GAME THREAD: NBA: NEW YORK (2-6) at DENVER (6-3)

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA NEW YORK 81
DENVER 112 0:48 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
NEW YORK 22 18 16 27 83
DENVER 30 28 26 31 115 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: NYK - ZACH RANDOLPH 16, EDDY CURRY 12, MARDY
COLLINS 10
DEN - CARMELO ANTHONY 24, ALLEN IVERSON 23,
LINAS KLEIZA 18</div>

 

By Blake Redabaugh
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) -- Starting or sitting Stephon Marbury appearsto not have much influence on the outcome of recent games forthe New York Knicks.


Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points and Allen Iverson added 23 asthe Denver Nuggets secured their fifth straight win, a 115-83drubbing of the struggling Knicks on Saturday night.

Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby added sixpoints, 20 rebounds, six assists and five blocks for theNuggets, who have emphasized defense during their win streak.

New York, which concluded a winless four-game road swing andlost its sixth consecutive game overall, brought Marbury off thebench for the third straight game as coach Isiah Thomas choseto start Mardy Collins at point guard.


Marbury, who scored five points on 1-for-6 shooting, has been ina feud with Thomas over the past week after the coach and teamchairman James Dolan reportedly are considering options for thecontroversial point guard - including a move to the bench, atrade or a buyout of his contract.


In response, the veteran guard skipped Monday's practice priorto Tuesday's game against the Phoenix Suns. He flew home to NewYork in a huff but returned to play on Wednesday vs. the LosAngeles Clippers and Friday vs. the Sacramento Kings.

But it hasn't mattered as the Knicks have lost all three contestssince his return.


The Nuggets raced out to a 30-22 first-quarter lead behind 13points each from Anthony and Iverson. The dynamic duo combinedto shoot 10-of-14 from the floor in the quarter.


J.R. Smith provided a spark off the bench for Denver during a14-6 run to open up the second. Smith connected on two3-pointers and scored eight points during the burst.

Denver, which never trailed and shot 49 percent (43-of-88) fromthe floor in the game, took a 58-40 lead into the half. Itbuilt the lead up to 34 points and never let New York get anycloser than 16 in the second half.


The Knicks, who have not won since November 6 when they beat theNuggets by seven points in New York, were led by Zach Randolphwith 16 points and 11 rebounds. Randolph was making his returnafter missing Friday's game vs. the Kings to attend hisgrandmother's funeral.

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NEW YORK (83) AT DENVER (115)

NEW YORK

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

M COLLINS G 19:06 2-4 6-6 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 10
J CRAWFORD G 26:15 2-7 3-4 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 8
Z RANDOLPH F 30:55 8-23 0-1 7 4 11 1 3 2 3 16
Q RICHARDSON F 22:51 3-9 0-0 1 6 7 3 1 0 1 6
E CURRY C 17:41 5-8 2-3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 12
N ROBINSON 29:53 3-9 0-0 2 4 6 2 4 0 2 7
F JONES 21:18 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
D LEE 21:19 4-6 1-2 3 8 11 1 2 1 3 9
S MARBURY 16:21 1-6 3-5 0 2 2 5 5 1 1 5
J JEFFRIES 13:52 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
R BALKMAN 12:19 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 2
M ROSE 8:10 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2

TOTALS 240:00 32-84 15-21 17 29 46 20 29 8 17 83
(.381) (.714) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 17 (0 PTS)

DENVER

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A IVERSON G 34:54 7-13 8-9 1 0 1 4 1 0 4 23
Y DIAWARA G 23:32 4-6 0-0 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 10
K MARTIN F 18:56 3-4 0-2 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 6
C ANTHONY F 29:32 11-18 0-4 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 24
M CAMBY C 28:34 3-9 0-2 4 16 20 6 2 1 1 6
L KLEIZA 23:01 7-13 2-3 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 18
J SMITH 22:23 3-8 3-4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 12
E NAJERA 20:54 2-7 2-3 2 2 4 2 0 3 2 6
B JONES 19:26 2-7 2-2 2 6 8 4 4 0 1 6
M WILKS 13:06 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
V WAFER 5:42 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4

TOTALS 240:00 43-88 18-31 18 33 51 32 16 12 11 115
(.489) (.581) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 11 (0 PTS)

