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Robinson, strong bench help Knicks beat Wizards
By BRIAN MAHONEYPosted Feb 03 2010 9:53PM
NEW YORK(AP) Nate Robinson scored 23 points, Al Harrington and Larry Hughes also put in double figures off the bench, and the New York Knicks beat the Washington Wizards 106-85 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game losing streak.
David Lee had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help the Knicks avenge a 106-96 loss at Washington on Saturday. New York won for just the second time in seven games and avoided falling 12 games under .500 for the first time this season.
Harrington, back after a two-game absence with a sore left knee, scored 12 points, and Hughes returned from coach Mike D'Antoni's forgotten list to add 11 in just his third game since the new year.
Brendan Haywood and Nick Young each scored 15 points for the Wizards, who played without starting forward Caron Butler (bruised left knee). Butler was hurt Monday against Boston in the same collision that injured Celtics All-Star Paul Pierce.
Robinson started the second half for ineffective point guard Chris Duhon, who has struggled with his shot for weeks. Robinson scored six points in a stretch early in the fourth when New York pulled away, including a layup that made it 84-74 with 8:16 remaining.
Hughes, out of the rotation last month and critical of D'Antoni for the way he handled the demotion, played in just two of 15 games in January. But he showed little rust, knocking down a 3-pointer to open the fourth quarter and teaming with Harrington for consecutive baskets midway through the period.
Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler each scored 15 points for New York. Robinson finished with six rebounds and eight assists.
Washington led by nine early in the third quarter, but the Knicks rallied and took a one-point lead when Harrington hit consecutive 3-pointers. New York made 13 of 20 shots in the period and extended the lead to 72-65 when Hughes made a layup with 12 seconds left.
Lee was 5 for 5 for 10 points in the first quarter, which ended in a 22-all tie. He missed all three shots in the second, when the Knicks made only 39 percent, and Washington led 45-41 at halftime.
NOTES: The Knicks honored Dick McGuire with a video tribute and a moment of silence before the game. McGuire, a Hall of Famer who spent 53 years in the organization as a player, coach and scout, died Wednesday. He was 84. ... Washington has lost four in a row at New York. ... The Wizards said Butler is day-to-day.
http://www.nba.com/games/20100203/WASNYK/gameinfo.html
| Washington Wizards (16-32) | ||||||||||||||||
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| field goalsrebounds | ||||||||||||||||
| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | |
| A. Jamison | F | 40:40 | 4-10 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| M. Miller | G-F | 40:44 | 5-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | -19 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| B. Haywood | C | 23:46 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| R. Foye | G | 30:35 | 7-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| D. Stevenson | G | 16:50 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Young | 28:05 | 5-14 | 2-8 | 3-3 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | |
| A. Blatche | 21:25 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | |
| E. Boykins | 22:41 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| J. McGee | 07:16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| F. Oberto | 02:39 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| D. McGuire | 02:39 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. James | 02:39 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 240 | 37-77 | 5-20 | 6-7 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 85 | ||
| 48.1% | 25.0% | 85.7% | team rebs: 3 | total to: 14 | ||||||||||||
| New York Knicks (19-29) | ||||||||||||||||
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| field goalsrebounds | ||||||||||||||||
| pos | min | fgm-a | 3pm-a | ftm-a | +/- | off | def | tot | ast | pf | st | to | bs | ba | pts | |
| D. Gallinari | F | 38:15 | 5-8 | 4-5 | 1-2 | +11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| J. Jeffries | F | 39:20 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | +10 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| D. Lee | C | 38:25 | 10-18 | 0-0 | 2-2 | +24 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
| W. Chandler | G-F | 32:59 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +25 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| C. Duhon | G | 13:24 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| A. Harrington | 23:05 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | +12 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | |
| N. Robinson | 34:40 | 10-15 | 1-3 | 2-2 | +26 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| L. Hughes | 17:45 | 5-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | |
| M. Landry | 02:07 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | +6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| J. Bender | 00:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T. Douglas | 00:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J. Hill | 00:00 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 240 | 46-88 | 9-18 | 6-8 | 14 | 33 | 47 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 107 | ||
| 52.3% | 50.0% | 75.0% | team rebs: 4 | total to: 10 | ||||||||||||
inactive
- Wizards: Butler, Crittenton
- Knicks: Curry, Milicic, Mobley
technical fouls
- Wizards: --
- Knicks: --
scoring
- Lead Changes: 9
- Times Tied: 10
arena stats
- Arena: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
- Officials: #75 Eric Dalen, #10 Ron Garretson, #40 Leon Wood
- Attendance: 19225
- Duration: 1:57
Lee and Robinson Provide Oomph and Pizazz
While assessing his team’s recent poor form, Knicks Coach Mike D’Antoni lamented what he called a lack of oomph and pizazz. Those are two qualities that cannot be measured in a box score but are often reflected in the standings.
