The New York Knicks beat the New Jersey Nets as they scored 111-100 at Madison Square Garden and clinched their seventh victory in eight games.
Arena stats
The game took place at Madison Square Garden, New York. The lead changed 21 times and the game was tied 10 times. There were 19,763 in attendance.
Who was there to dazzle the court?
The arena crowd was dazzled as they watched the superhot SI swimsuit model Jessica White enter the arena. NBA commissioner David Stern and New York actor, writer John Turturro were also there to enjoy the game.
Game Stats
The New Jersey Nets grabbed 37 rebounds, and the Knicks grabbed as many as 42. The Nets had nine offensive rebounds and the Knicks had eight. The Nets gave 11 turnovers whereas the Knicks gave away 12. The Nets gave four fast break
points and the Knicks gave 11. The Nets took the biggest lead at nine and the Knicks at 15. The Nets had 46 points in the paint whereas the Knicks scooped 60.
Players Stats
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 36 points, Jordan Farmar had 17 points and Travis Outlaw added 13 to the Nets’ score board. Amare Stoudemire had 35 points and Wilson Chandler added 27 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Raymond Felton
scored 21 points and dished out seven rebounds for the Knicks and bettered the score for them. The Knicks had seven team rebounds and the Nets had six.
Stoudemire clinches 35 points
Stoudemire scored 35 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Stoudemire had a raging quality to his game as he broke into the game and “set the game on fire.”
Quotable
"In the third quarter, he had fire in his eyes." Landry Fields later said referring to Stoudemire.
Let’s see what’s coming ahead with Stoudemire as he is already coming out as one of the hottest players. It was wonderful as he came forward and scored 30 points for the second straight game. He has scored 30 or more four times
during this season.
The Knicks secured a 25 for 29 score from the free throw line. By doing so they entered the league play fourth in FTA with 28.72 and fifth in free throw line percentage .799.
U-turn
The Knicks took a flee at a 14-2 run that included 12 unanswered points that flipped their 65-63 deficit to a 77-63 lead in the end of the third quarter. In the third period of the game the Knicks took over the Nets 33-15, 12 of
the points were scored by Stoudemire and eight by Felton.
Quotable II
"Any kind of step forward, we're taking. We're 10-9 but we are playing better and we can play a lot better than this" said Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni.
Strongest Links
Brook Lopez who plays center for the Nets could not come under the control of the New York Knicks despite their attempts at getting him under their control. Lopez broke loose to score 36 points that were just a single point lesser
than the career high 37 points that he scored against Detroit Pistons in March, 2009.
Weakest Links
Derrick Favors could only dish out two points despite being No. 3 in summer’s Draft and stood like a scared cat amidst the already faltering Nets.
Coming Up
For the Knicks, Friday @ New Orleans, Sunday at Toronto, Monday vs. Minnesota. For the Nets, Wednesday vs. Oklahoma City, Friday at Charlotte, Sunday vs. Boston.
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