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Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers told reporters at the team's morning shootaround at Madison Square Garden that guard Ray Allen made the trip to New York and is expected to suit up Tuesday night against the Knicks.

Allen has missed 10 of the team's past 15 games because of right ankle soreness. He did not travel for the opening games of this four-game road trip, but will give it a go after a full week of rest (he last played in Miami on April 10).

The Celtics are 13-2 without Allen this season and 3-1 since he's moved to a bench role allowing second-year guard Avery Bradley to start.

The Celtics can clinch their fifth straight Atlantic Division title with a win and a Philadelphia loss Tuesday night. Since the ABA/NBA merger in 1976-77, there have been only two longer streaks for division championships. The Lakers won nine straight from 1981-90, while the Bucks won seven straight from 1979-86.

DALLAS -- There's still some fallout from the Knicks' overtime loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday. Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni fielded questions Monday about some late-game situations in regulation and overtime.

D'Antoni elected not to foul Boston's Paul Pierce in the closing seconds of regulation with the Knicks ahead by three. Pierce took one dribble and nailed a 26-foot 3-pointer with four seconds left to tie the game at 103-103 with 4.9 seconds left.

According to D'Antoni, the percentages say that if you don't foul late and just defend, you win those games. He didn't have specific numbers, but said it was in the 90 percent range.

"But Paul Pierce has the ball and he's like this,” D'Antoni said, showing a shooting motion. "You can't foul him because he'll go up [and shoot].

"They didn't have a timeout [and] that changes it a little bit. If you can get down to eight seconds, then maybe eight seconds you foul, they make theirs, they foul you immediately. Seven seconds left, you miss one foul shot, then they're coming at you then you got to defend it, too."

Before Sunday's game, Mike D'Antoni said "everything" had changed for the Knicks since the last time they were in Boston on Feb. 3.

That may be true. But there's one thing that hasn't changed -- the Celtics still own the Knicks.

Boston beat New York 115-111 in overtime on Sunday for its 11th straight win over the Knicks in Beantown. Overall, the Celtics have beaten the Knicks in six of their past seven meetings. And that's not including their sweep of New York in the playoffs last year.

D'Antoni said everything had changed for the Knicks since Feb. 3 because that was the night before Jeremy Lin started his run, leading the Knicks to 10 wins in 13 games.

But Lin was outplayed by Boston's Rajon Rondo on Sunday -- especially in overtime. Which is just one reason why the Knicks lost to fall to 18-19.

After the game, Amare Stoudemire was asked about the Knicks' struggles in Beantown.

"It's not really nothing about this arena. It's just the fact that this team is a pretty good team," Stoudemire said. "They've won championships before. They understand how to close out quarters and close out games. ... We've got to take a page out of their book and apply it to our team."

Carmelo Anthony believes the Knicks will eventually be able to close games like Boston -- but they aren't there yet.

"That takes time," Anthony said. "They've been through the ringer long enough. They've been around long enough to know how to close out games. That's something that we can take from [Sunday's game]."

Iman Shumpert says Kevin Garnett used an illegal screen on the Celtics' final play in regulation -- the play that ended with Paul Pierce knocking down a game-tying 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds left on Sunday.

Garnett handed the ball to Pierce, who was being defended by J.R. Smith. In the process of getting the ball to Pierce, Garnett got in Smith's way. Shumpert picked up Pierce and put his hands up as Pierce knocked down the 27-footer.

Prior to that sequence, Garnett floored Shumpert with a screen.

"The screen was illegal but they set them all the time," Shumpert said. "They can't call it all the time. I understand that. But he still hit a tough shot."

Mike D'Antoni was asked if he thought Garnett's screen was illegal.

"That's kind of par for the course," the coach said. "I thought J.R. was right in his grill. The guy hits a heckuva shot."

The Celtics went on to win, 115-111 in overtime, handing New York its 11th straight regular season loss in Boston.

Mike D'Antoni didn't.

And ultimately it cost his team the game.

The Knicks had an opportunity to foul Paul Pierce before he pulled up and hit a game-tying 3-pointer with 4.9 seconds to play in regulation on Sunday.

But D'Antoni elected to let the play run its course. He explained afterward the he didn't want Pierce to draw a shooting foul from beyond the arc. The Knicks were up 103-100 before Pierce knocked down the 27-footer.

