GAME THREAD: NBA: NEW YORK (2-6) at DENVER (6-3)

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.

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NEW YORK AT DENVER - PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS


NEW YORK DENVER

F Quentin Richardson F Kenyon Martin
F Zach Randolph F Carmelo Anthony
C Eddy Curry C Marcus Camby
G Jamal Crawford G Allen Iverson
G Mardy Collins G Yakhouba Diawara

OFFICIALS: Steve Javie
Derek Richardson
Tony Brown</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 4
DENVER 6 8:59 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 11
DENVER 17 5:40 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 20
DENVER 23 2:47 LEFT, 1ST QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 22
DENVER 30 END, 1ST QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA END 1ST QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW YORK 22 22
DENVER 30 30 END 1ST QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 1ST QUARTER

NYK - ZACH RANDOLPH 6, EDDY CURRY 5, QUENTIN
RICHARDSON 4
DEN - ALLEN IVERSON 13, CARMELO ANTHONY 13,
MARCUS CAMBY 2</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 27
DENVER 39 9:08 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 32
DENVER 49 5:38 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 34
DENVER 53 2:44 LEFT, 2ND QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 40
DENVER 58 HALFTIME</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA HALFTIME 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW YORK 22 18 40
DENVER 30 28 58 HALFTIME

HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME

NYK - DAVID LEE 9, JAMAL CRAWFORD 8, ZACH
RANDOLPH 8
DEN - ALLEN IVERSON 16, CARMELO ANTHONY 15,
J.R. SMITH 8</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 47
DENVER 65 8:34 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 49
DENVER 71 5:44 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 51
DENVER 76 2:58 LEFT, 3RD QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 56
DENVER 84 END, 3RD QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA END 3RD QTR 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW YORK 22 18 16 56
DENVER 30 28 26 84 END 3RD QTR

HIGH SCORERS AFTER 3RD QUARTER

NYK - ZACH RANDOLPH 14, EDDY CURRY 12, DAVID
LEE 9
DEN - CARMELO ANTHONY 24, ALLEN IVERSON 18,
J.R. SMITH 12</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 65
DENVER 93 8:10 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

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<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 68
DENVER 101 5:42 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 79
DENVER 109 2:00 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>