Knicks sink to 1-9 start
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NEW YORK — Stephen Jackson still wants to be traded, though perhaps seeing the Knicks up close should make him scratch them off his list of preferred destinations.
Because if he wants to win a championship, he needs to look in other directions.
Jackson scored 23 points, three other players had 22, and the Golden State Warriors sent the Knicks to the worst 10-game start in franchise history with a 121-107 victory Friday night.
Golden State is open to trading Jackson, but it's highly unlikely the Knicks would take on his salary and cripple their free agency plans. So it's possible this was his only trip to New York this season.
"This is one of the best places to play," Jackson said. "If somebody says it's not, they're lying. Everybody wants to say they played in the Garden. Everybody gets up to play here and I'm no different than anybody else."
Monta Ellis, Kelenna Azubuike and Corey Maggette all had 22 for the Warriors, who easily improved to 1-1 on a five-game Eastern Conference road trip by shooting 58 percent from the field. Reserve C.J. Watson finished with 19.
Danilo Gallinari had 19 points and 10 rebounds in his first career double-double for the Knicks, who dropped their sixth straight and fell to 1-9. David Lee scored 17 points and former Warriors forward Al Harrington had 16.
"I just thought our lack of fight was the most disappointing thing," Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni said. "It's bad, there's no doubt about it. We've got three days off, we'll practice hard and we'll try to figure out something better and see who wants to come forward."
A high-scoring affair was expected after they split two meetings last season, with New York winning 138-125 at home and the Warriors cruising to a 144-127 victory in California. Neither team was that sharp Friday, but Golden State was good enough to lead comfortably most of the game.
"The game was two teams that actually matched up pretty well against each other, played the same style," Warriors coach Don Nelson said. "Probably the team that was going to shoot the basketball was going to win and that was us."
MAGIC 88, NETS 72
Dwight Howard had 26 points and 12 rebounds and Matt Barnes added 13 points and 13 rebounds and Orlando put away winless New Jersey.
New Jersey got a triple-double from point guard Rafer Alston, the first triple-double of his career, but the Nets fell to 0-9. They are the NBA's only winless team.
Alston had 17 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds against his former team, but the Nets shot poorly and scored only 30 points in the second half.
Orlando's Mickael Pietrus scored 16 points, Vince Carter had 14 and Jameer Nelson added 10 as all five Magic starters scored in double figures.
JAZZ 112, 76ERS 90
Carlos Boozer had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Wesley Matthews added a career-high 16 points and short-handed Utah ran past Philadelphia.
Paul Millsap and Mehmet Okur scored 15 points each, Ronnie Brewer contributed 14 and Eric Maynor had 13 points and 11 assists for the Jazz, who played without point guard Deron Williams yet still had seven players in double figures. Andrei Kirilenko had 13.
The Jazz had only nine available players. Also missing were guards Ronnie Price (sprained left big toe) and Kyle Korver (left knee surgery) as well as forwards Matt Harpring (ankle/knee) and C.J. Miles (left thumb surgery).
HAWKS 97, CELTICS 86
Joe Johnson scored 24 points, Jamal Crawford had 18 and the Atlanta Hawks pulled away in the fourth quarter.
Josh Smith scored 14 and Al Horford had 12 points and 13 rebounds as the Hawks (7-2) continued their strong start.
Last week, Phoenix gave Boston (8-2) its first loss of the season after a 7-0 start.
Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 24 points despite bruising his left knee early in the third quarter. Kevin Garnett and Kendrick Perkins scored 14 points apiece.
