The veteran guard scored a season high 23 points and knocked down a career high tying 6 of 7 3 pointers to help the New York Knicks blow out the Phoenix Suns 128 97 on Wednesday night.
just got into a game rhythm early. We played the right way. We were swinging the ball, we played as a team on both ends of the court. That helped everybody to have a good game, Vujacic said.
Vujacic made his first start since last November and logged a season high 33 minutes after not playing at all in two of the Knicks last three games. Carmelo Anthony added 23 points for New York.
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got good scoring opportunities, good open shots and guys were willing to move the basketball, Rambis added. got open shots and their feet were set and nice rhythm shots, and that always helps the ball go in. Tyson Chandler nine rebounds gave the veteran center 9,005 for his career, making him the 50th player in NBA history to reach that milestone.
The Suns tried to mount a comeback in the third quarter and trimmed a 20 point halftime deficit to 13 on a jumper by Alex Len with 3:35 to go. But Anthony responded with his third 3 pointer of the game to make the score 83 67, and the Suns never got closer than 13 points in the second half.
made some big shots all night to kill our runs and we didn have an answer for them, Suns guard Ronnie Price said.
The Knicks opened a 54 28 advantage in the first half. Former Suns center Robin Lopez blocked a shot at one end, then put in a hook shot at the other during their run that broke open the game.
Anthony scored 12 points in the second quarter and made 8 of 10 shots in the first half. New York led by as many as 36 points, which was the Knicks largest lead at any point in a game this season.
Suns: Guard Brandon Knight dressed and was on the bench for the Suns after being cleared to play for the first time since Jan. 19. Knight has dealt with a groin injury and began practicing this week, but he didn get into the game. The starting lineups were announced in Spanish and fans were handed orange maracas.