Here's what D'Antoni had to say when asked if he considered fouling Pierce:

"We don't do that. There was like five seconds left. ... We play it out," D'Antoni said. "Now if it got down below three seconds, yeah, we tell guys [to foul]. Or if they got within the [3-point line], yes. But when they're outside like that and they could go up at any minute, no."

Pierce knocked down the shot. And the Celtics pulled it out in overtime, handing New York (18-19) its 11th straight regular season loss in Boston.

"I don't know if that’s execution, that’s having a horseshoe up your rear," D'Antoni said of the game-tying 3-pointer. "That's what Paul Pierce does."

You don't have to be a Harvard grad to figure out that Rajon Rondo outplayed Jeremy Lin on Sunday.

The math is pretty simple.

Rondo had 18 points, 17 rebounds and 20 assists.

Lin finished with 14 points, four rebounds and five assists. He also had six turnovers.

Advantage: Rondo.

"There aren't many guards, maybe [there are] no guards, who can put up something like that," Lin said of Rondo's line.

He's right.

No one's had at least 17 points, 17 rebounds and 17 assists since Magic Johnson did it in 1989. He had 24 points, 17 assists and 17 rebounds.

No player has had a better line across the board than Rondo's since Wilt Chamberlain had 22 points, 25 rebounds and 21 assists in 1968.

"He's one of the best in the league," Lin said.

Rondo was also best when it mattered most on Sunday: He had five points, five rebounds and two assists in overtime.

He found Ray Allen for an open 3-pointer and a layup in transition. The two baskets gave Boston a 110-105 lead.

Lin, on the other hand, went 1-for-7 with two assists and a steal in the extra frame.

"The thing about Jeremy, he’s gonna make some mistakes, and he's got a learning curve," Mike D'Antoni said. "There's no way you can throw him in here … and expect it to be perfect."

Lin struggled in the first half. He was held to just two points and two assists because of foul trouble.

"That's going to hurt your rhythm and momentum," Lin said.

Sunday was the 13th start of Lin's young career. It was his first trip to Boston since Feb. 3 -- the night before Linsanity started.

A reporter asked Lin to compare his last game in Boston -- when he had two points, two fouls and a turnover in seven minutes -- to Sunday afternoon.

"I was a little more comfortable but still not where I want to get to," he said.

It wasn't all bad for Lin against Boston.

He bounced back from a rough first half to score six straight points late in the fourth, helping the Knicks claw back. Lin's layup and 3-pointer on consecutive possessions cut the Celtics' lead to 96-95.

"He's going to be good," D'Antoni said. "It's just a matter of going through some learning experiences."

Consider Sunday one of those learning experiences. And consider Rondo an unforgiving teacher.

Here are a few quick observations from the first half of Knicks-Celtics:

FOUL TROUBLE FOR LIN: Jeremy Lin picked up two fouls in the first three minutes of the first quarter. He then picked up his third with 1:36 to go in the second. Baron Davis came in and things picked up a bit for New York in the first quarter. Davis had four assists in the first (and three turnovers). He spurred the Knicks' second unit to 15 first-quarter points, which helped the team rebound from a nine-point first-quarter deficit.

Foul trouble aside, Lin was bottled up early in the half. The Celtics sent two defenders at him on the perimeter at times and did a solid job shutting down any lanes he had to penetrate. Lin struggled with turnovers as well. He finished with two points, two rebounds, two assists and four turnovers in the half. With three fouls on Lin, you can expect to see Davis play significant minutes early in the second half.

AMARE BOUNCING BACK? After struggling in the first half of the season, Amare Stoudemire vowed to bounce back after the All-Star break. He looked strong in the first half against Boston. He's finishing inside, though there hasn't been an example you could point to to say Stoudemire's explosiveness is back. In fact, he dribbled across the lane and nailed a fall-away jumper rather than taking it straight to the rim in the second quarter. It turned out to be the right move -- and the easier shot -- but you have to wonder if Stoudemire hesitated to take it straight up because of a lack of pop in his legs.

Stoudemire finished with 10 points and five rebounds in the half. Carmelo Anthony had 12 points on an efficient 4-of-7 shooting. He made all four of his free throws.

