New York played a solid game today, beating Oklahoma Cty 106-85. Oklahoma Cty players and fans were expecting the game to be a bit closer, but everything went well for New York today. "It was really frustrating," said Oklahoma Cty star Johnson. "I thought we were going to be ready for this game, but we just couldn't do anything against them." Coach Bob seemed perplexed early on, but made a few adjustments late in the game that were too little, too late in this game but may help his side out next time these two teams meet.

New York was led by Crawford (16 points, a steal, 6 blocks), Turner (16 points, a steal, 2 blocks), Battle (18 points, 0 assists, 2 blocks). Oklahoma Cty was led by Johnson (12 points, 10 boards, 1 assists, a block), Mcneil (18 points, 1 assists, a block), Golden (8 points, 8 boards, 1 assists, a block).

With today's victory, New York improve to 50-20 and 26-7 at home. They remain at #1 in the Atlantic and stay at #2 overall in the Eastern Conference. Oklahoma Cty drop to 35-38. They stay at #4 in the Northwest and remain at #8 overall in the Western Conference.

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