Wolves-New York game recap

December 24, 2012 at 6:30AM

GAME RECAP

MVP: Carmelo Anthony, New York

Garden fans were chanting as much after their guy scored 19 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, including their team's final 12 points.

BY THE NUMBERS

17 Nikola Pekovic's career high rebounds. He also scored 21 points

9 Number of previous games it took Andrei Kirilenko to equal the 12 fouls he received in fouling out Thursday against Kevin Durant and Sunday against Anthony.

12-3 Knicks' record when J.R. Smith scores 15 or more points. He had 19 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals in 39 minutes off the bench

40 shooting percentage for the Wolves, including 32 percent on three-pointers.

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