No Amare, no Melo, no problem. The Knicks went in to Washington with a 7 game winning streak against the young Wizards. The Knicks wanted to add to that and their current 2 game win streak. Could they do it without their two biggest stars? Well Jeremy Lin and Tyson Chandler proved they do not want to slow down yet.
Jeremy Lin who has started the last 2 games with 25 and 28 points respectively, delivered once again with 23 points and 10 assists in the big 107-93 win over the Wizards. Lin hit two free throws with 5:08 to play in the third quarter that gave the Knicks the lead for good. Lin was scoreless in the first quarter, had eight points in the second and 12 in the third. Lin also had a huge dunk in response to a John Wall dunk that was a huge momentum shifter in the game.
Tyson Chandler who also had a monster game with 25 points and 11 rebounds said this about Lin's dunk, "I didn't know he could dunk. When he's going in for the dunk I'm like 'no Jeremy, just lay the ball up.' And all of a sudden he dunks it and I was probably just as excited as the crowd was." Chandler's 25 points was 2 points shy of his career high. Chandler has been a huge part of carrying this offense with all the injuries it has dealt with.
The Wizards dropped to 5-21 on the season. John Wall and the Wizards are now on a 6 game losing streak where they continue to slide down the Eastern Conference standings. This loss was not due to a weak game by John Wall who did his best to try and keep up with the Knicks as he threw up 29 points, a team-high.
The Knicks improved to 11-15 and are now 1/2 of a game out of the 8th place Milwaukee Bucks. The Knicks will look to continue their winning streak at home against the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.
Linsanity at its best
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