ALTHAM - You can forgive Erick Strickland for not being all that nostalgic about the New York Experience. He wasn't there for long, and when he was, it wasn't all that much fun.

He was one of many Knicks guards in a bloated backcourt situation, and eventually the team sent him to Vancouver. Tonight, Stickland returns to Madison Square Garden for the first time since the team dealt him away more than 11 months ago.