Eddy Curry can't stay healthy.

The injury-riddled Knicks center scored a season-high 29 points but strained his left calf in the 105-95 loss to the Magic. It's a recurrence of an injury he had earlier this season, and the latest blow to a Knicks team desperate to keep him in the lineup.

Stephon Marbury, who apparently wasn't aware of the injury immediately after the game, said it best: "He's hurt again?"

Although Larry Brown didn't want to guess what his center's status will be for tomorrow's game at Milwaukee, Curry vowed to play. "I'll be ready to go Friday," he said. "It's definitely not as bad as before."

Curry said he hurt it while completing an alley-oop in the third quarter. He just returned Monday from a sprained ankle that kept him out for four games. Curry said because of the ankle injury "we kind of lost sight of (the calf) a little bit and took for granted that it was going to be healed. But it wasn't."