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Knicks hit bump with narrow loss
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THE New York Knicks’ playoff hopes took a knock on Friday as the Washington Wizards held on for a 90-89 triumph.
Bradley Beal scored 28 points, including the game-winning jump shot with 22.9 seconds to play, for the Wizards who have already booked their first postseason berth since 2008.
Raymond Felton’s three-pointer with 33.5 seconds remaining had given the Knicks an 89-88 advantage.
But Beal restored the visitors’ lead by eluding Iman Shumpert out of a timeout and draining a pull-up jumper. The Knicks took a timeout and put the ball in Carmelo Anthony’s hands, but the All-Star lost the ball on his drive. JR Smith led the Knicks with 32 points but missed a three-point attempt at the buzzer.
“We got stops and we played the right way,” said John Wall, who had 19 points for the Wizards. “We made it tough on those guys.”
Anthony finished with a season-low 10 points for the Knicks, who fell one game behind the Atlanta Hawks for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot.
In Atlanta, Mike Scott scored 26 points and Jeff Teague added 20 points and 12 assists as the Hawks beat Cleveland 117-98.
The Hawks notched just their eighth win in 29 games and have seven games left in the regular season — two more than the Knicks.
Elsewhere, it was: Grizzlies 100, Nuggets 92; Raptors 102, Pacers 94; Bobcats 91, Magic 80; Nets 116, Pistons 104; 76ers 111, Celtics 102; T’wolves 122, Heat 121, 2OT; Bulls 102, Bucks 90; Jazz 100, Pelicans 96; Rockets 111, Thunder 107; Suns 109, Trail Blazers 93; Warriors 102, Kings 69; and Mavericks 107, Lakers 95.
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