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"The Knicks spoil Brandon Roy's comeback as the Knicks demolish the T'Wolves"

End of 1st Quarter: NYK 17 MIN 12
Rubio in early foul trouble.
Knicks taking advantage of fast breaks.

End of 2nd Quarter: NYK 32 MIN 25
Knicks still running and gunning (14 fast break pts).
Kevin Love only positive for the T'Wolves (11 pts).

End of 3rd Quarter: NYK 52 MIN 42
And 1's and fast breaks still in NY's favor.
Roy FINALLY scores his first points as a T'Wolf.
Timberwolves struggling offensively.

Final Score: NYK 71 MIN 52
Calls going NY's way all game.
Minnesota never recovered from offensive struggles.

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POTG: Carmelo Anthony (NYK)

New York Knicks at Minnesota Timberwolves
Jan 1,	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
New York (1-0)	17	15	20	19	71
Minnesota (0-1)	12	13	17	10	52

New York Knicks
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Ricky Rubio - PG	12	4/10	0/1	2/2	1	2	1	0	1	10
Brandon Roy - SG	19	1/7	0/3	0/0	1	3	0	0	2	2
Andrei Kirilenko - SF	16	0/1	0/1	0/0	4	0	0	0	1	0
Kevin Love - PF	17	5/7	1/1	2/2	7	0	0	0	0	13
Nikola Pekovic - C	19	3/4	0/0	4/4	5	1	1	0	1	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Derrick Williams - F	15	3/8	2/3	0/0	2	2	2	1	2	8
Luke Ridnour - G	9	1/7	0/2	2/2	1	1	1	0	3	4
J.J. Barea - G	6	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	0	1	0	1	2
Chase Budinger - G/F	4	0/1	0/1	0/0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Alexey Shved - G	3
Greg Stiemsma - C	6	1/1	0/0	1/1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Malcom Lee - G	1
Dante Cunningham - F	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		25/49	2/3	19/22	30	15	9	4	8	71

Minnesota Timberwolves
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Jason Kidd	17	3/9	0/0	1/2	2	3	1	1	1	7
Iman Shumpert	14	4/6	1/1	3/3	1	0	1	0	0	12
Carmelo Anthony	17	4/6	1/1	3/3	1	0	1	0	0	16
Amare Stoudemire	18	2/2	0/0	4/4	7	2	2	2	2	8
Tyson Chandler	18	1/4	0/0	0/0	6	2	1	1	1	2
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
J.R. Smith	12	5/7	1/1	4/5	3	2	1	0	2	15
Ronnie Brewer	6	3/3	0/0	1/1	0	0	0	0	0	7
Marcus Camby	7	1/1	0/0	0/0	1	1	0	0	0	2
Pablo Prigioni	2	1/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Raymond Felton	6	0/1	0/1	0/0	1	1	0	0	1	0
Chris Copeland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Kurt Thomas	6	0/0	0/0	0/0	4	0	1	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		19/47	3/12	11/12	23	10	6	1	11	52

Coach's Thoughts:

"I think the referees were on something tonight. It seemed like every call was going in New York's way because they fouled us many times but we never got any sort of call like them. We got hit harder but there was no foul there. It is pretty frustrating to watch your team lose while the other team gets all the call you're not getting. I wanted to yell at the refs but I didn't want to get called for a T. I really feel the refs were part of the blame for our loss tonight. Disappointing."


Prepare for game 2 when the T'Wolves face the Denver Nuggets next...