"I'm worried about it at this point," Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni told reporters. "We're just going to do what's best for him. He's 20 years old. We'd love for him to play in the next two or three weeks, we'd love for him to play in the next two or three months. But he's got to be 100 percent well."

Gallinari got run over in summer league by Robert Traylor and hasn't been right since. He rested most of the summer, and was limited when training camp opened. Gallinari was in uniform when the season opened, but wasn't moving well.

He was improving until one morning last week when pulling on pants became a painful chore.

"I'm not ready to say he's not going to play this year," D'Antoni said. "I'm not ready to say that in a month or two he won't be ready. But realistically, I don't think anybody really knows. I think the only thing we're worried about is getting him 100 percent well. And if it takes all year, it takes all year. But we're not going to push him."

KNICKS 132, GRIZZLIES 103: There was clearly no hangover from a difficult game in San Antonio 24 hours earlier. Shots were going in from every angle this time around. And the Knicks scored more points in a game than any team in the NBA this season.

They were down a point after one quarter, but shot 59.1 percent from the field, and set a franchise record by hitting 19 times from behind the arc.

"Obviously we shot the ball pretty well," Mike D'Antoni said. "After the first quarter, the fuse was lit and we took off."

Wilson Chandler led the Knicks (5-3) with a career-high 27 points. Jamal Crawford added 25 points and seven assists. Zach Randolph had 18 points and 10 rebounds.