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NBA
Knicks knock out the Raptors, 98-93
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TORONTO — Wilson Chandler scored 22 points, Amare Stoudenire man had 19 points and 10 rebounds and the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 98-93 on Wednesday night.
Chandler scored eight points in the final quarter and Stoudemire added seven for New York, which led 74-72 through three.
Andrea Bargnani scored 18 points in the first half but had just four in the second for Toronto,
which had won eight of its previous nine home openers. The Raptors were playing their first game without star Chris Bosh, who signed with Miami in the offseason. He spent seven years in Toronto.
Raymond Felton scored 15 points, Danilo Gallinari had 12 and Landry Fields 11 for the Knicks, with Toney Douglas adding 10.
Toronto's Reggie Evans had 16 rebounds but the Knicks outrebounded the Raptors 49-45.
Barbosa made a 3-pointer at
10:48 of the fourth, giving Toronto a 77-76 lead, its first since the second quarter. New York reclaimed the lead before Toronto's David Andersen tied it with a 3-point play. Chandler scored on the next two possessions to give the Knicks a four-point edge, and New York never trailed again.
Jack made two free throws, then added a layup with one minute left, cutting it to 96-93. Kleiza's 3-pointer rimmed out on the next possession and, after a New York miss, Barbosa airballied a 3 from
the corner, giving the Knicks the ball with three seconds remaining. Felton was fouled and iced it with a pair from the line.
Toronto trailed by 16 points early in the second but cut the deficit to one, 44-33, with an 11-0 run capped by a 3-point play by Kleiza with 3:52 left. The Knicks held firm and led 51-47 at the break.
Felton scored seven points in the third as New York carried a two-point edge into the fourth.
NHL
Tampa Bay beats Penguins in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. — Martin St.
TAMPA, Fla. — Martin St.
Louis scored the tiebreak goal early in the third and added a late
empty-netter to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Wednesday night
St. Louis blew past Penguins defenseman Ben Lovejoy and lifted a shot over goalie Marc-Andre
Adams, Matt Cooke and Pascal Dupuis. The Penguins have lost two in a row, including a 1-0 overtime loss at St. Louis on Saturday.
Fleury to put Tampa Bay up 4-3 with 13:20 to play, then made it a two-goal game with Fleury on the bench for an extra skater with 30.8 seconds remaining.
Pittsburgh got goals from Craig
NBA
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NEWARK, N.J. — Anthony Morrow hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with 26 seconds to play and the New Jersey Nets gave Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov a win in his first game as their owner with a 101-98 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday night.
Williams coed Belle Tayshaun Prince, Rodney Stuckey and Charlie Villanueva
Brook Lopez led the Nets with 25 points and nine rebounds, and Devin Harris added 22 points and nine assists. Morrow, who was signed a free agent in the offseason, added 13 points and Jordan Farmar and Terrence Williams each had 10.
The Nets outscored the Pistons 13-3 in the final 1:40 to give Avery Johnson a win in his first game as coach — coming much quicker than last season, when they set an NBA record by losing their first 18 games.
had 14 points apiece for the Pistons, who had seven players in double figures in the Nets' first regular-season game at the Prudential Center.
Farmar cut the gap to 95-91 with a 3-pointer from the left wing with 1:31 to play, then stripped Ben Gordon on the other end. Harris created contact with Gordon at the other end and converted a three-point play with 57 seconds left to cut the lead to 95-94.
After Stuckey missed a shot under pressure from Farmar, Morrow put the Nets ahead 97-95 after Harris nearly lost the ball and flipped it back to him.
ball and hippopotamus Villanea missed a 3-pointer on the Pistons' next possession with 18 seconds to go and Harris pushed the lead to 99-95 with two free throws with 16 seconds left.
Villaneuea cut the deficit to a point with a 3-pointer with 14 seconds to go but Farmar made two free throws for the Nets' final points a second later.
Down 70-67 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Pistons outscored New Jersey 20-7 in the
The Nets, who won a franchise-low 12 games last season, seemed headed for another opening-night loss when Richard Hamilton hit a 3-pointer from the left corner with 1:40 remaining for a 95-88 lead.
The Pistons had two chances to tie in the closing seconds. Villanueva missed a 3-pointer with 2 seconds to go and Stuckey missed a desperation heave from the corner at the buzzer after Williams missed two free throws at the other end.
The Nets outscored the Pistons 13-3 in the final 1:40 to give Avery Johnson a win in his first game as coach.
opening sixplus minutes to take an 87-77 lead.
Gordon was the catalyst, hitting a jumper, a 3-pointer and setting up Will
Bynum for a three-point play on a fast break in the opening two minutes.
Gordon had eight points in the spurt and Jason Maxiell added five.
The Nets, who have 11 new players on their roster, rallied from a 10-point deficit early in the third quarter behind two of the four leftovers from last year — Lopez and Harris. They combined to score 15 of 17 points in a 17-6 spurt that gave them a 62-61 lead.