Knicks 89 Philadelphia 76ers 81: The Knicks enjoyed a team effort in defeating another struggling Eastern Conference team, the Sixers. Five players scored in the double digits, led by Jamal Crawford's 18 pounts and Zach Randolph's 16 points and 14 rebounds. Coach Isiah Thomas said, "We have good shot distribution, everyone feels part of the game, everyone gets to touch the basketball." Late in the fourth quarter, the Knicks' 10 point lead was cut......

Nets 113, Cavaliers 111: The NBA's young stars may be represented by Cleveland's LeBron James and Miami's Dwyane Wade -- though not Denver's Carmelo Anthony, at least for the moment -- but Vince Carter, all of 29, carried the Nets on Wednesday. He scored 38 points, one more than James' 37, as the Nets scrapped past the Cavaliers in their second straight win over a quality team at home. Richard Jefferson and his ankle difficulties......

A better Wall Street story than those crazy big bonuses brokers are getting: The grandson of late Giants owners Wellington Mara got into a fight with another broker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. What caused the fight? The other broker's joking words about how crappy the Giants are! The Post had the details from the broker, Bob Tomasulo, who Stephen Mara "choked and tackled", as well as otherwitnesses. Apparently Eagles......

It is getting impossible to root for the Knicks anymore. The franchise is completely lost, stuck over the salary cap for the rest of the decade and playing uninspired basketball. Now we learn that the head coach is running the team like a mob boss, ordering his players to take out opponents. These are the facts we know at this point. George Karl and Isiah Thomas do not get along at all. Karl is a......

Anthony in a TKO over Collins: Will this one be part of the “50 Greatest Moments?” The Knicks showed some life; unfortunately it was in a brawl at the end of their 123-100 loss to Denver. While this brawl didn’t quite have the pageantry of Jeff Van Gundy hanging onto Alonzo Mourning’s leg, it did have some very good slaps. One thing is for sure; Carmelo Anthony will probably get a long vacation when......

Look out world, Team USA might finally be "getting it". Team USA fought off an early 10 point deficit to take down Australia 89 - 79 yesterday in Men's Olympic basketball action. The vitcory pushed the American's record to 2 - 1 in round robin play. The US got big games from Allen Iverson (16 points in 23 minutes)and Tim Duncan and actually played some team defense for what seems like the first time in......

The US Means Basketball team lost a stunner yesterday to the tiny island of Puerto Rico 92-73, dropping its all time Olympic basketball record to 109-3. It wasn�t the loss itself that was so shocking, never mind that Team USA had beaten Puerto Rico five times in exhibitions since July, it was the manner in which they lost. Puerto Rico held the lead for 33 of the game�s 40 minutes. Larry Brown simply got out-coached.......

Apparently Carmelo Anthony spoke too soon. The US Men's Olympic Basketball team was trounced earlier today by "European powerhouse" Italy. Just a week after Anthony, the youngest member of Team USA declared "We're guaranteeing a gold medal. We're bringing it back," the US suffered their worst exhibition loss since the NBA started sending players to the Olympics in 1992. Italy trounced the US 95-78 and the game wasn't as close as the score indicates.......

Overheard in the elevator at Gothamist's uptown office: Jen's neighbor likes Syracuse.......