About 90 minutes before the Wizards played the Knicks on Tuesday, Antonio Daniels was in uniform. At tip-off, he was on the bench in a suit.

The Wizards' point guard has soreness in the same knee that caused him to miss seven games in December. He had seven points and nine assists in the Wizards' win against the Celtics on Monday.

"He played very hard on it," Coach Eddie Jordan said. "It's good we're going to have two days before we play on Friday and then we'll have three days after that. So it's a good time to rest him."

Daniels was injured in Miami on Dec. 13 ,and the Wizards went 3-4 in his absence. He returned this month, and the Wizards went 5-2 as he averaged 11 points and 5.7 assists. The Wizards are 14-7 with Daniels in the starting lineup.