BUOYED BY BENCH: The Knicks' bench outscored the Celtics' bench 23-9, showing no letdown from Wednesday's 50-point performance against the Cavs. Steve Novak had six points on two 3s. Iman Shumpert had six points in nine minutes. Jared Jeffries also had six. Davis did a good job of finding open opportunities for his teammates, finishing with four assists. But he had five turnovers.

TURNOVER TROUBLE: The Knicks and C's combined for three straight turnovers on three possessions early in the second quarter. Shumpert turned it over twice for New York. After the second Shumpert turnover, Davis flung an orange stretching device he was using onto the court. While doing so, he wore a smile that said, "What the heck is going on here?"

The Knicks have had the last three days off -- which is an eternity in this lockout-shortened season. But their longest break of the year (not including the All Star break) ends on Sunday afternoon when they hit the floor against the Celtics. They've lost five of six against their Atlantic Division rivals and an eye-popping 10 straight in Boston.

Here are a few things to watch on Sunday:

KNICKS' DEPTH: The Knicks' bench scored 50 points in Wednesday's win over Cleveland. Steve Novak had 17 in 17 minutes and Baron Davis had his best game as a Knick, handing out eight assists against zero turnovers.

New York has 11 potential rotation players (including Josh Harrellson) and the challenge is on Mike D'Antoni to keep everyone active. According to the numbers, he's trying his best.

In the past five games (since J.R. Smith made his debut), the Knicks have had nine different players average at least 19 minutes.

Davis and Smith have manned the backcourt in the second unit with Iman Shumpert, Novak and Jared Jeffries on the front line. But D'Antoni used Jeremy Lin and Davis together in a scrimmage on Friday and hinted that the Davis-Lin combo could be used in a game.

THE LIN EFFECT: The last time Lin was in Boston on Feb. 3, the second-year guard was on the verge of being cut by the Knicks. Of course, plenty has changed since. Lin's led the Knicks (18-18) to 10 wins in 13 games and back to .500. The Harvard grad's effect on the court has been undeniable.

In the past 13 games, the Knicks have averaged 103.8 points per 100 possessions with Lin on the floor, according to ESPN Stats & Information. With him off the court, they've scored 90.2 points per 100 possessions.

With Lin on the floor, the Knicks have averaged 16 assists per 36 minutes. With Lin on the bench, that number drops to 12.7. They are shooting 47.5 percent from the field with Lin running the show and just 37 percent with him off the floor.

Lin is averaging 22.1 points and 9.2 assists as a starter (12 games).

NOVAKAINE: Novak has also thrived since Lin took over as a starter. In Lin's 12 starts, Novak's averaged 12.7 points and hit 47.7 percent of his 3's in 22.3 minutes per game. In his first 12 games, Novak played just nine minutes per game, averaging 3.4 points. He shot it well though, hitting 44 percent of his 3-point attempts.

GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- When Jeremy Lin was a freshman at Harvard from 2006 to 2007, he wouldn't only watch his hometown Golden State Warriors, featuring Baron Davis, on television. He would catch live NBA action at the TD Garden, where Lin and the Knicks will face the Celtics on Sunday afternoon.

"I always went to their games," Lin said. "Actually every year, I would try to go to the Celtics vs. Bulls games. Once [Kevin Garnett] and Ray Allen got there [in the summer of 2007], I stopped going because the ticket prices went up way higher. But before that, you could go in for eight bucks or 12 bucks. We could afford that."

Now, not only does Lin get into the TD Garden for free, he has a chance to determine the outcome of the game. Perhaps Allen and Garnett will have some payback coming their way on Sunday for raising the cost of admission.

Lin's first order of business is to put a clamp on Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo, who's led his team to three straight wins. As Rondo goes, so do the Celtics. He's an assassin in transition and off the pick-and-roll, and is crafty around the basket with passing and rebounding. That makes him a triple-double threat every night. In fact, he had one this past week, on Feb. 29, in a 102-96 win over the Bucks (15 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists).

“He’s unorthodox, but he’s crafty and he’s smart and he’s one of the best point guards in the league," Lin said. "I definitely need to come ready, because the way he’s been playing has been unbelievable."

Rondo will have to come ready too, because Linsanity isn't too bad either.

