--G Nate Robinson did not make the trip to Detroit for Friday's game, and G Cuttino Mobley has not been cleared to play, so Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said he again asked G Stephon Marbury to play and received the same answer he got a week before in Milwaukee. "No, thank you."
This time, Marbury was suspended for Saturday's game, which will cost him about $400,000. He claims he didn't say no, and he plans to appeal. --G Jamal Crawford is coming back on Saturday for the first time since he was dealt to Golden State for F Al Harrington. He is also struggling to fit in with a new team and is 9-for-27 from the field in two games with the Warriors.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "We need to quit having the rain fall." -- Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni, on the run of bad luck his team has encountered on the injury front.
