Recap: New York vs. Washington
Sports Network | November 22, 2008
New York, NY (Sports Network) - Quentin Richardson scored 34 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to pace the shorthanded New York Knicks to a 122-117 win over the Washington Wizards.
Richardson went 7-of-13 from three-point range for the Knicks, who played with the minimum of eight players for a second straight game because of a pair of trades they made on Friday. Also, guard Stephon Marbury didn't dress for the game.
Nate Robinson had a season-high 27 points, Wilson Chandler tallied 23 and David Lee contributed 22 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who snapped a three-game skid. Chris Duhon had 10 points and 11 assists.
Antawn Jamison scored 29 and pulled down 13 rebounds for the Wizards, who fell to 1-10 on the season. Caron Butler scored 23, while Nick Young had 17.
In separate deals, the Knicks traded their two leading scorers, forward Zach Randolph and guard Jamal Crawford, before a 104-87 Friday loss to Milwaukee. Randolph, who was averaging 20.5 points, was shipped to the Los Angeles Clippers along with reserve guard Mardy Collins for Cuttino Mobley and Tim Thomas, while Crawford, who averaged 19.6 in New York, was sent to Golden State for forward Al Harrington. None of the new acquisitions were available Saturday, but they arrived in New York before the game.
"It's a change of atmosphere all the way around," said Harrington. "Things are definitely different around here. I've played under Mike (D'Antoni) before. The atmosphere is definitely going to be fun. You don't have to play like robots, you get to play to your strengths."
Darius Songaila's layup had the Wizards within 116-113 with just over two minutes left, but Lee countered with a layup. DeShawn Stevenson missed a three-pointer at the other end, and Richardson's layup expanded the advantage to seven.
Young made a pair of free throws, and a Butler putback with 7.8 seconds remaining made it a three-point game, but Duhon made both at the charity stripe to seal the victory.
Songaila had 13 points, and Stevenson ended with 10 points and eight assists.
The Knicks led by double digits with under three minutes left in the opening quarter and settled for a 35-29 edge after 12 minutes. They were ahead 60-58 at the half, but used an 11-4 run to start the third. The Wizards, though, rallied and got within 91-89 going to the fourth on a Butler three-pointer.
The Knicks shot 16-of-36 from beyond the arc...Robinson made 10-of-14 from the field...New York has won three straight meetings.