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Bob Cousy, point guard emeritus of the Boston Celtics, agrees that his old team has its share of problems. He just doesn’t count Rajon Rondo among them.

Cousy believes Celtics GM Danny Ainge would be making a big mistake if he trades Rondo by the March 15 deadline.

“I’m out of the loop, but boy, unless he’s a serial killer on the side I wouldn’t let this kid go,” Cousy said by phone. “I don’t know where you’d find a better point guard.”

The 83-year-old Hall of Famer conceded that Rondo, a three-time All-Star, is a poor perimeter shooter who struggles from the foul line, but said, “He overcomes that because he’s such a strong penetrator and a good finisher. He sees the floor well, he’s a force on both backboards, and he’s an excellent defender for that position. I think he touches all the bases.”

ESPN The Magazine’s Chris Broussard cited sources saying Boston is aggressively trying to move the 26-year-old Rondo and his high-maintenance ways, a report Ainge and coach Doc Rivers denied. The Celtics did consider dealing Rondo in past trade talks with Golden State (for Stephen Curry) and New Orleans (for Chris Paul).

Cousy doesn’t view the playmaker as Boston’s most pressing concern, not with the advanced age of the team’s Big Three -- Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen -- threatening to keep the Celtics from legitimate title contention.

“They’re in the middle,” Cousy said, “and the worst place to finish in this league is in the middle. ... I don’t see how trading Rondo would help. Good young point guards are very hard to find.”

Knowing how the first two games played out this season, the edge in the Knicks Sunday matchup at the TD Garden against point guard Rajon Rondo and the Celtics should go to Jeremy Lin and the 'Bockers.

Both of those games were decided by two points. On Christmas Day at Madison Square Garden, the Knicks won 106-104 and on Feb. 3 in Boston, the Celtics won 91-89.

While the Knicks had one of the league's best closers in Carmelo Anthony, they didn't have Lin, who has made a name for himself in crunch time (a score within five points in the last five minutes of the game). Now the Knicks have two down-the-stretch options to go to, not to mention, the deepest bench they've had all season.

Rondo will have his hands full guarding Lin in crunch time. According to ESPN Stats & Info, in the 18 minutes Lin has played in those situations, he's scored 21 points on 6-for-13 shooting, 2-for-3 from downtown and 7-for-8 from the stripe. He's even performed well in the final period against two of the top-five defenses in the league, the Lakers (fifth-best at 91.2 points per game allowed) and Mavericks (fourth-best at 91.0 points per game allowed). In a 92-85 win over the Lakers on Feb. 10, Lin scored 11 points in the fourth quarter, and in a 104-97 win over the Mavericks on Feb. 19, he connected on two 3-pointers. That's a key takeaway considering the Celtics are the third-best defensive team, only giving up 88.6 points per game.

On the flip side, Rondo pales in comparison in crunch time. In the 40 minutes he's played in those situations, he's scored only eight points on 2-for-11 shooting. He does, however, have more assists than Lin (10 to 4). Overall, Rondo has gotten progressively worse in crunch time. Rondo didn't shoot worse than 40 percent in the first four years of his career in those situations, but he's declined in the past three seasons from 53.3 percent in 2009-10 to 34.3 in 2010-11 and then 18.2 this season.

The main reason Lin thrives in crunch time is because he's a much better isolation player than Rondo, who dishes the ball well but has trouble creating his own shot. In fact, he's ranked in the lowest percentile of points per play in a minimum of 300 plays since 2006-07. So far this season, Rondo ranks 146 out of 155. Lin, on the other hand, is far more productive in isolation. In Lin's 18.8 percent of those situations, he's scoring 1.103 points per play, while Rondo is only scoring .694 points per play in 11.6 percent of those situations. Lin's shooting percentage is 50.0; Rondo's is only 30.6. Lin also has a lower turnover percentage (8.8 to 12.2 for Rondo).

"He’s worked hard," Rondo said about Lin during All-Star Weekend in Orlando. "A lot of people doubt him. I think he’s a product of hard work, and now it’s paying off. He seems like a pretty humble guy. He seems like a good guy. He’s going to be here for a long time."

