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Knicks in Playoffs


For the second straight year, the New York Knicks, featuring superstar small forward Carmelo Anthony and power forward Amare Stoudemire, have made the playoffs. Last season it was with a record of 42-40, but the Knicks improved by three games to place sixth in the Eastern Conference and a matchup with the third-seeded Chicago Bulls, with a record of 48-34.

Matchup Preview *|* January 1,
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New York Knicks (45-37, Away)		Chicago Bulls (48-34, Home)
Stats Comparison 106.4 Points Per Game 100.8 102.6 PPG Allowed 96.7 .438 Field Goal % .448 .352 3-Point % .343 .769 Free Throw % .776 49.4 Rebounds 48.4 7.6 Steals 8.5 5.2 Blocks 5.9 14.9 Turnovers 15.3 Projected Starters Baron Davis Point Guard Derrick Rose J.R. Smith Shooting Guard Ronnie Brewer Carmelo Anthony Small Forward Luol Deng Amar'e Stoudemire Power Forward Omer Asik Tyson Chandler Center Joakim Noah

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Amar'e-Less Knicks Dominated by Bulls


Derrick Rose had 21 points en route to a 12-point victory

New York Knicks (0-1) at Chicago Bulls (1-0)
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 Final New York 21 18 14 30 83 Chicago 21 24 25 25 95 Top Performers New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony - 17 points, 6 rebounds Baron Davis - 22 points, 4 steals Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose - 21 points, 7 rebounds Joakim Noah - 12 rebounds	Team Stats Comparison NYK CHI FG Made-Att 36/80 44/93 3PT Made-Att 5-22 5/15 FT Made-Att 6-12 2/2? Rebounds 44 50 Assists 16 21 Turnovers 18 12 Steals 9 14 Blocks 6 2
New York Knicks STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Baron Davis 30 9/25 4/8 0/0 1 1 4 0 1 22 Carmelo Anthony 28 8/18 0/6 1/2 6 0 2 1 4 17 Jared Jeffries 28 5/7 0/1 1/3 5 2 0 2 1 11 J.R. Smith 27 3/10 1/4 3/4 8 2 0 2 3 10 Tyson Chandler 34 1/4 0/0 0/2 13 3 2 1 3 2 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Ivan Shumpert 14 2/3 0/1 0/0 0 2 0 0 2 4 Jeremy Lin 14 4/6 0/2 0/0 5 3 0 0 3 8 Bill Walker 12 3/4 0/0 1/1 3 1 1 0 0 7 Landry Fields 10 1/1 0/0 0/0 2 2 0 0 0 2 Josh Harrellson 8 0/2 0/0 0/0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Toney Douglas 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Bibby 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago Bulls STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Joakim Noah 31 6/8 0/0 0/0 12 2 1 1 0 12 Carlos Boozer 30 6/16 0/0 0/0 5 4 1 0 0 12 Derrick Rose 27 9/20 1/5 2/2 7 8 3 0 4 21 Luol Deng 26 4/13 1/3 0/0 5 0 1 0 1 9 Ronnie Brewer 25 6/8 0/0 0/0 4 1 5 0 0 12 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Richard Hamilton 16 6/9 1/1 0/0 4 0 0 0 2 13 C.J. Watson 13 4/5 1/2 0/0 0 4 2 1 3 9 Omer Asik 13 0/2 0/0 0/0 3 1 0 0 0 0 Jimmy Butler 10 1/5 0/1 0/0 5 0 1 0 1 2 Kyle Korver 9 1/3 1/3 0/0 1 0 0 0 1 3 Brian Scalabrine 5 0/1 0/0 0/0 2 1 0 0 0 0 John Lucas 2 1/3 0/0 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 2

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Knicks Take Game 2 in Double Overtime


Jeremy Lin's buzzer beater tied the game at 122 to send the game to overtime

New York Knicks (1-1) at Chicago Bulls (1-1)
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 OT Final New York 25 24 30 43 23 145 Chicago 28 31 33 30 19 141 Top Performers New York Knicks Carmelo Anthony - 48 point J.R. Smith - 36 points, 6 assists Chicago Bulls Derrick Rose - 42 points, 10 assists Luol Deng - 20 points, 13 rebounds	Team Stats Comparison NYK CHI FG Made-Att 63/120 61/118 3PT Made-Att 13/29 6/19 FT Made-Att 6/7 13/15 Rebounds 43 63 Assists 35 30 Turnovers 16 24 Steals 22 16 Blocks 9 9
New York Knicks STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS J.R. Smith 44 15/24 4/8 2/3 5 6 2 1 3 36 Carmelo Anthony 42 21/38 6/12 0/0 9 3 5 1 3 48 Tyson Chandler 41 4/12 0/0 0/0 9 4 3 3 4 8 Baron Davis 39 8/17 2/6 0/0 4 14 6 2 2 18 Jared Jeffries 30 4/7 0/0 0/0 4 2 0 1 1 8 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Jeremy Lin 25 8/15 1/2 4/4 4 2 5 0 1 21 Landry Fields 11 0/2 0/0 0/0 5 0 0 1 1 0 Bill Walker 9 0/1 0/1 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Iman Shumpert 8 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 2 1 0 0 2 Mike Bibby 6 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 2 0 0 1 2 Josh Harrellson 6 1/2 0/0 0/0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Toney Douglas 3 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chicago Bulls STARTERS MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Luol Deng 43 10/22 0/4 0/0 13 3 1 2 0 20 Ronnie Brewer 43 5/8 0/0 0/0 5 4 2 2 1 10 Joakim Noah 41 8/12 0/0 2/2 10 0 1 1 0 18 Derrick Rose 41 16/37 3/10 7/7 6 10 2 2 15 42 Omer Asik 29 7/12 0/0 0/0 12 1 2 1 0 14 BENCH MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Richad Hamilton 24 4/10 1/1 3/4 6 4 4 0 3 12 Carlos Boozer 12 1/2 0/0 1/2 3 0 0 0 1 3 C.J. Watson 12 3/5 1/2 0/0 0 6 2 1 4 7 Jimmy Butler 10 5/6 0/0 0/0 3 1 1 0 0 10 Brian Scalbrine 8 2/3 1/1 0/0 3 1 1 0 0 5 Kyle Korver 3 0/1 0/1 0/0 2 0 0 0 0 0 John Lucas 1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0