In the recent tradition of Knick point guards with unshakable confidence to compensate for chinks in their games _ Derek Harper, Mark Jackson, Greg Anthony _ Childs truly believes he is the most skilled floor leader on the court.
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Seeing how the Knicks had vanquished the favored and home-team Pacers in the first game of the four-of-seven-game series, Mark Jackson, the former Knick point guard and the current Pacer point guard, was asked if his team felt a sense of desperation.
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"Now we realize we can take them, and that's what we're going to do in New York, " said Mark Jackson, the former Knick point guard, who did not make any friends among the Knicks for doing a hip-wiggling, arm-pumping dance after making a three-pointer in Game 4.
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The Grizzlies ( 11-57 ) have a couple of nice players : the sinewy Shareef Abdur-Rahim is fun to watch gliding along the baseline and then exploding to the goal, and the former Knick point guard Greg Anthony is always good for a few off-balance 3-pointers and the occasional hard drive through the lane.
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The story lines for the next few weeks have little intrigue and less substance : " Luc Longley, Healthy, Will Start at Center, " followed by, " Marcus Camby, Unhappy, Returns to Bench, " or " Rice to Van Gundy : I'm an All-Star, Get Me More Shots " and, of course, the annual condemnation of serviceable Knick point guards for failing to negotiate a Mideast peace accord.
