GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- The New York Knicks new starting five havent played together in the preseason. So Kristaps Porzingis knows that it will take time for the club to develop cohesion.Its going to take us some time to figure this whole thing out, Porzingis said on Sunday, two days before the Knicks open their season against the defending-champion Cleveland Cavaliers. It doesnt have to be in a week. It takes time.New point guard Derrick Rose was away from the team for more than two weeks this month during a civil trial in Los Angeles. And starting center Joakim Noah missed 10 days earlier this month because of a hamstring injury.Both players absences have seemingly affected the Knicks chemistry during the preseason.I think were definitely a work in progress, Noah said on Sunday. We have a lot of work to do. We got to get better. We havent had a lot of time to play together. Overall, I felt [Sundays practice] was a good day. But we definitely have ... we have to get better.Rose returned to New York on Friday after a jury found he and two friends were found not liable in a civil lawsuit that accused them of gang-raping Roses ex-girlfriend. He met with coaches that day to go over elements of the offense that he had missed during his time in Los Angeles and practiced with his teammates Saturday and Sunday.Porzingis said on Sunday that Rose looked strong during those weekend workouts.Hes been learning really fast. He picks up this stuff really quick, Porzingis said. I think with a point guard like Derrick, itll be easier for me. He will try to make plays for us, and hell try to make the game easier for us.Porzingis added, though, that the Knicks would need some time with Rose to develop strong timing on offense.I dont want to put too much pressure on us that were going to be really good right away, he said. Its going to take some time.All teams develop cohesion and chemistry over the course of the season, of course. But the injury to Noah and Roses absence seem to have affected the Knicks development under first-year head coach Jeff Hornacek, particularly on defense. New York ranked 25th among NBA teams in preseason defensive rating.Noah said on Sunday that the Knicks had a lot of work to do on defense when he was asked about the subject after practice.We have to get better. Numbers dont lie, and right now I feel a step slow defensively, said Noah, who missed three preseason games because of the hamstring injury. I have to do better. I have to do better for this ballclub. We all do. Cheap NFL Jerseys China .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. China Jerseys . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. 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BOSTON -- After dropping two of three games to the middling New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox can ill afford a sub-par weekend against the bottom-dwelling Arizona Diamondbacks.Boston held on for a 5-3 win in the series opener against its archrival, but was blown out by New York 9-4 on Wednesday and fell victim to the Yankees come-from-behind, 4-2 win Thursday.Despite recording nine hits in the series finale, the Red Sox could only muster runs on an RBI single and an RBI double from Hanley Ramirez, and they left nine runners on base.Once again, with men in scoring position, that has been a little bit of a missed opportunity at this point, Boston manager John Farrell said.Making matters worse, Ramirez collided with Gary Sanchez at first base during the Yankees catchers eight-inning single.Ramirez stayed in the game after being checked out but eventually was pulled as a precaution.Hes sore, after the collision it was the impact of the ground that the lower back jarred, Farrell said. Wasnt going to chance it with any kind of violence in his swings.The loss dropped the Red Sox to 61-52, marking the first time they are fewer than 10 games over .500 since July 8.Boston now trails the American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays by three games, and it holds a half-game lead over the Detroit Tigers for the final AL wild card.Arizona, meanwhile, has nothing left to play for but pride, which it certainly found during a 9-0 rout of the reining National League champion New York Mets on Thursday.The laast-place Diamondbacks (48-66) trail the NL West-leading San Francisco Giants by a whopping 17 games and are 12 games out of the NL wild-card hunt.ddddddddddddowever, that didnt stop them from earning a three-game sweep over the Mets in which Arizona stole 13 bases.I think we were just aggressive, Diamondbacks manager Chip Hale said. We got in good situations; the score allowed us to do that a lot.A couple of struggling southpaws are scheduled to toe the rubber Friday as Arizonas Patrick Corbin (4-11, 5.37 ERA) counters Bostons David Price (9-8, 4.34 ERA).Corbin is 0-5 with a 7.09 ERA in his past eight starts, and he hasnt won since June 21 against the Toronto Blue Jays.The former All-Star is 0-1 with a 4.50 ERA in one career start against the Red Sox, in which he allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out six in 2013.Ramirez is 4-for-7 with two doubles and three walks against Corbin. No active Red Sox batter has hit a home run or driven in a run against the lefty.Price will be making just his second start against the Diamondbacks. He pitched eight innings of two-run ball with 11 strikeouts in a victory in 2010.Michael Bourn is 3-for-19 (.158) with a double and five strikeouts against Price.Price also hasnt allowed a homer or an RBI to any current Arizona batter.The former American League Cy Young Award winner is 6-3 with a 4.33 ERA at Fenway Park this season. 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