tonight. Tyson Chandler will not be with the team for the second consecutive
game as he deals with a personal problem. The Knicks will also be without his
frontcourt mate in the starting lineup in Amar’e Stoudemire. Stoudemire will
miss tonight’s game for precautionary reasons; he has played 56 minutes in his
last two games after being on a strict minutes limit throughout the
season. One of Jeremy Tyler or Cole
Aldrich will most likely find themselves in the starting lineup and both
getting increased minutes tonight. Earl Clark will more likely find his way
into the rotation tonight as the backup big man off the bench.
For the Celtics, Rajon Rondo will not be suiting up. Rondo
played 41 minutes last night against the Indiana Pacers and will be held out.
Rondo is still not playing back-to-backs for the Celtics, who have very little
to play for so pushing Rondo makes little sense. The Knicks catch a break as
the inexperienced Phil Pressey will take over the starting point guard duties.
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