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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Wasted His Best Game Ever
For the third time in his career, Carmelo Anthony scored 50 points. While it is the first time he’s done it with the New York Knicks, leading them to a win over the NBA champions and the Eastern conference leaders, it came on a night when the competition he faced wasn’t exactly at its peak form, not playing with their top two players.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony & the Three Point Band
It wasn’t the best performance we’ve seen this season from Carmelo Anthony, but it was solid enough to lead the perfect mix of three point shooting and aggressive, drive-to-the-basket style as the New York Knicks hone in on their first division title in nearly 20 years.
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New York Knicks – J.R. Smith Stealing the Spotlight From Carmelo Anthony
The New York Knicks began the season with unselfish ball movement, unstoppable three point shooting and excellent defense. It was too good to last for a very long time, and are once again at the mercy of individual performances – usually those of Carmelo Anthony, but for a second straight game, J.R. Smith coming off the bench is the one who steals the show.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Enjoys Finally Dominating the Rivalry
It’s been quite a while since the New York Knicks have been the dominant team in their traditional rivalry with the Boston Celtics, but time, injuries and ability, especially that of a superstar like Carmelo Anthony, have changed the balance of power between the two teams, in what looks like a preview, going in favor of the Knicks, for the 2013 NBA Playoffs.
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New York Knicks – Don’t Need Carmelo, Amare & Chandler to Stop Losing
Who knew that the combination of Kenyon Martin, Kurt Thomas, Marcus Camby and Jason Kidd might be enough to stop the losing streak the New York Knicks were on, doing just about enough at their advanced age to put the absence of Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire off the headlines, just for once?
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Los Angeles Clippers – Chris Paul Leads the Best Show in Town
Lobs, dunks and Alley-oops mean that the Los Angeles Clippers are rollin’, and despite falling a little bit behind the top two in the Western Conference, Chris Paul isn’t going to let his team slip too far down the charts of the playoff seeding, making life easy and fun for Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Gives Fans a Point Guard to Be Proud Of
A lot of emotion in sport fan-bases gets channeled towards hatred, and the Portland Trail Blazers had their fans give them a big boost in the win over the New York Knicks by pouring on the hate against Raymond Felton, while their own rookie point guard, Damian Lillard, showed how much better of a player he is when compared to the position last season.
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Golden State Warriors – Stephen Curry & Out of Nowhere Defense
Defensive ability isn’t what people usually associate with the Golden State Warriors, for good reason. Their strengths is usually with their outside shooting, and no one presents that ability better than Stephen Curry, who didn’t have the kind of night he had against the Knicks at the Madison Square Garden, but he ended up with a win this time.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – Kevin Durant Shines Without Duel Rival
The first visit for the Oklahoma City Thunder in New York since 2010 wasn’t about the duel between Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony because of an injury keeping the Knicks’ star out of the game, and possibly giving the visiting team a hard-earned road win.
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New York Knicks – Amare Stoudemire Overcomes Carmelo Anthony Injury
Will the New York Knicks succeed in their plans to go very far this season in the NBA playoffs without Carmelo Anthony? Despite several conspiracy theories, probably not. But for one game, having Amare Stoudemire feel like a star player again was enough to fill in for the fallen number one guy on the team.