Grieving over the death of his father, Stephon Marbury is not expected to play Monday night when the New York Knicks host the Dallas Mavericks.

"I don't think he'll be playing tonight," Knicks' Coach Isiah Thomas said at the team's morning shootaround. "Again, we'll give him as much time as he needs. This is a tough thing for him to overcome right now. He is fighting his way through it."

Since his father Donald Marbury Sr. died a little more than a week ago, Marbury missed last Wednesday's game against the Nets but then played in the Knicks' two games against the 76ers over the weekend.

In the Knicks' 101-90 loss in Philadelphia on Friday, Marbury appeared for just 13 minutes and scored two points. The next night at Madison Square Garden in the Knicks' 105-77 loss to the Sixers, Marbury had six points in 24 minutes.