Amare Stoudemire had 34 points and 10 assists to power the New York Knicks to their eighth win in nine games, 100-92 over the New Orleans Hornets on Friday night.
New York led 74-73 late in the third when Shawne Williams’ driving scoop off the glass and Raymond Felton’s floater as he was fouled ignited a 10-0 run that gave the Knicks (11-9) their first double-digit lead of the game. Wilson Chandler’s second 3 of the fourth quarter made it 92-78 with 6:02 to go and New Orleans (13-6) was unable to recover in losing for the fifth time in seven games.
Trevor Ariza had a season-high 21 points for New Orleans, which was without David West because of a stomach virus. Chris Paul had 17 points and 10 assists.
The Knicks made 13 3-pointers.