The Knicks (12 - 14) defeated the Timberwolves (9 - 16) by a score of 107 - 102 at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday. Minnesota was able to cut New York's lead to three with 11 seconds remaining, but too many fouls earlier on in the fourth quarter put the game out of reach. The Knicks last 13 points all came from the charity stripe as Carmelo Anthony had perhaps his most well - rounded game of the season, scoring 20 points (6 - 15 FG, 1 - 2 3Pt, 7 - 8 FT) with 15 rebounds, nine assists and four turnovers. Melo was a perfect 6 - for - 6 on crucial free throws late in the game. Timberwolves point guard Ricky Rubio came a point and two steals away from making history. He finished the game with nine points on 3 - of - 10 shooting from the field, 12 assists, 10 rebounds and eight steals, but was unable to complete the illusive quadruple - double. Karl-Anthony Towns got the best of his rookie counterpart Kristaps Porzingus, scoring a team - high 25 points (11 - 21 FG, 2 - 4 3Pt, 1 - 1 FT) while pulling down 10 rebounds for his 11th double - double of the season. Andrew Wiggins also chipped in 23 points. Overshadowed by Anthony's big performance was Aaron Afflalo's game - high 29 points (9 - 14 FG, 3 - 5 3Pt, 8 - 9 FT). Afflalo did most of his work in the low post surprisingly and he had no trouble making easy work of a soft T-Wolves defense. It was playing with the second unit off the bench that really sparked Afflalo towards his big night. The Knicks still need to stay more consistent on the offensive end and barely escaped with a victory after blowing a 20 - point lead at halftime.
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