Marbury injured as Knicks fall to Minnesota, 96-90

Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury bruised his left shoulder in today’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, jeopardizing his consecutive-games streak.
With today’s 96-90 loss at Madison Square Garden, Marbury has appeared in 280 consecutive games, the fifth longest streak in the National Basketball Association.

He trails Toronto’s Mo Peterson (314), Atlanta’s Joe Johnson (309), San Antonio’s Bruce Bowen (307) and Minnesota’s Kevin Garnett (306). Only Bowen and Garnett have more consecutive starts.

Marbury was hurt in the fourth quarter when he was caught in a screen set by Wally Szczerbiak. He went to the bench and didn’t return.

X-Rays were negative, Knicks coach Larry Brown said. Marbury, the team’s leading scorer, will be re-evaluated tomorrow, Brown said. “I’ll have a better handle on it tomorrow,” Brown said. “He wanted to go back in and them motioned to me pretty quickly that he was hurt.” The Knicks next play on Jan. 18 in Chicago.

Marbury finished today’s game with a team-high 20 points to go along with five assists before getting hurt.

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