NEW YORK 22 18 16 27 - 83
DENVER 30 28 26 31 - 115

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW YORK - D LEE 2, F JONES. DENVER - M CAMBY 5, E NAJERA 2,
C ANTHONY 2, K MARTIN, Y DIAWARA.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW YORK 4-13 (.308), J CRAWFORD 1-3, N ROBINSON 1-
4, F JONES 2-3, S MARBURY 0-2, J JEFFRIES 0-1. DENVER 11-26 (.423),
A IVERSON 1-3, Y DIAWARA 2-3, C ANTHONY 2-2, M CAMBY 0-1, L KLEIZA 2-
7, J SMITH 3-6, E NAJERA 0-1, B JONES 0-2, V WAFER 1-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NEW YORK - Z RANDOLPH. DENVER - L KLEIZA.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DEREK RICHARDSON, STEVE JAVIE, TONY BROWN.
A - 19,679. T - 2:18.</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NEW YORK (83)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
M Collins 19:06 2-4 6-6 0-2 3 1 10
J Crawford 26:15 2-7 3-4 1-2 4 2 8
Z Randolph 30:55 8-23 0-1 7-11 1 3 16
Q Richardson 22:51 3-9 0-0 1-7 3 1 6
E Curry 17:41 5-8 2-3 2-2 0 2 12
N Robinson 29:53 3-9 0-0 2-6 2 4 7
F Jones 21:18 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 6
D Lee 21:19 4-6 1-2 3-11 1 2 9
S Marbury 16:21 1-6 3-5 0-2 5 5 5
J Jeffries 13:52 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
R Balkman 12:19 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 6 2
M Rose 8:10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 32-84 15-21 17-46 20 29 83
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.381, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (J Crawford 1-3, N Robinson 1-4, F
Jones 2-3, S Marbury 0-2, J Jeffries 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked Shots:3 (D Lee 2, F
Jones). Turnovers:17 (Z Randolph 3, D Lee 3,
M Rose 2, N Robinson 2, S Marbury, E Curry, R
Balkman, M Collins, J Jeffries, J Crawford, Q
Richardson). Steals: 8 (F Jones 3, Z Randolph
2, S Marbury, D Lee, M Collins).


DENVER (115)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Iverson 34:54 7-13 8-9 1-1 4 1 23
Y Diawara 23:32 4-6 0-0 2-3 3 3 10
K Martin 18:56 3-4 0-2 0-3 1 0 6
C Anthony 29:32 11-18 0-4 2-3 6 1 24
M Camby 28:34 3-9 0-2 4-20 6 2 6
L Kleiza 23:01 7-13 2-3 3-4 2 2 18
J Smith 22:23 3-8 3-4 1-2 3 2 12
E Najera 20:54 2-7 2-3 2-4 2 0 6
B Jones 19:26 2-7 2-2 2-8 4 4 6
M Wilks 13:06 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0
V Wafer 5:42 1-2 1-2 0-1 1 1 4

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 43-88 18-31 18-51 32 16 115
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.489, FT-.581. 3-Point Goals:
11-26, .423 (A Iverson 1-3, Y Diawara 2-3, C
Anthony 2-2, M Camby 0-1, L Kleiza 2-7, J
Smith 3-6, E Najera 0-1, B Jones 0-2, V Wafer
1-1). Team Rebounds: 13. Blocked Shots:11 (M
Camby 5, E Najera 2, C Anthony 2, K Martin, Y
Diawara). Turnovers:11 (A Iverson 4, E Najera
2, M Camby, C Anthony, B Jones, V Wafer, Y
Diawara). Steals: 12 (K Martin 4, E Najera 3,
J Smith 2, M Camby, L Kleiza, Y Diawara).

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NEW YORK 22 18 16 27 - 83
DENVER 30 28 26 31 - 115
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Technical fouls: New York - 1 (Z Randolph,
0:32 2nd). Denver - 1 (L Kleiza, 10:51 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,679. T: 2:18.
Officials: Derek Richardson, Steve Javie,
Tony Brown.</div>

 

By Blake Redabaugh
PA SportsTicker Contributing Writer


DENVER (Ticker) -- Starting or sitting Stephon Marbury appearsto not have much influence on the outcome of recent games forthe New York Knicks.


Carmelo Anthony scored 24 points and Allen Iverson added 23 asthe Denver Nuggets secured their fifth straight win, a 115-83drubbing of the struggling Knicks on Saturday night.

Reigning Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Camby added sixpoints, 20 rebounds, six assists and five blocks for theNuggets, who have emphasized defense during their win streak.

"Marcus really put on a show tonight," Nuggets coach George Karlsaid. "I think the professionalism is growing on this team."

