Anthony keys Knicks' late surge in win over Bucks
MILWAUKEE -- Carmelo Anthony hit a go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and finished with 26 points as the New York Knicks snapped a six-game losing streak by rallying to beat the Milwaukee Bucks, 116-111, Friday night at the Bradley Center.
Anthony scored 12 points in the final quarter as the Knicks rallied from a 13-point deficit. Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points, Derrick Rose added 12 and Courtney Lee had 11 for New York.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker led Milwaukee with 25 points apiece. Greg Monroe had 19 off the bench for the Bucks, who shot 50 percent from the floor and hit 12 of 22 from 3-point range.
Antetokounmpo picked up right where he left off Wednesday in New York, scoring 11 points in the first quarter to give Milwaukee a one-point lead. The Bucks caught fire in the second, hitting 11 of 19 shots including a pair of 3-pointers from Mirza Teletovic to go into the break up 12.
The Knicks pulled within one on a Porzingis layup with 7:26 left in the third. Parker answered with his third try of the night, sparking an 11-0 Milwaukee run to put the Bucks back up 12 midway in the quarter and they led, 96-83, heading into the fourth.
But New York wasn't quite done yet. A 14-2 run to open the quarter got the Knicks within one when Anthony hit two free throws with 8:28 to play.
Tony Snell drained 3-pointers on back-to-back possessions, though, to make it a 104-97 game and Porzingis followed suit, hitting from distance on the Knicks' two possessions to put New York back within a point.
Anthony missed the first of a pair of free throws that would have tied the game with 3:21 left and was rejected by Antetokounmpo while driving for another potential go-ahead bucket.
He finally got the Knocks over the hump, hitting a 3 from atop the key with just under a minute left and an Antetokounmpo turnover led to a Rose dunk that put the Knicks up, 114-111 with 27.1 seconds left.
NOTES: After missing the Knicks' last three games with a sore left Achilles, C Kristaps Porzingis returned, but his minutes were monitored. ... Bucks G Matthew Dellavedova missed his fifth straight game with a strained right hamstring but was slated to return to practice Saturday, Milwaukee coach Jason Kidd said. ... Milwaukee had a three-game winning streak and New York had dropped its last six games. ... The teams met Wednesday with Milwaukee winning 105-104 on a buzzer-beating jumper from Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Knicks and Bucks will face off once more this season on March 8 in Milwaukee. ... New York has won or tied the last five season series with the Bucks, going 2-2 against Milwaukee a year ago.