Boris Diaw rebounded from a dreadful game a night earlier with a season-high 27 points, and the Charlotte Bobcats snapped a four-game losing streak with a 118-110 victory Wednesday over the New York Knicks.
Gerald Henderson scored 24 for the Bobcats, who capped a three-game road trip by winning for the first time since their opener. Reserve Byron Mullens scored 16 and D.J. Augustin finished with 14 points and 10 assists. Charlotte shot 55 percent from the field.
The Bobcats ruined the returns of Amare Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert, who helped get the Knicks' offense back on track but saw that effort wasted when they simply couldn't guard Charlotte.
Stoudemire had 25 points and 12 rebounds after missing two games with a sprained left ankle. Shumpert scored 18 points off the bench after beating a two-to-four week timetable after spraining a right knee ligament in the Christmas opener.
Carmelo Anthony led the Knicks with 32, but 22 came in the fourth quarter when all he could do was make the score more respectable.
Diaw was in quick foul trouble and was scoreless in 18 minutes of Charlotte's 115-101 loss in Cleveland on Tuesday. Coach Paul Silas said before the game that Diaw "didn't do well last night," but quickly added the Frenchman has frequently played well against the Knicks and expected him to do it again.
Sure enough, Diaw kept finding ways to beat whichever member of the Knicks' much-hyped frontcourt guarded him and fell four points shy of his career high.
The Knicks blew another game they were expected to win following their loss to Toronto on Monday, and fans are showing signs of souring on a team with lofty expectations. Only Shumpert seemed safe from the boos, and even coach Mike D'Antoni had a rare show of anger, swinging his arm in frustration after calling timeout following a basket by Diaw in the final minutes.
Shumpert sparked the Knicks on both ends, and Knicks fans booed when D'Antoni replaced him with Toney Douglas early in the fourth quarter.
CHARLOTTE (118) — Maggette 4-12 3-4 12, White 5-8 0-0 10, Diaw 12-15 0-0 27, Augustin 4-14 5-6 14, Henderson 10-13 3-4 24, K.Walker 3-8 0-0 7, Mullens 6-8 4-4 16, Brown 1-3 2-3 4, Biyombo 0-0 0-0 0, Carroll 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 47-85 17-21 118.
NEW YORK (110) — Anthony 12-24 6-6 32, Stoudemire 10-19 4-5 25, Chandler 4-4 3-5 11, Douglas 6-17 0-0 13, Fields 2-5 0-2 5, Shumpert 6-10 2-2 18, Harrellson 0-1 0-0 0, B.Walker 2-4 0-0 6, Balkman 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-85 15-20 110.
Charlotte
30
32
26
30
—
118
New York
26
26
26
32
—
110
3-Point Goals — Charlotte 7-11 (Diaw 3-3, K.Walker 1-2, Henderson 1-2, Maggette 1-2, Augustin 1-2), New York 11-29 (Shumpert 4-6, B.Walker 2-4, Anthony 2-6, Stoudemire 1-3, Fields 1-3, Douglas 1-6, Balkman 0-1). Fouled Out — None. Rebounds — Charlotte 45 (White 9), New York 45 (Stoudemire 12). Assists — Charlotte 27 (Augustin 10), New York 19 (Douglas, Anthony 5). Total Fouls — Charlotte 16, New York 20. A — 19,763 (19,763).
Email
Facebook
Google
Twitter
Favorites
More
Advertisement