An MRI Thursday revealed that Knicks center Tyson Chandler has a bone bruise in his left knee and the team listed him as day-to day.
Chandler, the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year, banged knees with Nets forward Gerald Wallace in the first minute of the Knicks’ 97-95 OT win Wednesday at the Nassau Colisuem.
“I’m sure I’ll stay off it the next couple of days and then pick up work with my teammates leading into the first game of the season,” he said.
The Knicks don’t play again until the season opener Nov. 1 against the Nets in Brooklyn.
The fact that Chandler doesn’t have a more serious injury is good news for the Knicks, who already have a banged up frontcourt.
Amar’e Stoudemire is out 2-3 weeks with a knee injury. Marcus Camby didn’t play at all in the preseason with a calf ailment. And Rasheed Wallace is expected to scrimmage Friday for the first time.
“I’m not one who’s going to sit here and panic and complain. It’s what it is right now,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. “It’s a long season. Whoever is in uniform, that’s who I’m going to go out and win with.”
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