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Anthony scores team record 62 points for Knicks
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New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony scored a team record 62 points on Friday as his team toppled the Charlotte Bobcats 125-96.
Anthony landed 23 of 35 field goals with six three pointers and was 10 from 10 from the free throw line to post the most points by a player since Kobe Bryant notched 65 in 2007.
He also set a Madison Square Garden record — topping Bryant’s 61 points set five years ago — and beat Bernard King’s Knicks’ record of 60 points.
“I was just taking it one possession at a time,” Anthony said. “I came into the game locked in. I didn’t know I was going to have this type of performance. It’s an unbelievable feeling.
“It’s just a zone you get into sometimes. Only a certain group of people know what that zone feels like. Tonight was one of those zones.”
Elsewhere, San Antonio stayed within half a game of the NBA Western Conference lead with a superb defensive performance at Atlanta on Friday, winning 105-79.
The Spurs remained right on the tail of Oklahoma City, which overcame the absence of Kevin Durant to beat Boston 101-83, while elsewhere the Los Angeles Clippers beat Chicago to widen their Pacific Division lead and Memphis beat Houston 88-87.
The Los Angeles Clippers beat Chicago for the fourth-straight time, with Blake Griffin’s 26 points and 13 rebounds helping to produce a 112-95 win.
League leader Indiana beat Sacramento 116-111 in overtime, with Paul George scoring 36 points.
In other games it was: Timberwolves 121, Warriors 120; Wizards 101, Suns 95; Nets 107, Mavericks 106; Raptors 104, 76ers 95; Pelicans 103, Pistons 101; Magic 114, Lakers 105; and Cavaliers 93, Bucks 78.
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