Stephon Marbury participated in the New York Knicks' shootaround Friday, a day after his father's funeral and was expected to play against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Donald Marbury was taken from Madison Square Garden to a hospital during halftime of the Knicks' loss to Phoenix on Sunday night. He died of a heart problem before the game ended.

Twenty-four hours after burying his father, Stephon Marbury sat in a locker room at the Wachovia Center preparing himself to play here tonight against the Sixers.

"To be honest, I don't want to be here," Marbury said. "But, it's something I gotta do. It's my job. It's something I love to do. I just want to get back into the swing of things."

"It's tough," Marbury added, "but my father's in the ground now. There' nothing else I can do now but grieve."