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Boston Celtics (5-2) at New York Knicks (2-2)
Preseason Game #8 – Road Game #4
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
7:30 PM ET
TV: CSN, MSG
Radio: WEEI
Madison Square Garden
New York, NYProbable Starting Matchups Rajon Rondo vs Chris Duhon
Ray Allen vs Jamal Crawford
Paul Pierce vs Quentin Richardson
Kevin Garnett vs Wilson Chandler
Kendrick Perkins vs Zach Randolph
Bench Tony Allen
Glen Davis
JR Giddens
Eddie House
Leon Powe
Gabe Pruitt
Brian Scalabrine
Bill Walker
Sam Cassell
Patrick O'Bryant
InjuriesRajon Rondo (ankle) probable
Bench Stephon Marbury
Nate Robinson
Anthony Roberson
Patrick Ewing Jr
Dan Grunfeld
Mardy Collins
Malik Rose
Eddy Curry
Injuries Jerome James (quad) probable
Danilo Gallinari (back) doubtful
David Lee (ankle) doubtful
Allan Houston (Quad) out
Jared Jeffries (fibula) out
The Knicks came into Boston and gave the Celtics their second loss of the preseason. Now, the Celtics try to return the favor and hand the Knicks a loss in their house. The Knicks are are playing in the second half of back to back games, having played the Nets the previous night.
Mike D'Antoni has the Knicks running and playing defense and definitely aren't the pushover of previous seasons. Since this is the Celtics' final game of the preseason, we should expect to see the starters play more minutes than in previous games and we should also see a rotation that will be closer to what we will see in the regular season.
Matchups to Watch vs
There has been bad blood between these two players in the past including Q Rich calling out Paul Pierce and challenging him to a fight off the court. This is always an interesting matchup to watch.
vs
It will be interesting to see if Perk can build on his solid performance against the Nets. He has traditionally played well against the Knicks. Randolph is a strong player under the basket and so this should be a real battle in the paint.