'Melo to sit two games

Published January 27, 2012

| Sports Network

Miami, FL – New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is expected to miss the next two games in an effort to heal a variety of injuries.

Anthony will sit out Friday's contest at Miami and will also miss Saturday's contest at Houston because of thumb, wrist and ankle issues. He has tried to play through the pain recently and has struggled mightily.

The wrist and ankle injuries occurred during a January 12 game against Memphis. He sat out the January 14 contest against Oklahoma City, but returned two nights later against Orlando and has played every game since.

Anthony is averaging 23.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 17 games this season, but has made just 31.7 percent of his shots (40-of-126) after returning from the one-game absence. He's also hit just 5-of-28 three-point tries in that time.

On Tuesday, in a victory over Charlotte, Anthony was 0-for-7 from the field and scored just one point.

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