And somehow, the Knicks lost a 16-point second-quarter lead against an injury-riddled team that had lost three consecutive games.

It reinforced a plea to his injury-riddled team that it needed to work counts and pounce on opportunity because slugging for victories was not a likely option.

But that's what happened to his injury-riddled team tonight at the Byrne Meadowlands Arena.

It was the expertise of Trottier, one of a dwindling number of veterans on this injury-riddled team, that revived them and forced a 2-2 tie.

Coach Herman Edwards compared his injury-riddled team Monday to a car with a punctured tire.

The Colts have been one of the most injury-riddled teams this season.

They are the patchwork Giants that Manager Dusty Baker has stitched together to keep a semblance of his injury-riddled team.

The health of this historically injury-riddled team is the underlying cause of its success, Thorn said.

The Mets are an injury-riddled team hobbling toward the season's end; on Tuesday night, they started only four players who began the season as regulars.

Twenty paces away, Byron Scott, the Nets' first-year coach, put forth yet another explanation for his injury-riddled team.