"The Knicks won't have Baron Davis for today's matinee against the Magic at the Garden, and likely will be without Carmelo Anthony, as well.

But, at least in Davis' case, his long-awaited debut continues to creep ever closer, with Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni saying yesterday Davis remains on schedule to return to the lineup around the end of the month.

"I don't know about this week, but next week, yes," D'Antoni said. "He's still on schedule. If that's the third of February, the fifth, or that's the 28 of January, we don't know, depending on setbacks and all of that."