Preview: Knicks vs. Suns 1/31

[Ming637]

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<font color="orange">Phoenix Suns-17-31</font>
<font color="blue">New York Knicks-21-27</font>

Time: 7:30 eastern
Place: Madison Square Garden
TV: MSG, NBATVHighDef


Starters

Leondro Barbosa vs. Stephon Marbury

Joe Johnson vs. Penny Hardaway

Casey Jacobson vs. Shandon Anderson

Shawn Marion vs. Kurt Thomas

Jake Voskuhl vs. Dikembe Mutombo



Injury Report:

New York Knicks:

Mike Sweetney
Cezary Trybanski


Phoenix Suns:

Amare Staudimare
Antonio McDyess
Scott Williams


Key Matchup


Kurt Thomas vs. Shawn Marion
11.4 ppg 9.00 rpg 18.8 ppg 9.40 rpg

Sixth Men
Howard Eisley and Keith Van Horn



Keys to Victory

Knicks

-Get Rebounds
-Limit Turnovers
-Get Marbury to score

Suns

-Shoot outside shots, to prevent Mutombo to block lay-ups
-Double Marbury
-Make sure they keep a large lead.



Prediction

Knicks win 4+

 

[TimFlem]

Nice Preview. I say Knics take this one by 6. Going to be a good game though IMO.

 

[Trip]

Haha see you decided to take my advice. Pretty good start for you though. Knicks by 5.

 

[Henacy]

Shannon Anderson better stay on Casey Jacobsen shoulder because if Aderson goes to help on Marion or Joe Johnson then Jacobsen going to knock down the 3's all day. Kurt Thomas has to do his damage closer to the basket & make the Suns play for using the smaller Marion on him. Kurt cant stand around shooting mid range jumpers tonight. Do alot of damage on the boards, get some tip ins. I think the Knicks win this because of the play of Steph in the 4th quarter. The Suns play hard every night but this lineup doesnt know how to win on a consistent bases, yet.

 

[Ming637]

Knicks win in a tight one 110-105. Keith Van Horn nearly had a triple double with 30 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. Stephon Marbury also had 35 points and 8 assists.



Boxscore
Recap

 

[Trip]

Hey my margin was right! Great games by KVH and Starbury.

 

[Ming637]

Mine was just one point off.

 

[Ming637]

We are second in the Atlantic and tied with Boston, so right now we are 7th seed in the east.