New York played a solid game today, beating Portland 116-96. Portland 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 Portland star Smith. "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 Powell (30 points, 23 boards, 0 assists), Crawford (20 points, 2 assists, a steal, 3 blocks), Battle (19 points, 2 assists). Portland was led by Smith (14 points, a steal), Kimbell (22 points, 5 boards, 1 assists, 2 blocks), Jackson (10 points, 9 boards, 0 assists, 2 blocks).

With today's win, New York jump to 3-1 and 2-1 at home. They hold at #2 in the Atlantic and hold at #5 overall in the Eastern Conference. Portland drop to 2-2 with this loss. They remain at #1 in the Northwest and remain at #3 overall in the Western Conference.

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