{"id":825152,"date":"2013-02-02T10:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-02T18:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cowbellkingdom.com\/?p=18948"},"modified":"2013-02-02T10:30:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-02T18:30:38","slug":"game-49-preview-sacramento-kings-at-new-york-knicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/game-49-preview-sacramento-kings-at-new-york-knicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Game 49 Preview: Sacramento Kings at New York Knicks"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Gametime:<\/strong>\u00a04:30 pm PT<\/p>\n Where: <\/strong>Madison Square Garden, New York, NY.<\/p>\n Broadcast Information:<\/strong>\u00a0TV \u2013 News10, Radio \u2013 CBS Sports 1140<\/p>\n The book on the Knicks:\u00a0<\/strong>New York has cooled down a bit since their hot start to the season. \u00a0Since their last meeting in December, Mike Woodson<\/a><\/strong> has had to reintegrate some players back into his lineup, including Amar’e Stoudemire, Iman Shumpert and Ray Felton. \u00a0They’re currently riding a four-game win streak, which has coincided with Felton’s return from a hand injury that sidelined him for a month. \u00a0At 29-15, they’re just a half-game back of the Miami Heat for the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.<\/p>\n Did you know? \u00a0<\/strong>In attendance for tonight’s game will be 150 children along with their families and teachers from Sandy Hook Elementary School<\/a>. \u00a0The Knicks organization visited the community of Newtown earlier this week to pay their respects to the lives lost in that fateful December school shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n Status Updates:\u00a0<\/strong>None to report. PG:\u00a0Isaiah Thomas<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> PG: Raymond Felton<\/a><\/strong><\/strong> Kings<\/strong><\/p>\n Knicks<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. \u00a0Will another slow start plague the Kings?<\/strong><\/p>\n We could ask this question for every game the Kings’ play. \u00a0This is an issue that has hurt the Kings all season long and it reared it’s ugly head once again last night. \u00a0The Kings entered the second period down six points, a fairly surmountable margin. \u00a0But when the bench came in to relieve the starters, they dug themselves into a 19-point hole. \u00a0The Kings just seem to struggle to come out of the gates with the right intensity. \u00a0Will it happen again tonight?<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Can Tyreke Evans<\/a><\/strong> come close to matching his performance last night against the Sixers?<\/strong><\/p>\n Evans arguably played his best game of the season yesterday evening. \u00a0He scored a season-high 29 points, racking up 13 of them on 6-of-7 shooting in the third quarter. \u00a0The Sixers had trouble clogging the paint and cutting off Evans’ driving lanes as he made most of his baskets around the rim. \u00a0It’s a known fact that Evans is a load to handle when he’s aggressive and keeping defenses honest with his jumper. \u00a0But tonight, he’ll have his hands full against a Knicks frontline that boasts the reigning Defensive Player of the Year in Tyson Chandler<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n 3. \u00a0What kind of shape will Raymond Felton<\/a><\/strong> be in after\u00a0aggravating\u00a0his fractured left pinkie yesterday against the Bucks?<\/strong><\/p>\n The Knicks point guard fractured his fifth finger in a game against the Suns in late December. \u00a0Felton was one the driving forces behind the Knicks’ hot start to the season and the hand injury forced him to miss practically all of January. \u00a0That troublesome pinkie was tested last night against the Bucks and according to the New York Times, Felton felt the pain following the game<\/a>. \u00a0How effective will he be on the second game of a back-to-back? \u00a0In his four outings since returning to the Knicks’ lineup, Felton is averaging 12.3 points, 7.5 assists and shooting 47.1 percent from 3-point land in just under 34 minutes per contest.<\/p>\n Statistical support provided by NBA.com.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Previewing today’s road match-up between the Kings and Knicks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[610259261],"tags":[610259938,400973,469841,610259684,5204276,610259467,1519958,522941,159666,486196,610259429,15283471,610259423,610259059,610258583,76554,1419893,7161141,2629175,798467],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nSacramento Kings\u00a0Probable Starters (17-31)<\/h2>\n
\nSG:\u00a0Tyreke Evans<\/a><\/strong>
\nSF:\u00a0John Salmons<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong>
\nPF:\u00a0Jason Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\nC:\u00a0DeMarcus Cousins<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\nNew York Knicks Probable Starters (29-15)<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>SG:\u00a0Iman Shumpert<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/a>SF: James White<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/a>PF: Carmelo Anthony<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/a>C: Tyson Chandler<\/a><\/strong>
\n<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\nStats<\/h2>\n
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Three questions to ponder<\/h2>\n