NEW YORK, Dec 12: Antoine Walker drained his sixth three-pointer with 3.6 seconds left to send the game into overtime and the Boston Celtics thoroughly dominated the extra session to beat the New York Knicks 102-93 Tuesday.
The Celtics never held the led in the fourth quarter but quickly pulled away in overtime, outscoring the Knicks 13-4.
Kenny Anderson made a jumper and Paul Pierce drilled a three-pointer to spark Boston to its seventh win in eight games.
The Knicks appeared on the verge of victory when Latrell Sprewell came to the free throw line with 6.2 seconds left and a chance to give his team a four-point cushion.
Enjoying the best game of his 10-year career, Sprewell had already scored 48 points and the packed Madison Square Garden crowd was chanting for 50.
But he missed the first free throw before making the second and the Celtics got the ball back trailing by three at 89-86.
Knicks coach Don Chaney, in just his second game since taking over for Jeff Van Gundy, said he stressed not giving the Celtics a chance to get off a three-pointer in the timeout before the key play of the game.
Walker finished with a season-high 42 points, nine rebounds and nine assists.
Sprewell had a career-best 49 points, making 18-of-32 shots, including 6-of-10 three-pointers.
Tuesday’s results (home team in CAPS):
MIAMI 99 Milwaukee 97
Boston 102 NEW YORK 93
ATLANTA 89 Philadelphia 87
Washington 91 MEMPHIS 81
MINNESOTA 107 Golden State 86
New Jersey 107 CHICAGO 93
Cleveland 107 HOUSTON 102
DALLAS 105 Portland 103
Charlotte 99 DENVER 96
SACRAMENTO 112 Orlando 100
Seattle 104 LA LAKERS 93
TORONTO: Defenseman Bryan McCabe scored two goals and set up two more for a career-high four-point night to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 6-3 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes Tuesday.
McCabe was involved in the first three Toronto goals as the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-1 lead after two periods.
He opened the scoring with a powerplay tally at 8:41 of the first period, picking up a deflection by Mat Sundin and sending a one-timer past Phoenix goaltender Sean Burke.
In the second period, McCabe set up powerplay tallies by Sundin and Darcy Tucker, who had a goal and two assists, as Toronto converted on 3-of-4 chances with the extra man advantage.
McCabe notched his fourth goal of the season in Toronto’s three-goal third period to give the Leafs a 5-2 lead.
He took a pass from Tucker and beat Burke with a slap shot for his first career two-goal game.
Tuesday’s results:
Ottawa 2 NY ISLANDERS 2
TORONTO 6 Phoenix 3
Pittsburgh 2 WASHINGTON 2
Los Angeles 1 NASHVILLE 1
SAN JOSE 5 Edmonton 4 (OT)
—Reuters