The New York Knicks turned in perhaps their most impressive win of the season to date, going blow-for-blow with the Indiana Pacers for most of the night before pulling ahead late, 106-102.
The Knicks were buoyed in the fourth by the clutch play of Carmelo Anthony Austin Rivers, who hit the Pacers with the nastiest jab-step we’ve seen since Melo left.
Rivers finished 6-9 for 15 points and provided the team with a much-needed spark when he replaced Reggie Bullock, who was stinking up the joint. His three-pointer put the Knicks ahead by two late.