"This last week we have been showing teams that we can buckledown on defense," Anthony said. "Tonight we could takeadvantage of getting up and down the court and our transitiontonight was there and we made shots."


New York, which concluded a winless four-game road swing andlost its sixth consecutive game overall, brought Marbury off thebench for the third straight game as coach Isiah Thomas choseto start Mardy Collins at point guard.


Marbury, who scored five points on 1-for-6 shooting, has been ina feud with Thomas over the past week after the coach and teamchairman James Dolan reportedly are considering options for thecontroversial point guard - including a move to the bench, atrade or a buyout of his contract.


In response, the veteran guard skipped Monday's practice priorto Tuesday's game against the Phoenix Suns. He flew home to NewYork in a huff but returned to play on Wednesday vs. the LosAngeles Clippers and Friday vs. the Sacramento Kings.

But it hasn't mattered as the Knicks have lost all threecontests since his return.


"It was a bad one," Marbury said. "We just couldn't get ittogether defensively and offensively. We just weren't doing thethings we needed to do to win the game. We need to work on alot things."


"It was a tough night for us," Thomas said. "We had a lot ofunfortunate things happen to us in the past week. We got alittle work to do and the season is still young."


The Nuggets raced out to a 30-22 first-quarter lead behind 13points each from Anthony and Iverson. The dynamic duo combinedto shoot 10-of-14 from the floor in the quarter.


J.R. Smith provided a spark off the bench for Denver during a14-6 run to open up the second. Smith connected on two3-pointers and scored eight points during the burst.

"We have so much individual talent on this team," Iverson said."I don't think any of the guys think about that. We ride themomentum of whatever guy is playing well and a lot of these winshave been from everybody playing well."


Denver, which never trailed and shot 49 percent (43-of-88) fromthe floor in the game, took a 58-40 lead into the half. Itbuilt the lead up to 34 points and never let New York get anycloser than 16 in the second half.


The Knicks, who have not won since November 6 when they beat theNuggets by seven points in New York, were led by Zach Randolphwith 16 points and 11 rebounds. Randolph was making his returnafter missing Friday's game vs. the Kings to attend hisgrandmother's funeral.


"I was kind of winded," Randolph said. "I've been flying allday. It's been an emotional week and I'm glad it's over with.I can get back in my rhythm and get my wind back."

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
NEW YORK 83
DENVER 115 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NEW YORK (83) AT DENVER (115)

NEW YORK

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

M COLLINS G 19:06 2-4 6-6 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 10
J CRAWFORD G 26:15 2-7 3-4 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 8
Z RANDOLPH F 30:55 8-23 0-1 7 4 11 1 3 2 3 16
Q RICHARDSON F 22:51 3-9 0-0 1 6 7 3 1 0 1 6
E CURRY C 17:41 5-8 2-3 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 12
N ROBINSON 29:53 3-9 0-0 2 4 6 2 4 0 2 7
F JONES 21:28 2-5 0-0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
D LEE 21:19 4-6 1-2 3 8 11 1 2 1 3 9
S MARBURY 16:21 1-6 3-5 0 2 2 5 5 1 1 5
J JEFFRIES 13:52 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
R BALKMAN 12:09 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 6 0 1 2
M ROSE 8:10 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2
J JAMES DNP - COACH'S DECISION
R MORRIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
W CHANDLER DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 32-84 15-21 17 29 46 20 29 8 17 83
(.381) (.714) TEAM REBS: 6 TOTAL TO: 17 (18 PTS)

DENVER

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

A IVERSON G 34:54 7-13 8-9 1 0 1 4 1 0 4 23
Y DIAWARA G 23:32 4-6 0-0 2 1 3 3 3 1 1 10
K MARTIN F 18:56 3-4 0-2 0 3 3 1 0 4 0 6
C ANTHONY F 29:32 11-18 0-4 2 1 3 6 1 0 1 24
M CAMBY C 28:34 3-9 0-2 4 16 20 6 2 1 1 6
L KLEIZA 23:01 7-13 2-3 3 1 4 2 2 1 0 18
J SMITH 22:23 3-8 3-4 1 1 2 3 2 2 0 12
E NAJERA 20:54 2-7 2-3 2 2 4 2 0 3 2 6
B JONES 19:26 2-7 2-2 2 6 8 4 4 0 1 6
M WILKS 13:06 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
V WAFER 5:42 1-2 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 4
A CARTER DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C ATKINS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
NENE DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 43-88 18-31 18 33 51 32 16 12 11 115
(.489) (.581) TEAM REBS: 13 TOTAL TO: 11 (12 PTS)

