NBA ROUNDUp | Thursday’s games

Knicks 116, Lakers 107

NEW YORK

Carmelo Anthony scored 22 of his 30 points in the first quarter, and the New York Knicks held on after he departed with a sprained left ankle. The Knicks beat the Lakers in coach Mike D’Antoni’s return to Madison Square Garden. Firing in 3-pointers and moving the ball to open shooters, things they often struggled to do under D’Antoni, the Knicks won for the eighth time in nine games and improved to 9-0 at home for the first time since the 1992-93 season. Meanwhile, things are starting as poorly for D’Antoni in Los Angeles as they ended in New York. The Lakers, still without Steve Nash and Pau Gasol, were never really in the game while losing their fourth straight.

Hawks 113, Bobcats 90

ATLANTA

Devin Harris scored 20 points, Josh Smith added 18 and surging Atlanta beat Charlotte to hand the Bobcats their 10th straight defeat. Gerald Henderson finished with 17 points and Ramon Sessions had 16 for Charlotte. The Hawks are 12-3 since losing three of their first five games this season. Atlanta has won two straight and five of six. Lou Williams had eight of his nine assists in the first half. Williams, who finished with 13 points, matched his career high in assists, and Ivan Johnson added a season-high 16 points. “When you dig a hole like that, it’s going to be tough,” Bobcats rookie Jeff Taylor said after scoring 12 points. “We’re a young team, but we will stay together.”

Associated Press