The Nuggets have thrived since traded Melo

The Nuggets are in fifth place in the west and they are not expected to make an appearance in the play-offs.

Winning without Melo

The Nuggets can win without Melo. I guess they can win without Anthony.

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Danny Granger's shot gives Pacers win over Knicks

Granger missed the Pacers win over New York with strep throat, hit the winning jumoer with 0.3 seconds left in the game. He also scored 26 points in Tuesdays 117-119 victory over the Knicks.

"I tried to jump on his right hand, but he gave me a move," he said. "You just got to get into him and make that shot more difficult than it was. I feel like he got too good of a look at the basket. He's going to make those eight times of out 10."

Indiana passed it in with 7.8 seconds left in the game and 7.5 seconds. Granger pulled back and shot a 17 foot fate away to win the game.

Anthony Collinson

29 points 24 points

9 reb ` 3 reb

2 assists 9 assists

	New York	Indiana
Points	C. Anthony 29	T. Hansbrough 30
Rebounds	A. Stoudemire 10	R. Hibbert 12
Assists	L. Fields 5	D. Collison 9
Steals	L. Fields 2	P. George 3
Blocks	J. Jeffries 2	R. Hibbert 3

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Anthony tops 30 to help Knicks win a big one

The New York Knicks Carmello Anthony shot for 34 points.

Stoudemire and Anthony shot for a combined 65 points (Anthony 34 and Stoudemire 31). The Jazz get taken down 131-109. Anthony combined with Stoudemire for a total of 24-31 shots, then were benched for the final quarter.

Jazz Knicks

A.Jefferson C.Anthony

36 points 34 points

Billups has a game time decision to make

Chauncey Billups has to make a game time decision to see if he will play against the Hawks. Billups Has not played his previous two games because of a deep bruise in his left leg. Billups said "if I feel good and can play I will play."This is the worst bruise Chauncey has had, and being a guard he has had a lot of them.

The Knicks held a two hour practice on Sunday and billups could only jog not run. The Knicks focus was mainly on their defensive tactics because of how horrible their defensive was against the Cavaliers when they lost 119 -115. The Knicks record is 3-3 since they required Chauncey Billups and Carmello Anthony.