NEW YORK 22 18 16 27 - 83
DENVER 30 28 26 31 - 115

BLOCKED SHOTS: NEW YORK - D LEE 2, F JONES. DENVER - M CAMBY 5, E NAJERA 2,
C ANTHONY 2, K MARTIN, Y DIAWARA.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: NEW YORK 4-13 (.308), J CRAWFORD 1-3, N ROBINSON 1-
4, F JONES 2-3, S MARBURY 0-2, J JEFFRIES 0-1. DENVER 11-26 (.423),
A IVERSON 1-3, Y DIAWARA 2-3, C ANTHONY 2-2, M CAMBY 0-1, L KLEIZA 2-
7, J SMITH 3-6, E NAJERA 0-1, B JONES 0-2, V WAFER 1-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NEW YORK - Z RANDOLPH. DENVER - L KLEIZA.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DEREK RICHARDSON, STEVE JAVIE, TONY BROWN.
A - 19,679. T - 2:11.</div>

 

NBA: NEW YORK at DENVER

<div class="pre">NEW YORK (83)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
M Collins 19:06 2-4 6-6 0-2 3 1 10
J Crawford 26:15 2-7 3-4 1-2 4 2 8
Z Randolph 30:55 8-23 0-1 7-11 1 3 16
Q Richardson 22:51 3-9 0-0 1-7 3 1 6
E Curry 17:41 5-8 2-3 2-2 0 2 12
N Robinson 29:53 3-9 0-0 2-6 2 4 7
F Jones 21:28 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 6
D Lee 21:19 4-6 1-2 3-11 1 2 9
S Marbury 16:21 1-6 3-5 0-2 5 5 5
J Jeffries 13:52 0-3 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
R Balkman 12:09 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 6 2
M Rose 8:10 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 2
J James DNP - COACH'S DECISION
R Morris DNP - COACH'S DECISION
W Chandler DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 32-84 15-21 17-46 20 29 83
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.381, FT-.714. 3-Point Goals:
4-13, .308 (J Crawford 1-3, N Robinson 1-4, F
Jones 2-3, S Marbury 0-2, J Jeffries 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 6. Blocked Shots:3 (D Lee 2, F
Jones). Turnovers:17 (Z Randolph 3, D Lee 3,
M Rose 2, N Robinson 2, S Marbury, E Curry, R
Balkman, M Collins, J Jeffries, J Crawford, Q
Richardson). Steals: 8 (F Jones 3, Z Randolph
2, S Marbury, D Lee, M Collins).


DENVER (115)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
A Iverson 34:54 7-13 8-9 1-1 4 1 23
Y Diawara 23:32 4-6 0-0 2-3 3 3 10
K Martin 18:56 3-4 0-2 0-3 1 0 6
C Anthony 29:32 11-18 0-4 2-3 6 1 24
M Camby 28:34 3-9 0-2 4-20 6 2 6
L Kleiza 23:01 7-13 2-3 3-4 2 2 18
J Smith 22:23 3-8 3-4 1-2 3 2 12
E Najera 20:54 2-7 2-3 2-4 2 0 6
B Jones 19:26 2-7 2-2 2-8 4 4 6
M Wilks 13:06 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0
V Wafer 5:42 1-2 1-2 0-1 1 1 4
A Carter DNP - COACH'S DECISION
C Atkins DNP - COACH'S DECISION
Nene DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 43-88 18-31 18-51 32 16 115
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.489, FT-.581. 3-Point Goals:
11-26, .423 (A Iverson 1-3, Y Diawara 2-3, C
Anthony 2-2, M Camby 0-1, L Kleiza 2-7, J
Smith 3-6, E Najera 0-1, B Jones 0-2, V Wafer
1-1). Team Rebounds: 13. Blocked Shots:11 (M
Camby 5, E Najera 2, C Anthony 2, K Martin, Y
Diawara). Turnovers:11 (A Iverson 4, E Najera
2, M Camby, C Anthony, B Jones, V Wafer, Y
Diawara). Steals: 12 (K Martin 4, E Najera 3,
J Smith 2, M Camby, L Kleiza, Y Diawara).

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NEW YORK 22 18 16 27 - 83
DENVER 30 28 26 31 - 115
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: New York - 1 (Z Randolph,
0:32 2nd). Denver - 1 (L Kleiza, 10:51 4th).
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 19,679. T: 2:11.
Officials: Derek Richardson, Steve Javie,
Tony Brown.</div>