Unbeaten New York Knicks rally past Spurs

ThursdayBrooklyn     102-97    Boston     San Antonio     100-104 New York   Denver     93-98    Miami

Saturday, November 17, 2012
New York Knicks' Raymond Felton, right, shoots over San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker during the second half. Net photo.

ThursdayBrooklyn     102-97    Boston     San Antonio     100-104 New York     Denver     93-98    Miami     SAN ANTONIO - Instead of watching their season-opening winning streak come to a messy end, the New York Knicks served notice that they can’t be counted out in the fourth quarter.Raymond Felton scored 25 points and New York stayed undefeated by rallying late to beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-100 on Thursday night.Trailing by 12 with 7 minutes left in the game, the Knicks (6-0) closed on a 22-11 run to remain the NBA’s only unbeaten team.‘’It shows me that this team is for real,’’ New York coach Mike Woodson said. ‘’We beat a great team tonight - a well-coached team.’’J.R. Smith added 17 points, Jason Kidd had 14 and Tyson Chandler 13 for the Knicks, who snapped a nine-game skid in San Antonio. Felton, Smith and Kidd alone outscored the Spurs 26-25 in the fourth.Tony Parker led San Antonio (7-2) with 19 points and 12 assists. Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and Tim Duncan had 14 points and 14 rebounds.San Antonio grabbed its largest lead at 89-77 with 7:14 remaining when Tiago Splitter’s free throw completed a three-point play. That capped a 13-point run by Splitter in the fourth after he failed to score while playing just a few minutes through the first three periods.