{"id":145389,"date":"2021-01-01T10:48:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T07:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/four-knicks-guards-out-vs-raptors\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T10:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T07:48:25","slug":"four-knicks-guards-out-vs-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/four-knicks-guards-out-vs-raptors\/","title":{"rendered":"#Four Knicks guards out vs. Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Four Knicks guards out vs. Raptors<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Knicks finally got Austin Rivers back in the lineup for his team debut, but they still had four injured guards sidelined in the Knicks\u2019 100-83 loss to the Toronto Raptors Thursday night in Tampa, Fla.<\/p>\n

Frank Ntilikina (sprained right knee) and Dennis Smith Jr. (left quad) already had been ruled out for the game<\/a>, but Alec Burks (sprained left ankle) and rookie Immanuel Quickley (sore left hip) also were downgraded from questionable to out shortly before tip-off.<\/p>\n

There was a possibility that Quickley might return Thursday after missing three games since he suffered a hip pointer in his NBA debut in the season opener at Indiana on Dec. 23.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s getting closer each day, and each day he\u2019s done quite a bit more, more contact, that sort of thing but he\u2019s not quite there,\u201d coach Tom Thibodeau said before the game. \u201cWe felt let\u2019s wait another day or two and see. \u2026 When he\u2019s ready to go, he\u2019s ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n

The injuries left starters Elfrid Payton and RJ Barrett, little-used reserves Jared Harper and Theo Pinson and the debuting Rivers (groin) as the Knicks\u2019 backcourt options.<\/p>\n

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Smith has been getting treatment for a contusion in his left quad and remains day-to-day. Thibodeau said the guard was \u201cen route\u201d to accompany the team for the remainder of the four-game road trip<\/a>, which continues Saturday in Indiana, \u201cbut he\u2019ll still be out for a while.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rivers scored seven points to go along with five assists in 21 minutes. <\/p>\n

The Raptors are currently playing their home games at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla., due to COVID-19 restrictions in Canada.<\/p>\n
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