Amar’e Stoudemire struggled early again on Thursday, but the Knicks pulled away for a comfortable win over the Spurs. In the only other game Thursday night, the Nuggets host the Timberwolves.
Pablo to J.R. is too good

MSG NetworkBuzzfeed has all of the angles in GIF form. That’s like a dunk contest dunk right there. Not quite Victor Dukes, but special all the same.
Read Article >VIDEO: Knicks down Spurs 100-83
The San Antonio Spurs entered Thursday playing their fourth game in five nights, visiting a New York Knicks team that’s excellent at home. You think Gregg Popovich wanted to rest his stars? He didn’t, and the Knicks won anyway. Ben Golliver breaks it all down in this video analysis.
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Read Article >Barea lifts Timberwolves over Nuggets

Greg Smith-US PRESSWIREMinnesota outscored Denver 32-27 in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
Read Article >Knicks stymie, then burst past Spurs on Thursday

Debby Wong-USA TODAY SportsThe New York Knicks stymied the San Antonio Spurs for much of the night, finally turning a tooth-and-nail game into a breezy win thanks to a second half offensive explosion, giving the Knicks a 100-83 victory on Thursday night.
Read Article >Stephen Jackson injured by waitress

Stacy RevereJackson took a shot and was drifting backwards. As he was, a waitress was taking Mayor Bloomberg’s order. The freak set of circumstances aligned, Jackson went down and the resulting injury was diagnosed as a sprained right ankle.
Really, you could not script a weirder injury. It wasn’t just any waitress taking anyone’s order. It was a waitress taking the Mayor of New York’s order.
Read Article >Streaking Spurs travel to play Knicks

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