In general, pick-and-rolls make up the bulk of Lin and Rondo's offense. And when they're playing, their respective teams have a whole lot more production. Lin's on-court/off-court team difference is 101.7 points per game compared to 86.4, while Rondo's team difference 95.4 points per game to 86.0. The biggest thing Lin has to improve on his being more efficient in the pick-and-rolls. While Rondo has only committed 14 turnovers in those plays, Lin's number is up to 43 already, and he's only started 12 games this season.

"We’re just playing hard, practicing hard, trying to get better and fix our mistakes," Lin said after Friday's practice. "It’s going to be a tough road trip. We’re going to have to grow and win some games or we’re going to fall behind in the playoff race."

After a rough showing last Thursday against the Heat, committing eight turnovers to go along with only eight points, Lin is on the right track. He's coming off his best floor game as a Knick, collecting 13 assists and only one turnover in a 120-103 rout over the Cavaliers Wednesday night.

The team played so well in the fourth quarter, they didn't even need Lin or Anthony's late-game heroics. But considering the battle-tested history between the Knicks and Celtics, Lin should get his first down-the-stretch test, and based on what he's done this season, he's the right man for the job.

Former Knick Charles Oakley doesn't like Charles Barkley -- and he isn't afraid to let you know about it.

Oakley went after Barkley during an appearance on the Jim Rome Show. Barkley has been an outspoken critic of the Knicks under Mike D'Antoni.

Here's what Oakley had to say about Sir Charles:

"Barkley for his size was a good player but he's a coward, though. ... He wasn't a leader and wasn't a role model. Now he talks so bad about younger guys, I don't respect that from him. … He wants to be funny, that whole TNT thing and all that, they're like some clowns on that show."

He also went after Boston's Kevin Garnett and Oklahoma City's Kendrick Perkins.

Here's Oakley on Garnett: "He's one of the weakest guys to ever play the game. He's a complementary player and went to Paul Pierce's team and won a championship. I wouldn't consider him a top 10 tough guy."

Here's Oakley on Perkins: "He's just like Garnett. They holler and complain. If Kendrick Perkins would play basketball, Oklahoma City would win a championship the next three or four years. … You're a power forward, you don't let guys dunk on you. I played 18, 19 years I got dunked on three times ..."

Thanks to Reid Cherner at USA Today for the heads-up.

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WHAT IT MEANS: For the second straight night, the Knicks had the ball in their hands late in the game with a chance to beat a quality opponent. And for the second straight night, they came up short. On Friday, it was against the Chicago Bulls. On Saturday, it was against the Boston Celtics.

Bottom line: The Knicks (8-15) have lost five of six and 11 of 13.

THE BAD: New York struggled on offense with Toney Douglas on the floor late in the game, scoring just five points over a seven-minute stretch between late in the third and midway through the fourth. Over that span, the Knicks went from up 10 to tied at 77-77. One issue during the dry stretch? A lack of ball movement. New York's ball movement looked much improved throughout most of the first half, when the Knicks scored 55 points, but was stagnant with Douglas running the show.

Earlier in the game, Mike D'Antoni went with Jeremy Lin over Douglas as his first guard off the bench. It's a bit surprising that he didn't go back to Lin with the Knicks' offense struggling in the second half.

THREE FOR ALL: With the Knicks down one and 47 seconds to play, they inbounded to Carmelo Anthony, who found Iman Shumpert all alone in the corner for a 3-point attempt. The ball went off of the back rim. The Knicks made a defensive stand on the other end but appeared to allow Paul Pierce to hit a deep, off-balance jumper at the final second of the shot clock. Referees waived the shot off after it was determined that it left Pierce's hands too late.

On the Knicks' next possession, Landry Fields badly missed a corner three. After Pierce made one of two from the line, Steve Novak took a tough look from three on a play that never had a chance to develop. And that was the game.

ALLEN WRENCH: Ray Allen knocked down a 3-pointer with 4:24 to play to give Boston an 82-79 lead -- its first since the first quarter. The play came right after the Knicks disputed an out-of-bounds call that went against them. D'Antoni received a technical foul for arguing. Allen hit the free throw to put the Celtics up four.

Allen hit another three to put Boston up five with 2:47 to play.

THE GOOD: Tyson Chandler had 20 points and 11 rebounds. Amare Stoudemire had 16 and 11. Carmelo Anthony finished with 26.

