He was limited to 24 points in last Saturday’s 107-102 home loss to NY (8-9), which sent him to the free-throw line only five times. Dwight Howard turned in his sixth double-double of the season, with 14 points and 13 rebounds. However, the emerging of Kristaps Porzingis has certainly been a welcome surprise for the team early in the season.
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“Just in attack mode”, he said. “These guys are rolling.’ It was a game that was a team effort to get back into the game, and we put the effort we needed to with a bunch of different looks”.
Langston Galloway (26 minutes) and Jerian Grant (23) tallied the most playing time off the bench on Friday, scoring eight points apiece.
“We’ve heard some things, but in fairness to everybody here, there’s not much more we’re going to comment on, at this point”, Brown said.
Despite 31pts from Afflalo, the #Knicks come up just short in a 116-111 OT loss. He also hit a nice buzzer beater to end the second quarter and was 6 of 12 from 3-point range.
Reserve guard Marcus Thornton and forward Trevor Ariza delivered clutch 3-pointers during overtime as the Rockets rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final eight-plus minutes of regulation and pulled out a wild 116-111 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night.
“This should be a must-win for us coming in on Sunday”, Anthony said.
“The momentum of the game changed”, Knicks coach Derek Fisher said. “This game is over with now, and we fly to Detroit and we got to prepare ourselves to get a win in Detroit”. Right from the start of the game in the first quarter they were outscored 30-19 by Houston, and it made all the difference.
Russell Westbrook, Serge Ibaka and Enes Kanter added 14 points apiece for the Thunder.
The Knicks held Harden to 10-for-28 shooting from the field.
It was the third career 50 point game for Harden, who now has the most in franchise history as he surpassed Hakeem Olajuwon, Moses Malone and Elvin Hayes who had two each. One day removed from a Boston nightclub altercation, rookie Jahlil Okafor had 11 points and six rebounds.
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The 27-game overall losing streak not only is the worst in the National Basketball Association, but also the longest among the four major North American team sports. The Sixers have dropped 27 in a row dating to last season. NY was in a prime position to move up in the conference before recently losing three straight games.
