Quentin Richardson scored 27 points and Eddy Curry 24, 12 in the fourth quarter, to lead the New York Knicks over Cleveland 101-98 on Wednesday, snapping the Cavaliers' six-game home winning streak in the NBA.
Curry and Jamal Crawford combined for 23 of New York's 28 points in the fourth as the Knicks, playing their second game in two nights, improved to 5-5 on the road. Maybe they should stay away from Madison Square Garden, where they are just 1-6.
Richardson, who missed Tuesday's game in Chicago with a strained hamstring, was 5-of-7 on 3-pointers and added nine rebounds. New York made nine 3-pointers -- the biggest by Crawford with 1:46 left to put the Knicks up 97-93.
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LeBron James had 27 points on 10-of-22 shooting, Drew Gooden had 16 points and Zydrunas Ilgauskas 12 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers.
Nets 106, Celtics 103
At Boston, Vince Carter scored 23 points, 16 in the fourth quarter and Jason Kidd added 19 as New Jersey snapped a six-game losing streak.
Paul Pierce scored 31 points for Boston and Wally Szczerbiak had 25.
Szczerbiak had a chance to tie it with 3 seconds to go, but curiously drove the baseline and lost the ball out of bounds as time expired. A frustrated Pierce looked at Szczerbiak holding up three fingers to indicate how many points were needed to tie the game. Szczerbiak walked over to Boston coach Doc Rivers and apologized.
Hawks 99, Bobcats 90
At Atlanta, Joe Johnson scored a season-high 36 points and Charlotte couldn't overcome the longest field-goal drought to open a NBA game this season.
Johnson missed his first five shots and had only two points in the opening quarter before scoring 22 in the second.
Raymond Felton and Sean May each scored 21 points for Charlotte. The Bobcats were 0-for-13 from the field to start the game before a jumper by May with 4:07 left in the period.
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