WHAT'S NEXT: The Knicks complete their only back-to-back-to-back of the season on Saturday at home against the Nets. Another night, another tough point guard matchup. After facing Derrick Rose and Rajon Rondo in back to back nights, the Knicks will try to neutralize Deron Williams.

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The Knicks' first-round loss to Boston last spring still stings Carmelo Anthony.

"I think that's in the back of our minds," Anthony said of the Celtics' 4-0 sweep of the Knicks in the 2010 postseason. "For me personally, I was on a personal vendetta because I get tired of hearing it. We get tired of hearing it."

The Knicks allowed the Celtics to score an average of 107 points per game in two playoff games at Madison Square Garden last spring. Boston beat the Knicks soundly in the final two games of series, winning by an average of 19.5 points.

Anthony said Wednesday that the loss to the Celtics provided motivation for him and the Knicks to improve on defense.

Never known as a defensive stopper, Anthony has been more active on the defensive end in recent games. He had five steals in the last two games -- both Knicks wins.

It would be foolish to expect Anthony to be an all-league defender, but he seems to be putting forth the effort recently.

"These last five, six games we've been doing a great job," Anthony said after the Knicks' 85-79 win over Philadelphia. "Teams are only averaging [92] points on us [in the last five]. Now, we've just got to get our offense better than our defense."

On Wednesday, the Knicks held Philadelphia to 39 percent shooting, including 3-for-15 from beyond the arc.

They have held their last three opponents to under 90 points.

"We're starting to buckle down on the defensive end," Anthony said. "I've been saying it for the last week: We're starting to trust one another. We're having people have each other's backs out there. We're starting to put three, four quarters together."

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Sure, Knicks fans had plenty to be giddy about after New York's 106-104 win over Boston on Christmas Day. Thirty-seven points from Carmelo Anthony, 8-of-11 shooting from Amare Stoudemire, six blocks from Tyson Chandler.

But their opening-day performance was far from perfect.

They allowed the Celts to go on a 20-2 run to get back in the game, gave up 48 points in the paint and were out rebounded by 10.

So the Knicks have plenty to clean up as they embark on a three-game West Coast trip. Here's what we'll be watching Wednesday night when the Knicks take on the Warriors.

DEFICIENT DEFENSE? It's the smallest of sample sizes, but the Knicks allowed the Celtics to shoot 51 percent from the field on Sunday, which leaves them with the second-highest opponent field goal percentage in the league.

A big part of that was the fact that the Celtics hit approximately 27 layups; nearly half of their points were scored in the paint.

Chandler said on Tuesday that the Knicks need to have two defenders running back after a missed shot to slow teams down in transition. We'll see how that works out against Golden State, which may or may not have Stephen Curry. Curry's agent told USA Today that he will not play Wednesday, but the Warriors have officially listed Curry, who re-injured his ankle on Monday, as a game-time decision.

BIBBY'S BACK: The Knicks have injury issues of their own. Mike Bibby missed the opener with a bad back. Bibby returned to practice on Monday and all indications are that he will play against the Warriors. If he plays, just how many minutes can he give the Knicks? But if Bibby can't go, that leaves the Knicks uncomfortably thin at point guard. Newest Knick Jeremy Lin is the only healthy backup besides Bibby. Iman Shumpert (sprained MCL) and Baron Davis (back) are out. That would put a heavy burden on starter Toney Douglas.

CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS? Again, we're dealing with a microscopic sample size, but the Knicks' 31 rebounds on Sunday leave them with the lowest per-game total in the league. Most of this is due to the fact that the Celtics shot 51 percent from the field and converted 25-plus layups.

But the Knicks still allowed Boston get to several loose balls and 13 offensive rebounds. They were out rebounded by a league-high 10 boards.

"We've got to really concentrate on rebounding the ball. We played great defense but we let them get way with too many offensive rebounds. That's a sign we're doing the right thing. We're getting stops," said Chandler, who had just three rebounds against Boston. "Now when we get stops we just have to cover up the ball."

With Jared Jeffries out, that could compromise the Knicks on the glass. Mike D'Antoni has said both Josh Harrellson, Steve Novak and, possibly, Jerome Jordan, will see time on Wednesday as the Knicks aim to start the season 2-0 for the first time since 1999.

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