Ohhhhh man oh man oh man. Ohhhh man. Oh man. It's actually time. We have our final updates leading up to Game 1, which tips off sometime after 3:00 on ABC. The Knicks updates:
Starters versus Boston: Felton, Shumpert, Anthony, Copeland, Chandler.
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) April 20, 2013
Pablo Prigioni has been placed on the Inactive List (joining Amar'e Stoudemire) for Game 1 versus Boston.
— NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) April 20, 2013
Per Woody, K-Mart will be the first big off the bench.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) April 20, 2013
Woodson said Camby will dress today but not sure if he actually will play him. Probably for foul trouble. Think Barron ahead of him.
— Marc Berman (@NYPost_Berman) April 20, 2013
Mike Woodson wouldn't reveal his match-ups, so one can only guess how Iman Shumpert, Chris Copeland, and Carmelo Anthony will line up with Paul Pierce, Jeff Green, and Brandon Bass. Prigioni's absence means we won't see any point guard tandems until Jason Kidd checks in, but Pablo might be back on Tuesday.
Before the game starts, the Garden will host presentations from both New York and Boston color guards and both the Knicks and Celtics, which is good stuff. Glad they're doing that.
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