NBA ROUNDUP Saturday's other games
Knicks 95, Nuggets 88
NEW YORK -- Antonio McDyess scored a season-high 15 points against the team that traded him nearly 18 months ago, leading New York past Denver to snap a six-game losing streak. McDyess made his first start since March of 2002, replacing Kurt Thomas (sore knee) on New York's front line. McDyess, playing his seventh game since coming back from a knee injury, scored seven points in the final four minutes to win for the first time with his new team. Frank Williams ran the point for New York during the entire fourth quarter, finding McDyess on a backdoor cut for an alley-oop layup that gave New York an 89-83 lead with 1:01 remaining. The Nuggets got no closer than five the rest of the way. Carmelo Anthony led Denver with 25 points, and Marcus Camby added 12 points and 12 rebounds in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden since the Knicks sent him to Denver as part of the five-player trade that brought McDyess to New York. Keith Van Horn had 16 points, and Allan Houston, back after missing three games with a sore knee, added 15. Williams had eight points, seven assists and four rebounds -- six of the points and five of the assists coming in the fourth quarter.
Magic 105, Hawks 102
ATLANTA -- Tracy McGrady capped a late rally with a 20-foot jumper, giving Orlando the victory. Shammond Williams finished off the comeback with a steal and five free throws, helping the Magic win for the third time in four games after losing 19 straight. McGrady had 30 points. Shareef Abdur-Rahim had 25 for the Hawks, who have lost seven of their last eight games. Stephen Jackson added 20 points and Dion Glover had 19.
Grizzlies 110, Nets 63
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Bonzi Wells had 22 points in Memphis' most lopsided victory in franchise history. The Nets scored the fewest points of any Grizzlies opponent, and came within a point of matching their own futility record. Memphis had six players in double figures, including Mike Miller and Stromile Swift with 18 each. Miller also had seven assists. Pau Gasol had 12 points and nine rebounds, and Lorenzen Wright and Earl Watson had 10 points each. Kenyon Martin led New Jersey with 12 points. Aaron Williams and Jason Kidd, with 4-of-14 shooting, had 10 points each.
-- Associated Press
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