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NBA: NEW YORK (2-6) at DENVER (6-3)
<h3>Marbury saga continues as Knicks take on Nuggets</h3>
<div class="pre">New York (2-5) at Denver (6-3) 9:00 pm EST</div>
<div class="pre">DENVER (Ticker) - As the Stephon Marbury saga continues, the</div>New York Knicks try to snap a five-game losing streak when theyface the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
Marbury has been in a feud with coach Isiah Thomas over the pastweek after a report in the New York Daily News revealed thatThomas and team chairman James Dolan are considering options forthe controversial point guard - including a move to the benchor a trade.
Marbury and Thomas reportedly got in a fight during the Knicksflight on Tuesday to the West Coast, where the team is in themidst of a four-game road trip which concludes against theNuggets. When the team landed in Phoenix, Marbury got off theplane and onto another, flying back to New York the same day.
After setting aside their differences, Marbury rejoined the teamthe next night against the Los Angeles Clippers. His presencedidn't matter much as New York suffered another loss.
The Knicks will be fatigued in this contest after enduring a123-118 double-overtime loss at Sacramento on Friday night.
While the Knicks appear to have lost all chemistry, the Nuggetssuperstar duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony arecorrecting all doubts that they couldn't share ball.
Iverson is averaging 25 points a game this season and has gottenhis teammates involved, dishing out eight assists per contest.Anthony has been the 32-year-old point guard's favorite target,as the Syracuse product has averaged 25.7 points, 5.0 reboundsand 5.2 assists per game this season.
<h3>Marbury saga continues as Knicks take on Nuggets</h3>
<div class="pre">New York (2-5) at Denver (6-3) 9:00 pm EST</div>
<div class="pre">DENVER (Ticker) - As the Stephon Marbury saga continues, the</div>New York Knicks try to snap a five-game losing streak when theyface the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.
Marbury has been in a feud with coach Isiah Thomas over the pastweek after a report in the New York Daily News revealed thatThomas and team chairman James Dolan are considering options forthe controversial point guard - including a move to the benchor a trade.
Marbury and Thomas reportedly got in a fight during the Knicksflight on Tuesday to the West Coast, where the team is in themidst of a four-game road trip which concludes against theNuggets. When the team landed in Phoenix, Marbury got off theplane and onto another, flying back to New York the same day.
After setting aside their differences, Marbury rejoined the teamthe next night against the Los Angeles Clippers. His presencedidn't matter much as New York suffered another loss.
The Knicks will be fatigued in this contest after enduring a123-118 double-overtime loss at Sacramento on Friday night.
While the Knicks appear to have lost all chemistry, the Nuggetssuperstar duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony arecorrecting all doubts that they couldn't share ball.
Iverson is averaging 25 points a game this season and has gottenhis teammates involved, dishing out eight assists per contest.Anthony has been the 32-year-old point guard's favorite target,as the Syracuse product has averaged 25.7 points, 5.0 reboundsand 5.2 assists per game this season.
