Knicks may be without four starters vs. Magic as injury situation worsens
NY Post
There might not be another team in the NBA that needs a week off more than the Knicks, who literally and figuratively are limping into the All-Star break.
Tom Thibodeau’s team could be down four starters in its final game before the needed respite, with shooting guard Donte DiVincenzo listed as questionable for Wednesday’s game in Orlando with a strained right hamstring suffered in Monday’s last-second loss in Houston — their fourth defeat in their past five games.
Fill-in starting center Isaiah Hartenstein also has been listed as questionable against the Magic after missing the past two games because of recurring left Achilles soreness.
The Knicks. who won’t play again until next Thursday in Philadelphia, also have been without Mitchell Robinson since he underwent December ankle surgery, and forwards Julius Randle (dislocated shoulder) and OG Anunoby (elbow surgery).
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