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The New York Knicks kept rolling on Wednesday night with a 100-85 win over the Kings. Jeremy Lin finished with 10 points and 13 assists.
Guard Landry Fields had 15 points, leading seven New York Knicks in double figures in their 100-85 win over the Sacramento Kings at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.
Fields was six-of-eight shooting and added a game-high 10 rebounds in the win. Point guard Jeremy Lin continues to take the league by storm, adding 10 points and a game-high 13 assists in the win. The Knicks also got 14 points from Bill Walker and Steve Novak, two reserve who average six points per game this season. Amar'e Stoudemire and Iman Shumpert both added 11 points, while Jared Jeffries added 10 points on a night where the Knicks were 39-of-77 (.506) from the floor and held a 48-35 edge on rebounds.
For the Kings, point guard Tyreke Evans had a team-high 19 points on six-of-14 shooting, with forward DeMarcus Cousins adding 15 points. Isaiah Thomas added 14 points and Marcus Thornton added 13 in a loss that snapped the Kings' four-game winning streak at Madison Square Garden.
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We've seen just about every Jeremy Lin pun at this point and all of them have been run into the ground posthaste. But this one, on a sign created by a New York Knicks fan, is pretty neat. It's a play on Cinderella and involves a bit of user participation.
Via @CJZero
The rout is on at Madison Square Garden, as the New York Knicks lead the Sacramento Kings 77-55 at the end of three quarters.
Point guard Jeremy Lin and shooting guard Landry Fields both have double-doubles, with Lin scoring 10 points on four-of-six shooting and adding a game-high 13 assists. (It's also a career high for the second-year guard.) Fields is six-of-eight from the floor and has a game-high 15 points and 10 rebounds, and is five assists away from a triple-double. Guard Bill Walker, who averages six points per game off the bench, has 14 points on six-of-nine shooting from the floor for the Knicks, who are 30-of-55 (54.5 percent) on field goal attempts on the night.
Point guard Tyreke Evans leads the Kings with 14 points and has a team-high four assists. Guard Marcus Thornton has 13 points, while power forward DeMarcus Cousins is six-of-15 from the floor for 12 points, four off his per game average this season.
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Interviewing Mike Tyson at halftime of Wednesday night's Knicks-Kings game was probably a bad idea. MSG decided to go ahead with it anyway, and the results were about as predictable as can be. The interview featured Tyson mumbling, bumbling and stumbling, with the added bonus of a stray curse word thrown in.
It started off well enough, with Tyson saying he could sing, then sidestepping a question about whether he'd be willing to belt out a tune on the spot. Then he took a question about the dumbest money he ever spent and dropped an s-bomb on air. The curse word came after he rambled about, saying anything on which he had ever spent money was dumb.
Video after the jump.
The New York Knicks have built upon their eight-point first-quarter lead to take a 54-36 lead over the Sacramento Kings into halftime of Wednesday night's game at Madison Square Garden.
Guard Landry Fields leads the Knicks with 11 points on four-of-five shooting and seven rebounds. Point guard and NBA sensation Jeremy Lin has six points, nine assists and just one turnover in 17 minutes. Forward Amare Stoudemire and center Tyson Chandler have nine points apiece as the Knicks continue to shoot well from the field, hitting on 20 of 39 (51.3 percent) attempts.
The Knicks also have a 25 to 18 rebounding edge in the first half.
For the Kings, guard Marcus Thornton is five-of-11 from the floor to lead the team with 13 points. Power forward DeMarcus Cousins has six points, but is just three-of-nine from the floor and leads the team with three personal fouls. Tyreke Evans, Jason Thompson and Jimmer Fredette each have four points for the Kings, who entered Wednesday night with a four-game winning streak at Madison Square Garden.
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The Sacramento Kings have won six of their last seven trips, including their last four, into Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Knicks, but find themselves down 25-17 after the first 12 minutes on Wednesday night.
Amare Stoudemire leads the Knicks with nine points on four-of-six shooting, while guard Landry Fields has added seven points on two-of-three shooting and a game-high four rebounds. In 10 minutes, Jeremy Lin has five points and a game-high six assists.
As a team, the Knicks have been red-hot from the floor, hitting 11-of-22 attempts, including two-of-six from beyond the arc. The Kings were seven-of-22 from the field in the first quarter.
For the Kings, guard Marcus Thornton has seven points on two-of-five shooting from the field, while power forward DeMarcus Cousins has six points and two rebounds, along with a pair of fouls in eight minutes.
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There's an important difference between Sacramento Kings rookie Isaiah Thomas and former New York Knicks executive Isiah Thomas. Notice the lack of a second 'a' in Zeke's first name. Also note the height difference.
Now note the bitterness.
Poor Isaiah Thomas from Washington is getting booed every time his name is called here at MSG #Knicks
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) February 16, 2012
Isaiah Thomas is actually named after Isiah Thomas. But still, go easy on the young man.
Last week, Walt Frazier threw the NBA announcing personality suit gauntlet down (in Craig Sager's general direction) with a cow-mouflage suit for the ages.
For tonight's game between the Sacramento Kings and New York Knicks, Frazier kept his cow motif alive with a brown leather jacket that I like to call "The Rocketeer."
Sacramento Kings, get ready to witness the Linsanity in person when you take on the New York Knicks Wednesday night.
Jeremy Lin scored 27 points with a career-high 11 assists and now has 136 points in his first five games as a starter, eclipsing Shaquille O'Neal's 129 for the most since the NBA/ABA merger. He is averaging 27.2 ppg in his first five starts and 26.8 points over the last six contests. Lin's play overshadowed the return of Knicks power forward Amare Stoudemire, who missed the previous four games to deal with the untimely death of his brother. Stoudemire added 21 points and nine rebounds for the Knicks, who are one game below the .500 mark.
Tyson Chandler chipped in 13 points and nine rebounds for New York. The Knicks have won three in a row at home, are 7-7 as the host this season and will also welcome the Hornets, Mavericks, Nets and Hawks to MSG. They are hoping to get forward Carmelo Anthony back soon from a strained groin. 'Melo is averaging 22.3 points this season and has missed four straight contests.
Meanwhile, the Kings' six-game road trip didn't get off to a great start with last night's 121-115 loss at Chicago. The Bulls were without reigning MVP Derrick Rose because of a nagging back issue.
DeMarcus Cousins had 28 points and 17 rebounds, while Tyreke Evans added 27 points. Marcus Thornton also had 23 for Sacramento, which fell to 3-13 as the visitor and has lost three of four games since a three-game winning streak.
The Kings have won four in a row and six of seven trips to MSG.
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Game Time: 7:30 p.m. EST
TV: Comcast Sports Net (Sacramento); MSG Network (New York)
Odds: Knicks by 7
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Jeremy Lin's Stats Vs. Kings Establish Career-High 13 Assists
Jeremy Lin continued his electrifying storm through the NBA with a 13-assist night for the New York Knicks in a 100-85 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday. He broke his previous career high in assists, 11, just one game after setting it.
Lin scored just 10 points, snapping a six-game streak of 20 or more points, but this game didn't require a superhuman effort of 38 points, which he put up against the Los Angeles Lakers a few days ago. Still, Lin was efficient scoring his points, doing it on 4-of-6 shots from the field and 2-of-3 free throws.
Lin did see his fewest minutes so far since emerging on the international scene, playing just 26 minutes. He had played no less than 36 minutes in each of the previous six games. He will have Thursday off before playing the New Orleans Hornets on Friday, providing him with enough time to recuperate and get back those minutes he didn't have against the Kings.
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