DETROIT — Valuable Achiuwa is making “good” progress from his hamstring pressure however coach Tom Thibodeau stated his high frontcourt reserve has but to undergo a observe.
Achiuwa, who suffered the harm within the preseason finale, traveled with the Knicks on their four-game highway journey, with video games upcoming in Houston and Atlanta.
“He’s doing a bit extra on the courtroom,” Thibodeau stated. “As soon as a man can begin doing stuff on the courtroom, then normally he’ll journey with us. Generally it’s higher to maintain him again [in New York] as a result of we will do extra rehab stuff on the facility.
“So it’s a case-by-case scenario. So he’s making good, regular progress. However he hasn’t truly gone by means of an actual observe but.”
The Knicks have a observe scheduled earlier than Monday’s recreation in opposition to the Rockets.
With out Achiuwa, Thibodeau has opted for an eight-man rotation with just one frontcourt reserve (Jericho Sims) and two within the backcourt (Miles McBride and Cam Payne).
Karl-Anthony Cities’ new accent was a wrap round his wrist but it surely clearly was no trouble.
The middle, listed as questionable earlier than Friday’s recreation in opposition to the Pistons due to a “sprained wrist,” was within the first unit together with his wrist taped for the Knicks, who’ve had the identical lineup for the opening 5 video games — Jalen Brunson, Mikal Bridges, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart and Cities.
Cities, who dropped 21 factors, 11 boards and 7 assists in Friday’s blowout win over the Pistons, suffered the harm in his non-shooting hand two nights prior in Miami.
“I made it occur,” Cities stated, including that he felt ache within the wrist. “I made it occur tonight.”
Cities broke out offensively within the final two video games however was additionally lauded for changing into extra vocal on protection.
“I’d say KAT [has been the loudest communicator on defense],” Bridges stated. “His enchancment from Recreation 1 to now. Solely been a pair video games however his enchancment — as a result of you understand the large is in lots of actions so listening to him with the ball-screen protection has made everyone and personally me simply higher on the ball as a result of I do know there’s a display screen. So I’d say KAT.”
Staying an additional evening in Detroit, most of the Knicks plan to attend Saturday’s school soccer recreation in Ann Arbor between the Michigan Wolverines and Oregon Geese.
