CARMELO ANTHONY scored 23 points, J.R. Smith kept up his surge with 20 and the New York Knicks snapped the San Antonio Spurs' seven-game winning streak with a 100-83 victory Thursday night.
Steve Novak added 15 points and Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 14 rebounds for the Knicks.
The Spurs' Stephen Jackson played just three minutes off the bench before spraining his right ankle when he took a shot then fell back into a waitress working the sideline in front of Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
At Denver, Alexey Shved had 17 points and Kevin Love had 17 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 101-97 win over the Nuggets.
Andre Miller had 11 points for Denver, including the 15,000th point of his 13-year NBA career to become the eighth player to score that many and dish out at least 7,500 assists.
An autopsy was conducted on the body of Scott Ashley Sterling, son of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
Los Angeles County chief coroner's investigator Craig Harvey said the examination was completed but the cause of death has been deferred for toxicology testing. The body of the 32-year-old was found late Tuesday at his home in a beachfront apartment in Malibu. A Sheriff's Department statement said it's believed to be a drug overdose but gave no details.
