The Denver Nuggets and the New York Knicks meet tonight for the first time since the Dec. 16 brawl last season which resulted in both teams being gutted by suspension.

The players, though, are downplaying the significance.

"That incident, it happened; it's over with," Nuggets' forward Carmelo Anthony said. "I don't even think about it anymore."

"It just made me grow up a little bit, realize what's at stake," Anthony, who has been a model citizen since, said of his 15 game suspension in which the Nuggets went 7-8 during his absence.

Anthony made his comments after Sunday's home loss against New Orleans. He missed practice Monday because of what the team called personal reasons, then flew with the Nuggets to New York. So that was one fewer brawl participant available to sidestep questions or claim to have a fuzzy memory.

"I didn't even want to watch (replays)," said 5-foot-9 Knicks' guard Nate Robinson, suspended 10 games for his role. "I play video games at home. I don't watch TV."

Knicks' center Eddy Curry, who was not involved, joked he "was on the bench with my eyes closed (and) didn't see nothing."