Millsap, Hawks outlast Knicks in four overtimes
ATLANTA -- Paul Millsap scored 37 points, including the go-ahead basket in the fourth overtime, to offset a season-high 45 points from Carmelo Anthony and help the Hawks defeat the Knicks 142-139 on Sunday at Philips Arena.
Millsap grabbed a loose ball under the basket as the shot clock was running out and powered the ball in to put the Hawks ahead to stay with 11.4 seconds. He tied a team record with 51 minutes and added 19 rebounds and seven assists.
Dennis Schroder made one of two free throws with 10.2 seconds left, which gave New York one more opportunity to tie the game. Courtney Lee missed two 3-pointers in the final 7.8 seconds.
It was the first quadruple-overtime game in the NBA since Atlanta hosted Utah in 2012. It was the first for the Knicks since Jan. 23, 1951 against the Rochester Royals.
Atlanta (28-20) got 24 points, seven rebounds and nine assists from Kent Bazemore, 23 points and 15 assists from Schroder, and 19 points and 13 rebounds from Dwight Howard.
Anthony, who had scored 41 on two other occasions. He was 18-for-36 from the floor with six rebounds and four assists before fouling out with 12.9 seconds left in the third overtime.
Kristaps Porzinga scored 15 before fouling out. Joakim Noah, who also fouled out, had 14 rebounds. Brandon Jennings scored 18 and Lee scored 17. Justin Holiday scored 15 on five 3-pointers.
The Knicks sent the game into overtime when Anthony scored on a drive to the basket with 2.6 seconds left to tie it at 104-104. The Hawks missed a chance to win at the buzzer when Millsap's driving right-handed hook shot bounced off the rim.
New York forced a second overtime when Anthony made a baseline jumper with 6.9 seconds left to tie the game at 119-119. Schroder missed a 3-point shot and Howard's over-the-shoulder toss went wide at the buzzer.
Lee sent the game to a third overtime when he connected on a long 3-pointer with 1.5 seconds remaining. Atlanta had a chance to ice the game with 12.9 seconds left but Schroder missed a free throw to complete a three-point play that would have given the Hawks a four-point lead. The Knicks blocked Tim Hardaway Jr's long jumper as time expired.
New York had a two-point lead with 14.2 seconds on a putback by Mindaugas Kuzminskas, only to have Atlanta tie it on a wild driving left-handed basket by Schroder. Lee missed a contested baseline jump at the buzzer.
New York led 65-61 at halftime and held a nine-point lead early in the third. Atlanta scored 15 straight points and took a 78-77 lead on Mike Dunleavy's jumper with 3:44 left in the third and took an 83-81 lead into the fourth.
Atlanta led 97-92 when Howard missed two free throws with 4:29 left. New York, aided by a pair of Schroder turnovers, went on a 7-0 run and took a 99-97 lead on Jennings' 3-pointer with 2:31 remaining.
NOTES: X-rays of New York G Derrick Rose's left ankle were negative, but he was not available. Rose hurt the ankle when he stepped on the foot of Charlotte's Kemba Walker on Friday. ... Atlanta was without G Thabo Sefolosha, who was sidelined with a left groin injury. He was replaced in the lineup by Tim Hardaway Jr. ... The Hawks signed Lamar Patterson to a 10-day contract. He replaces Gary Neal, whose 10-day contract expired. ... Hawks F Mike Muscala required three stitches in his chin, the result of an elbow absorbed during Friday's loss to Washington.