Jason Kidd and Rasheed Wallace were the only Knicks to see action off the bench.
Kurt Thomas (40) and Rasheed Wallace (39) never made it to the playoffs because of foot injuries.
He joins reserves Amare Stoudemire, Rasheed Wallace and Kurt Thomas, who all will be sidelined for weeks.
Knicks reserve F Rasheed Wallace traveled with the team and will do his rehabilitation on the road.
Rasheed Wallace, 38, is expected to miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left foot to repair a fracture.
He also said Rasheed Wallace, recovering from a broken bone in his left foot and out since December, also could be available this week.
All-Star center Tyson Chandler (bulging disc), forwards Amare Stoudemire (knee surgery), Kenyon Martin (sprained ankle), Marcus Camby (plantar fasciitis) and Rasheed Wallace (broken foot) are all out.
Grunwald said Martin will be insurance for injured big men Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby, a pair of 38-year-old backup forwards who have both been battling foot injuries.
Fellow Knicks forward Rasheed Wallace (stress reaction in left foot), starting point guard Raymond Felton (fractured right pinkie) and Iman Shumpert (recovering from torn ACL) all remain out with injuries.
It left the Knicks, already missing veteran big men Rasheed Wallace, Amare Stoudemire, Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas, undersized against the Wizards' front line that includes Nene and Emeka Okafor.
The Knicks are still missing Rasheed Wallace, and Jason Kidd, who has had recurring back problems, scored just three points and had one assist in 33 minutes of action Sunday.
Beyond that, Woodson said he expects 38-year-old big men Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby who have both been out with left-foot injuries to be available shortly after this weekend's All-Star Game in Houston.
Granted, the back line of the Knicks' defense is missing enforcers Marcus Camby and Rasheed Wallace (both are rehabbing left-foot injuries), but the numbers are somewhat troublesome for a team with title hopes.
The two players who would serve as primary backups 38-year-olds Rasheed Wallace (left foot injury) and Marcus Camby, who reaggravated his left foot injury here against the Pacers last month practiced Tuesday for the first time in 10 and six weeks, respectively.
Veteran guard Jason Kidd, who once played with Martin in New Jersey, said the 35-year-old has been an invaluable addition following injuries to big men Amare Stoudemire (right knee), Tyson Chandler (neck), Kurt Thomas (right foot) and Rasheed Wallace (left foot).
Players such as Jason Kidd, Kurt Thomas, Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby, all 38 or older, were counted on to provide postseason experience but either weren't healthy (Thomas and Wallace), playing poorly (Kidd) or hardly playing at all (Camby) by the time the second round began.
The Knicks are still without several other key big men, such as Amar'e Stoudemire (right knee debridement), Marcus Camby (left plantar fasciitis), Rasheed Wallace (fractured let fifth metatarsal) and Kurt Thomas (right foot acute stress reaction), which is why Woodson has had to rely more on the 6-foot-10 Novak and 6-foot-8 Copeland, who aren't nearly as capable defensively.
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