in there and we got after it carmelo anthony saidwe just got after it tyson chandler saidhow coaches decide to run their practices is a matter of preference there is no specific formula woodson said he had picked up bits and pieces from a number of mentors over the years listing coaches like larry brown george karl chris ford and cotton fitzsimmons unlike some of his peers woodson is oldschool in the sense that he continues to emphasize inseason conditioning his practices include their share of sprints at least for the players healthy enough to run themi just think conditioning is a big part of being ready to play basketball woodson said some coaches do it and some coaches dont but im a big believer in thateric musselman a former coach of the golden state warriors and the kings said in a telephone interview that he often tried to tailor his practices to fit his personnel during his first season with the warriors for example his roster was brimming with young players who needed a lot of instruction and had ample energy to burn musselman felt comfortable enough with their youthful vigor that he had them scrimmage during pregame shootaroundsthe next season the warriors added a number of veterans whose careers were drawing to a close as a result musselman said he knew he needed to back off a bit gone were the uptempo drills replaced by a diet of skeleton sets and film reviewwe hardly did anything said musselman now the associate head coach at arizona state as the season progressed it was just about going over the opposition and how we planned to do things from a schematic standpoint plus making sure we got up enough shotspractices are always fraught with risk that was apparent tuesday when tim hardaway jr was kneed in the left thigh by a teammate he limped off the court and had his leg bandaged by a trainer smith had an excused absence he was being fitted for a face mask after he fractured his left cheekbone sunday in the loss to the oklahoma city thunder woodson said he expected both players to be available against the kingspractice continued without them and woodson opted to wrap it up by putting four minutes on the clock the blue team led by anthony squared off against the white team which featured amare stoudemire in the closing seconds anthony missed a free throw that would have tied the scrimmage and pablo prigioni stole a pass to preserve the win for the white teamthe knicks could afford to make mistakes it was practice games are differentwe have no room for error woodson said