NYTimes:With their season lurching between splashes of promise and longer stretches of listlessness, the Knicks tried to regroup after a dreary loss Monday night dimmed the memory of a last-second victory Saturday.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Knicks, whose only area of consistency this season has been their number of injured players, enjoyed a rare practice in which everyone played. This included Eddy Curry, the center, who has not played a game since Nov. 20 because of a strained left calf muscle.
Curry, who had not been in shape since reporting to training camp after a heart arrhythmia ended his season prematurely last spring, was listed as questionable for Wednesday night's game against his former team, the Chicago Bulls, but said that he hoped to play.
Curry and Coach Larry Brown said that he would play if practice did not lead to significant soreness Wednesday. Brown added that Curry would have to use game time to round into playing shape.
More is at stake for Curry than the precise healing rate of a strained leg muscle. Curry, who grew up in the Chicago area and was drafted by the Bulls out of high school, left the team in October under contentious and peculiar circumstances, when talk of genetic codes held sway over drop-step moves.
