Knicks Extend Winning Streak To 9, Beat Raptors
The Knicks have moved into fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 11 games remaining and improved to 21-10 at home.
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The Knicks have moved into fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 11 games remaining and improved to 21-10 at home.
The Nets got their running game going again, with Harris making consecutive 3-pointers off passes from Irving to cap a 10-0 spurt that pushed the lead to 86-70 in the final minute of the third.
The Knicks won all three meetings against the Hawks this season. New York had not swept Atlanta since winning all three games during the 2012-13 season.
Kyrie Irving had 28 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Bruce Brown added 21 points and 14 rebounds for the Nets, who again played without the injured Kevin Durant.
Joe Harris also hit a pair of late free throws to cap his 24-point night for the Nets, who won despite being without both Kevin Durant and James Harden.
Barrett's offense and the Knicks' defense changed the game after the Hornets scored 66 points in the first half. New York held Charlotte to just 31 after halftime.
Bam Adebayo drove left, stopped and watched his 13-foot jumper rattle in as time expired, a shot that allowed the Heat to beat the Brooklyn Nets 109-107 on Sunday to snap a three-game slide.
The Knicks' longest winning streak in seven years was seconds away from ending and the New Orleans Pelicans were told what to do to stop it. They didn't follow instructions.
The Knicks (30-27) are three games over .500 for the first time since December 2017.
The Nets connected on 51% of their 3-pointers (21 for 41), with Harris (6 for 9) and Shamet (6 for 11) leading the way.
Having won five of seven, the Knicks (29-27) are currently in the Eastern Conference playoff picture — within a couple games of a top-four seed — with 16 contests left in the regular season.
Harden is out with a strained right hamstring and Durant got a night off after playing 27 minutes against the Timberwolves.
The game was rescheduled from the previous night, out of sensitivity to the community following the traffic-stop death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
Julius Randle had 34 points and 10 rebounds against his former team and the Knicks beat the Lakers 111-96 on Monday night for their third straight victory.
The Knicks snapped a nine-game losing streak to Toronto. New York had not beaten the Raptors since Nov. 22, 2017, at home.
A-Rod was the headliner in a group that tried to buy the New York Mets last year.
The Lakers had led most of the way and were ahead 66-62 when Irving fouled Schroder with 9:41 left in the third.
RJ Barrett scored 20 points, making a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 1:15 left in overtime, and New York used a late rally to stun the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
Durant returned from a 23-game absence to spark Brooklyn's most explosive half of the season, finishing with 17 points on 5-for-5 shooting in the Nets' rout of the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.
RJ Barrett was 6-for-6 on 3-pointers and scored 29 points for the Knicks, who have dropped two straight — each by two points — and five of six.
Kyrie Irving scored 40 points, Jeff Green made two free throws with 3.7 seconds left and the Nets overcame the early loss of James Harden to beat the Knicks 114-112.
Nikola Vucevic had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Zach LaVine added 25 points and the Chicago Bulls beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-107 on Sunday to snap a six-game losing streak.
Julius Randle scored 20 of his 29 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks pounded the Detroit Pistons 125-81 on Saturday night.
Luka Doncic scored 26 points and the Dallas Mavericks beat the New York Knicks 99-86 Friday night.
LaMarcus Aldridge made his Nets debut and found playing in the post to be a breeze on a team so potent from the perimeter.
