The Knicks are going with a big lineup tonight, sending Pablo Prigioni to the bench to start the game. The lineup is:
PG Felton
SG Shumpert
SF Anthony
PF Martin
C Chandler
This could mean less minutes for Kidd.
1.5 hours till game time
Knicks SG Iman Shumpert will be examined by the Knicks orthopedic surgeon before his status for tonight’s game 4 is determined. Iman bruised his knee after taking a couple of falls in game 3, one of which caused his knee to bend awkwardly. Shumpert is listed as Quesitonable, along with JR Smith and Kenyon Martin.
Tyson Chandler was selected to the All-Defensive 1st team Monday, despite not receiving this honor last year, when he was named the Defensive Player of the Year
(From ESPN)
The New York Knicks were missing a third player in practice Monday as Iman Shumpert sat out due to soreness in his left knee, the team said.
The extent of Shumpert’s soreness was unclear, but Shumpert and coach Mike Woodson said they thought the forward would play in Game 4 on Tuesday night, when the Knicks’ Eastern Conference semifinal series against Indiana resumes. The Pacers lead 2-1.
J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin also missed the session due to lingering illnesses. Woodson said they will be game-time decisions.
Shumpert said the soreness was related to a fall he took in Game 3 and not the surgery he underwent last year on the knee. Shumpert appeared to bang the knee in a collision in the second half of the Knicks’ loss Saturday. He had surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament last year and had been relatively pain-free since his return.
Smith and Martin had also missed practice Sunday.
Smith first came down with the illness on Friday night. He played through a fever on Saturday but shot just 4-for-12. Smith is shooting 12-for-52 in this series.
(From ESPN)
J.R. Smith, who played 25 minutes in Game 3 on Saturday night despite a high fever, sat out of the Knicks’ morning practice Sunday.
Kenyon Martin also missed practice.
“Kenyon’s kind of coming down with [illness], too,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said, “so we’ve got to be careful that this thing doesn’t spread, and other guys start dropping.”
Smith scored nine points on 4-for-12 shooting during the Knicks’ 82-71 loss to the Indiana Pacerson Saturday. He has struggled from the field, making 11-of-52 shots (21.2 percent) in three games this series after an 8-for-27 performance (29.6 percent) in the final two games of New York’s first-round matchup with the Boston Celtics.
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Iman Shumpert is averaging 9.8 points and shooting 44.4 percent from behind the arc (12 for 27) in the postseason. More telling is his improvement in his advanced metric stats. His defensive rating has improved by 12 points and his rebound rate has almost doubled.
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