sentences:  The Knicks finished 33–49, 12th in the Eastern Conference, and did not make the playoffs.The two teams faced each other for the first time since the altercation on November 17, 2007, which the Nuggets won 115–83.Opposing players Renaldo Balkman and Linas Kleiza began arguing with each other after Balkman was called for a hard foul on Kleiza, but the incident was defused after Balkman was given a technical foul.