Turiaf hurt

D’Antoni said he never thought to put Ronny Turiaf into the game late in the fourth quarter for Jared Jeffries because Turiaf, the starting center, told the coach his knee was hurting.

“He came to me at the start of the fourth, he was limping,” D’Antoni said. “I said, ‘What’s wrong?’ His knees were bothering him, hurting. The assistant coaches talked to him later, he said his knee was killing him. In my mind, he was done for the day. It was really never a question.”

Turiaf said afterward he was OK. With Turiaf’s health issue, don’t be surprised if D’Antoni leans on Shelden Williams tonight. Williams has not played in the first two games.