Last year there was game in which Woodson had to select a guy from the other team to take two free-throws. It was a funny incident. It was at the Garden and you really felt bad for the poor guy who was chosen simply because he was the worst guy on the other team. Crowd got on him, but he got in there and made a shot and then the Garden crowd gave the guy a hand he could never dream of getting. An embarrassing situation turned into a nice moment for the guy. I am pretty sure it was against the Suns.

Does anyone remember the name of the guy Woodson chose? Also, I can't remember the particulars of why our coach had to pick a guy from their team to take the foul shots. What the heck was the play? Injury on it? Why did we pick their guy?

Amazing how typing a few words in google can render the answers.....

Markieff Morris received his second technical foul of the game for shoving J.R. Smith following an inadvertent shot to the face he received while attempting a shot.

A second technical is an automatic ejection, and since Morris was supposed to head to the line for two free throws, we got to witness a rare occurrence. NBA rules state that if the player shooting the free throws can’t, for whatever reason (including injury), then the opposing team’s head coach gets to choose any player on the active roster to complete the task.

Mike Woodson seemed to be fairly excited about getting to do this, and the crowd in attendance at Madison Square Garden shared in his glee. Woodson took his time before settling on Slava Kravstov, who has played the least minutes for the Suns this season, and was tied with the similarly seldom-used Alex Len for lowest free throw percentage on the team, having made two of his four attempts on the season.

The fans cheered wildly as Kravstov entered the game, and were just as loud in expressing their disappointment when the first free throw bounced around the rim before it eventually dropped through. The second one was missed just as Woodson had hoped, however, and the loud cheering immediately resumed.

Kravstov was subbed out after a stoppage on the ensuing possession, and received a huge round of applause as he headed to the bench.

“I don’t think I’ve ever done that as a head coach,” Woodson said afterward. “I think it’s the first time I’ve done that, when a guy got ejected and I had to pick a player.”

Woodson wasn’t exactly up to speed on the free throw percentages of the players at the end of his opponent’s bench, so he deferred to his assistants to make that decision.

“I turned to my staff, they keep me abreast on who (I should choose),” he said. “And the kid makes one out of the two, so it worked to our advantage a little bit.”

In a game that went to overtime before the Knicks eventually won by two points, every advantage helps.

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/14/knicks-coach-woodson-chooses-slava-kravstov-to-shoot-free-throws-after-markieff-morris-is-ejected-video/