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Marbury saga continues as Knicks take on Nuggets

Nov 17, 2007 - 2:46 PM New York (2-5) at Denver (6-3) 9:00 pm EST

DENVER (Ticker) - As the Stephon Marbury saga continues, the New York Knicks try to snap a five-game losing streak when they face the Denver Nuggets on Saturday.

Marbury has been in a feud with coach Isiah Thomas over the past week after a report in the New York Daily News revealed that Thomas and team chairman James Dolan are considering options for the controversial point guard - including a move to the bench or a trade.

Marbury and Thomas reportedly got in a fight during the Knicks flight on Tuesday to the West Coast, where the team is in the midst of a four-game road trip which concludes against the Nuggets. When the team landed in Phoenix, Marbury got off the plane and onto another, flying back to New York the same day.

After setting aside their differences, Marbury rejoined the team the next night against the Los Angeles Clippers. His presence didn't matter much as New York suffered another loss.

The Knicks will be fatigued in this contest after enduring a 123-118 double-overtime loss at Sacramento on Friday night.

While the Knicks appear to have lost all chemistry, the Nuggets superstar duo of Allen Iverson and Carmelo Anthony are correcting all doubts that they couldn't share ball.

Iverson is averaging 25 points a game this season and has gotten his teammates involved, dishing out eight assists per contest. Anthony has been the 32-year-old point guard's favorite target, as the Syracuse product has averaged 25.7 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game this season.