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WHAT IT MEANS: How’s this for team chemistry?
With LeBron James barreling down the lane and the Heat down one with under 10 seconds to play, Carmelo Anthony slowed James' progress and Amare Stoudemireblocked his shot to seal the Knicks’ 91-86 win.
Fans and pundits had questioned whether Stoudemire and Anthony could come together on the offensive end since the Knicks landed Anthony in a trade on Tuesday, but it was the defensive stand on James by Stat and Melo that stood out most in a game that at times mimicked the ugly, grind-it-out nature of the Knicks-Heat battles of the late 1990s.
The Knicks rebounded from an embarrassing 115-109 loss to the 11-win Cavaliers on Friday night by holding the best team in the Eastern Conference to 50 points in the final three quarters. New York shot just 38 percent from the field but held the Heat to 43 percent shooting and 27 percent from 3-point land.
With LeBron James barreling down the lane and the Heat down one with under 10 seconds to play, Carmelo Anthony slowed James' progress and Amare Stoudemireblocked his shot to seal the Knicks’ 91-86 win.
Fans and pundits had questioned whether Stoudemire and Anthony could come together on the offensive end since the Knicks landed Anthony in a trade on Tuesday, but it was the defensive stand on James by Stat and Melo that stood out most in a game that at times mimicked the ugly, grind-it-out nature of the Knicks-Heat battles of the late 1990s.
The Knicks rebounded from an embarrassing 115-109 loss to the 11-win Cavaliers on Friday night by holding the best team in the Eastern Conference to 50 points in the final three quarters. New York shot just 38 percent from the field but held the Heat to 43 percent shooting and 27 percent from 3-point land.
