When they play together its hard to stop them, this was observed by some of the sports analyst as the New York Knicks outclassed the Atlanta Hawks 99-82 with some balance scoring from their stars. Jeremy Lin lead the charged for the jam-packed knicks with 17 points, 9 assist , 2 steals with only 4 turnover. Linsanity got some helped this time with 7 of them at least scoring beyond 7 points.
The 6 foot 10 forward from Marquette lead the supporting cast with 17 points upon converting 5-10 from the 3 point region . Carmelo Anthony scored 15 points, grabbed 4 rebounds and dished 3 assist for his 2nd game after being activated from injury. Amare Stoudemire scored a season low 7 points but grabbed the team high 10 rebounds on 24 minutes of play.
Jeff Teague scored a season high 18 points to set the paced for Atlant which dropped to 19-14 win-loss card. Joe Johnson the all-star guard of Atlanta hawks was not able to play after suffering from tendinitis in his left knee
Here's the Boxscore via Yahoo Sports
Atlanta
| Starters | Pos | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W. Green(notes) | G | 30:54 | 7-16 | 1-5 | 1-1 | -13 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Teague(notes) | G | 29:01 | 7-12 | 2-5 | 2-4 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Z. Pachulia(notes) | C | 21:46 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Smith(notes) | F | 34:14 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -25 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| M. Williams(notes) | F | 26:48 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32-81 | 8-29 | 10-18 | 12 | 40 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 82 | ||
| Percentages | .395 | .276 | .556 | Team Rebounds: 11 | ||||||||||
| J. Pargo(notes) | 18:59 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 1-2 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| I. Johnson(notes) | 16:59 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| V. Radmanovic(notes) | 15:47 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0-1 | +3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| K. Hinrich(notes) | 15:00 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-3 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| T. McGrady(notes) | 14:45 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Stackhouse(notes) | 12:00 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 1-3 | +3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| E. Dampier(notes) | 3:47 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Collins(notes) | DNP - Sprained Left Elbow | |||||||||||||
| A. Horford(notes) | DNP - Inactive | |||||||||||||
| J. Johnson(notes) | DNP - Inactive | |||||||||||||
New York
| Starters | Pos | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. Fields(notes) | G | 33:05 | 7-12 | 0-1 | 2-3 | -1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| J. Lin(notes) | G | 32:28 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 4-4 | +9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
| T. Chandler(notes) | C | 33:44 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | +15 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Anthony(notes) | F | 27:14 | 7-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +7 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Stoudemire(notes) | F | 24:29 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +9 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Bench | Min | FG | 3Pt | FT | +/- | Off | Reb | Ast | TO | Stl | BS | BA | PF | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38-80 | 8-22 | 15-24 | 14 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 99 | ||
| Percentages | .475 | .364 | .625 | Team Rebounds: 10 | ||||||||||
| J. Jeffries(notes) | 26:02 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 3-4 | +11 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| J.R. Smith(notes) | 25:16 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 3-6 | +13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| S. Novak(notes) | 22:10 | 6-12 | 5-10 | 0-0 | +14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| B. Davis(notes) | 13:56 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | +6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Jordan(notes) | 1:36 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Bibby(notes) | DNP - Coach's Decision | |||||||||||||
| T. Douglas(notes) | DNP - Coach's Decision | |||||||||||||
| J. Harrellson(notes) | DNP - Inactive | |||||||||||||
| I. Shumpert(notes) | DNP - Inactive | |||||||||||||
| B. Walker(notes) | DNP - Inactive | |||||||||||||