New York Against Knicks Season

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DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points to lead the Raptors, while Linas Kleiza and Jerryd Bayless netted 17 points apiece. Toronto has now lost three of its last four games.

 

(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Utah Jazz haven't fared so well lately in the Big Apple and hope to reverse those fortunes tonight against a shorthanded New York Knicks team at historic Madison Square Garden. Amare Stoudemire will miss tonight's game as he deals with a tragedy. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the brother of the Knicks star died in a car accident early Monday morning and Stoudemire is traveling to Florida to be with his family.

 

Utah will play two straight and five of its next six games on the road and has dropped two in a row away from Salt Lake City. It is 2-5 as the guest this season -- a major dropoff from an 11-4 record at home. The Jazz ended a two- game slide and won for the third time in five tries with Saturday's 96-87 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Lakers. Al Jefferson scored 18 points and Paul Millsap added 16, with both players grabbing 13 boards for the Jazz, who got 12 points from both Josh Howard and Derrick Favors.

 

"Earl Watson isn't even supposed to be playing right now, that's the crazy thing about it," Millsap said. "He's out there on one leg, having an amazing game for us. He's big for us."

 

New York is only 1-7 against teams from the Western Conference and looks to build on that with a loaded home schedule over the next few games.

 

"It's one game, so don't get too excited," said Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni. "But it was something we needed."

 

Landry Fields had just six points in Saturday's win, but is averaging 12.9 points in his last 11 games.

 

Usual Atlanta scorers Joe Johnson and Josh Smith were held to 16 and nine points, respectively, in a losing cause. Smith pulled down 10 rebounds as the Hawks fell to 8-3 as the host and sit two games behind Miami for the Southeast Division lead. Indiana will visit Philips Arena on Wednesday.

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