Instead, the Knicks have recently struggled with inconsistency and sluggishness.
They went into Wednesday night’s game against the Wizards having lost 9 of 12 games as the gulf between them and the top eight teams in the Eastern Conference widened.
“We haven’t had enough oomph the last few games,” D’Antoni said before tip-off. “We slipped in the month of January pretty significantly. We’ve got to find some energy and some pizazz out there.”
Playing against a bad team made worse by the suspensions of Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton, and the knee injury to Caron Butler, the Knicks took control in the second half and dismissed Washington, 107-85, at Madison Square Garden.
They got their oomph from David Lee, who had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and their pizazz from Nate Robinson, who added 23 points off the bench.
Larry Hughes, who had not played in the previous five games, scored 11 points in 18 minutes, and Al Harrington returned from a two-game absence because of a sore left knee and added 12 points.
The short-handed Wizards were led by Brendan Haywood and Nick Young, who each scored 15 points.
Lee labeled Wednesday’s game critical, with only three games to follow before the All-Star break.
“This is a huge game for us,” he said beforehand. “We need to finish off strong before the All-Star break.”
The evening started on a somber note, with a moment of silence for the Hall of Famer Dick McGuire, who died Wednesday at age 84. McGuire spent more than 50 years in the Knicks organization as a player, coach, scout and senior adviser.
Donnie Walsh, the Knicks’ president, said McGuire was the first player in the N.B.A. he had ever heard of and said that he had still been scouting in recent weeks. He said McGuire was as much a part of the 64-year-old franchise as the bricks in the different buildings they played in.
McGuire contributed to the success of earlier decades, and according to Walsh, he agonized over the tribulations of recent years.
“He was here so long, he could point back to great days where this would be unthinkable,” Walsh said. “But if you are with a franchise long enough, you have those ups and downs, and I think he understood that. I know Dick didn’t like losing and didn’t like having a team that didn’t represent us over the years.”
Walsh’s acknowledgment that the Knicks are passing through an “unthinkable” era in their history was underscored by their recent poor form, making a long-awaited return to the playoffs seem implausible.
The Knicks’ goal this season was to make themselves attractive to potential free agents by earning their first trip to the postseason since 2004. After a strong December and a three-game winning streak in early January that pulled them to 15-20, that goal appeared attainable.
Back then, the pizazz and the oomph were in ready supply, but somehow they dissipated, and the victories and a lot of hope disappeared. D’Antoni pointed to what he called a “quirky” schedule that had the Knicks playing several games without ample rest.
But difficult scheduling is part of the routine of the N.B.A., so D’Antoni said he hoped someone would provide the leadership to carry them out of their slump. But no leader had materialized.
“Losing a little bit, you slide down a little bit,” he said. “You’ve got a lot of games, and we’ve just got to fight against that. A lot of times you just need someone to step up and lead you. I thought we didn’t have that through the month of January, and hopefully we can get it back here.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/04/sports/basketball/04knicks.html