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NEW YORK Carmelo Anthony snapped out of a slow start by scoring 18 of his 27 points in the second quarter, and the New York Knicks ended their seasonhigh air max 95 red white nd blue, threegame losing streak with a 10087 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Sunday.

Anthony missed seven of eight shots and scored two points in the first quarter of the noon start he dislikes, then outscored the Hornets by himself in the second period as the Knicks took the lead for good.

Chris Copeland added 22 points for the Knicks, who had seen their Atlantic Division lead trimmed to two games by Brooklyn while losing five of their previous seven games. Battling injuries, they play only once in the next week, facing the Detroit Pistons on Thursday in London.

Eric Gordon scored 22 points as the Hornets had their fourgame winning streak snapped multiple color air max griffeys.

Copeland got the start so the Knicks could put Anthony back at the power forward spot, where he had great success earlier this season. The move worked out for both of them, with Copeland going 9 of 15 and carrying the offense early while Anthony struggled.

Anthony was on the bench when the Knicks put it away, opening the fourth quarter with a 132 run that featured two 3pointers from Steve Novak and five points from Copeland and turned a fivepoint lead into an 8468 advantage.

No. 1 pick Anthony Davis had 13 points and eight rebounds for the Hornets, but point guard Greivis Vasquez was limited to 11 points and six assists after recording three straight doubledoubles.

The Hornets missed 19 of their 23 3point attempts.

Anthony was 1 for 8 in the first quarter for the second straight game as the Hornets jumped to an early lead. Smith, who fouled Brian Roberts beyond halfcourt with 0.5 seconds remaining. Officials reviewed and determined it was a shooting foul, and Roberts made all three.

Anthony had only more one basket in the first sevenplus minutes of the second quarter, then suddenly showed why he is one of the NBA’s most dynamite scorers.

He made a jumper while being fouled by Davis, the threepoint play capping an 80 run that gave the Knicks a 3634 lead with 4:34 remaining cheap nike air max 2011. After a jumper by Gordon, Anthony made two free throws and converted another threeplay play, giving him eight points in about 70 seconds and making it 4136.

He finished the quarter in style, with a jumper and 3pointer that made it a sevenpoint game, and a free throw closed the scoring for the half and gave the Knicks a 4941 lead. Anthony was 6 of 9 in the period, outscoring the Hornets 1812.

The Knicks led by 11 in the third quarter but couldn’t put it away, the Hornets pulling within 7166.

Notes: Amare Stoudemire scored 12 points after the Knicks’ medical staff told coach Mike Woodson he could increase the forward’s minutes to about 2530 per game. Stoudemire had been limited to a little more than 20 per night as he returned from left knee surgery images of nike 2011 womens air max size 9. He played 23 while battling foul trouble. . Woodson said Iman Shumpert, nearing his return from major knee surgery, will make the trip to London. On Friday, Woodson left open the possibility that Shumpert could remain behind and work with the Knicks’ NBA Development League team, but said doctors cleared Shumpert to go after testing his knee.