Game 75: Knicks at Nuggets

by Chris Alvino on March 31st, 2009 at 6:38 pm

When: 9pm
Where: Denver
TV: MSG

Starting Lineups

Knicks (29-45)
PG- Chris Duhon
SG- Larry Hughes
SF- Wilson Chandler
PF- Al Harrington
C- David Lee

Nuggets (48-26)

PG- Chauncey Billups
SG- Dahntay Jones
SF- Carmelo Anthony
PF- Keynon Martin
C- Nene

Preview

The Nuggets can clinch a playoff berth with a win tonight. They are also playing for a home court advantage during the opening round. The Knicks… well they are simply just playing. The Knicks, after playing last night, might be undermanned with Larry Hughes and Q Rich suffering from ankle injuries.

Look for Curry tonight. I am curious if D’Antoni will give him some burn tonight, or if he will use the “back to back” excuse for not playing him. I want to see what Wilcox can do. He looked good last night in extended action. Maybe Crawford and Sims can see some action tonight, on the road, in the second game of a back to back. What does D’Antoni have to lose?

Yeah… I couldn’t think of anything either. Let’s go Knicks.

By the way… Mucha this is another chance Anthony to showcase himself to Walsh and D’Antoni.  I know you want him.

About Chris Alvino

Chris Alvino grew up in Crestwood, NY. He graduated from Regis High School in 2005. There he played both basketball and baseball. Chris is currently a student at Boston College, where he practices with the varsity Women's Basketball Team (... seriously). Chris has been a Knicks' fan for years and can literally talk about them all day long, every day of the week. Chris enjoys writing on this blog and seeing what everyone out there has to say about it. View all posts by Chris Alvino →
  • Brett Justin

    man i dont wish injury on anybody but i was hoping hughes and q would be out for this game so we can see a little bit of joe crawford I really want to see if the kid can do antyhing…

  • Mucha

    Indeed Chris that will be interesting, I saw what Tommy had to say about it.

  • Myles A. Mills

    brett i wish injury quite frequently and i feel like an asshole for it. it’s not my fault larry hughes disrupts the flow of our offense. but i am dying to see crawford and sims. i’m thinking one of them might be on the roster next year because of some expirings? not sure.

  • Brett Justin

    haha Myles… yea same here man even if there not I would just like to see them get a real shot you know get minutes on the floor we cant do any worse then what we are you know its a win win situation…..you never know what you might get the warriors stuck gold with azabukie and morrow and that watson kid is good to…

  • greatman42001

    Random question I was thinking about, wondering what you guys thought. If the Knicks were able to get Coach K to coach the team ( hypothetical I know it can’t happen) do you think he would draw more of the free agents than Mike D’antoni especially since he preaches defense is a proven winner and had an equal if not larger impact on the key free agents during the olympics, just throwing the question up there.

  • Brett Justin

    eyy who would of thought knicks go down by a lot we make a comeback and we still end up losing… Ive never seen that before were almost as predictable as chris duhon..and ofcourse we dont get sims or crawford in the game…