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Sunday, Jan. 8
1:00pm
TV: MSG, NBALP
Radio: 1050 ESPN
Preview:The New York Knicks will try to do something they have yet to do this season when they host the Seattle SuperSonics in a Sunday matinee.
After beating Phoenix here Monday, the Knicks rolled to a 113-92 triumph over Washington on Friday to win consecutive games for just the second time this season. They failed in the only other attempt to win a third straight game.
Rookie Channing Frye matched a season high with 30 points, including nine points during a 13-2 run in the third quarter in which New York took the lead for good.
Stephon Marbury added 16 points and 11 assists for the Knicks, who lost 10 of 11 contests before their upswing.
Seattle fell to 1-1 under coach Bob Hill, who guided New York to a 20-46 mark after replacing Hubie Brown in the 1986-87 season, in a 95-87 loss at Detroit on Friday.
Rashard Lewis collected 27 points and eight rebounds and Ray Allen added 22 thanks to a combined 19-of-41 (46 percent) shooting effort. Unfortunately, the rest of the Sonics connected on just 15-of-48 (31 percent) shots.
New York posted a 104-101 triumph in Seattle on December 6 behind a season-high 31-point effort from Jamaal Crawford, who missed Friday's game with a sprained left foot.
FINAL SCORE
Knicks - 120
Sonics - 116
Box Score
Recap:Stephon Marbury did a little bit of everything to help the New York Knicks do something they had not done all season.
Marbury took control of the game in the third quarter and continued to get everyone involved as the Knicks posted a 120-116 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics.
The Knicks lost 10 of 11 games to close out 2005 but have put together their best stretch since the start of the New Year, winning all three of their games for their longest win streak of the season.
Marbury finished with 23 points and 15 assists for New York, which had won two straight just one other time this season. He scored New York's final 11 points of the third quarter to give the Knicks a 91-89 lead.
With the game tied, 113-113, Marbury drove hard into the lane and kicked the ball out to rookie forward David Lee, who drained a jumper from the corner to give New York the lead for good with 21 seconds to play.
Marbury had a strong floor game, posting his fourth consecutive double-double while committing just one turnover in 44 minutes.
Seattle had its chances down the stretch but could not convert. Luke Ridnour, the league's leading free throw shooter at 95 percent, followed Lee's jumper by missing two free throws with 10 seconds left.
Trevor Ariza, who entered the game shooting 57 percent from the line, calmly knocked down a pair for a 117-113 edge with eight seconds remaining.
Vladimir Radmanovic connected on his eighth 3-pointer of the game to cut the deficit to 117-116, but Nate Robinson made two free throws with six seconds to play.
Ray Allen then missed a potential tying 3-pointer on a wide open look from the top of the key and Lee split a pair of free throws to cap the scoring. Radmanovic, who scored a career-high 30 points, had 16 in the fourth quarter. He gave the Sonics a 113-111 lead with a baseline jumper with just over a minute to play.
Allen finished with 33 for Seattle but was 13-of-29 from the field, including 4-of-13 from the arc.
Maurice Taylor scored 23 points and Eddy Curry 22 for the Knicks.
