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Knicks use 3-pointers to demolish the Bobcats
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January 9, 2010, Saturday
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PLAYERS loves 3-pointers -- when they're going in.
"In practice, I have no limits," Danilo Gallinari joked after hitting a couple of long ones for the New York Knicks as they defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 97-93 on Thursday in New York.
It was the only game on the NBA schedule.
Chris Duhon made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:03 left, Gallinari followed with two more, and the New York Knicks pulled out the victory.
Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 27 points to lead the Knicks, who hit six 3-pointers in the final quarter and 12 overall. They also got a huge break when video review of Stephen Jackson's long jumper agreed with the officials' ruling of a 2-pointer, instead of a 3 that would have tied it with 1:43 to go.
David Lee had 22 points, and Gallinari finished with 17 for the Knicks, who have won three straight and 11 of 16. They held their opponent below 100 points for the 13th time in 15 games.
"Our defense, I think, is good enough now to keep us in the game," Lee said. "We're not going to dominate too many people, but we scramble enough to hold teams to a low enough shooting percentage, and we're taking away easy buckets. So it gives us a chance to win."
Jackson scored 26 points, and reserve Flip Murray 20 for the Bobcats, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. They launched 11 3-pointers in the fourth quarter but made only four of them, while the Knicks were 6 of 8.
"I don't like us shooting 3s to be honest," Bobcats coach Larry Brown said.
"You just can't just come down and not move the defense and move yourself and shoot it. Last I looked teams were shooting almost 48 percent against them. We just took too many outside shots. But give them credit. That was their game plan I'm sure and they carried it out extremely well."
The Knicks shot 53 percent from the field and rebounded from an awful start to the second half to split the four-game season series with the Bobcats, potentially an important tiebreaker if the teams finish with the same record.
"It's a game we should have won," Jackson said. "They just made some better plays down the stretch but it's just one game. It doesn't determine (whether) we make the playoffs or not. It's one game."
"In practice, I have no limits," Danilo Gallinari joked after hitting a couple of long ones for the New York Knicks as they defeated the Charlotte Bobcats 97-93 on Thursday in New York.
It was the only game on the NBA schedule.
Chris Duhon made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:03 left, Gallinari followed with two more, and the New York Knicks pulled out the victory.
Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 27 points to lead the Knicks, who hit six 3-pointers in the final quarter and 12 overall. They also got a huge break when video review of Stephen Jackson's long jumper agreed with the officials' ruling of a 2-pointer, instead of a 3 that would have tied it with 1:43 to go.
David Lee had 22 points, and Gallinari finished with 17 for the Knicks, who have won three straight and 11 of 16. They held their opponent below 100 points for the 13th time in 15 games.
"Our defense, I think, is good enough now to keep us in the game," Lee said. "We're not going to dominate too many people, but we scramble enough to hold teams to a low enough shooting percentage, and we're taking away easy buckets. So it gives us a chance to win."
Jackson scored 26 points, and reserve Flip Murray 20 for the Bobcats, who had their three-game winning streak snapped. They launched 11 3-pointers in the fourth quarter but made only four of them, while the Knicks were 6 of 8.
"I don't like us shooting 3s to be honest," Bobcats coach Larry Brown said.
"You just can't just come down and not move the defense and move yourself and shoot it. Last I looked teams were shooting almost 48 percent against them. We just took too many outside shots. But give them credit. That was their game plan I'm sure and they carried it out extremely well."
The Knicks shot 53 percent from the field and rebounded from an awful start to the second half to split the four-game season series with the Bobcats, potentially an important tiebreaker if the teams finish with the same record.
"It's a game we should have won," Jackson said. "They just made some better plays down the stretch but it's just one game. It doesn't determine (whether) we make the playoffs or not. It's one game."
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