Knicks Snap 10-Game Skid Behind Crawford
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Jamal Crawford made a jumper with 3 seconds left and the Knicks snapped a 10-game losing streak with a 98-96 victory over the Toronto Raptors last night.
Eddy Curry scored 18 points and Jalen Rose had 17 against his former team to earn his first victory since joining the Knicks. New York won for only the second time in 18 games, snapping its longest skid since ending the 1984-85 season with a franchise-record 12 straight losses.
That hasn’t been Rose’s fault. He entered the game averaging 17.8 points since joining the Knicks after a February 3 trade with the Raptors, but with Stephon Marbury out with a shoulder injury the entire time, he hasn’t had nearly enough help from a young team that took a 15-37 record into the All-Star break.
He got plenty last night. Crawford and Quentin Richardson each scored 14 points and Channing Frye had 10.
The Knicks made nine of their first 11 shots to start the third quarter. Crawford’s layup capped an 8-0 spurt that gave the Knicks a 55-51 lead, and he ended an 8-2 surge later in the period that pushed the lead to 68-59 with 5:11 left.
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NETS 95, BOBCATS 94 Vince Carter tipped in his own miss with 9.6 seconds left to lift the Nets to a 95-94 victory over the Charlotte Bobcats, snapping a seven game road losing streak.
Richard Jefferson scored 25 points and Nenad Krstic added 20. Carter had 19 points and Jason Kidd finished with 11 points, nine rebounds and nine assists for the Nets, who enter the All-Star break atop the Atlantic Division.
