Knicks 100-98 Bobcats (16 Apr, 2005) Play-by-Play

New York Knicks

32-47, 11-29 away

100

	1	2	3	4	T
NY	27	31	21	21	100
CHA	25	24	20	29	98

Charlotte Bobcats

17-62, 13-27 home

Emeka Okafor missed 19 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 18 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 22 ft three point jumper.
Emeka Okafor missed 13 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight missed 18 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely made layup.
Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Gerald Wallace made layup.
Malik Allen missed 16 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 9 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Melvin Ely.
Keith Bogans made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Brevin Knight missed 19 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Gerald Wallace missed 18 ft jumper.
Malik Allen made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Gerald Wallace made two point shot.
Keith Bogans missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Gerald Wallace missed layup.
Gerald Wallace made tip shot.
Malik Allen made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Gerald Wallace made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor made 6 ft hook shot.
Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 20 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Matt Carroll missed 20 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono missed 18 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely made dunk.
Melvin Ely missed jumper.
Jason Hart missed 5 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely made layup. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.
Jason Hart made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Emeka Okafor missed 14 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace missed 17 ft jumper.
Gerald Wallace made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Keith Bogans missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Keith Bogans made layup. Assisted by Melvin Ely.
Melvin Ely missed 8 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed tip shot.
Gerald Wallace missed layup.
Gerald Wallace made layup.
Malik Allen made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Keith Bogans missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 9 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed tip shot.
Brevin Knight made 17 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight missed 19 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 8 ft hook shot.
Keith Bogans made 6 ft jumper. Assisted by Malik Allen.
Keith Bogans made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Gerald Wallace missed 18 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 19 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans made tip shot.
Brevin Knight missed 15 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely missed tip shot.
Malik Allen made layup. Assisted by Keith Bogans.
Keith Bogans made 22 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Matt Carroll missed 16 ft jumper.
Brevin Knight missed 8 ft jumper.
Malik Allen missed 20 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.
Gerald Wallace made layup.
Matt Carroll missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Jason Hart missed 18 ft jumper.
Matt Carroll made driving layup. Assisted by Malik Allen.
Melvin Ely made 6 ft hook shot.
Jason Hart missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 7 ft hook shot.
Jason Kapono made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Melvin Ely made 7 ft jumper.
Keith Bogans made 21 ft jumper. Assisted by Melvin Ely.
Matt Carroll missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Matt Carroll made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Melvin Ely missed 9 ft jumper.
Jason Kapono made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono made 20 ft jumper. Assisted by Jason Hart.
Jason Kapono missed 13 ft two point shot.
Jason Kapono missed 15 ft jumper.
Melvin Ely missed 9 ft hook shot.
Melvin Ely missed layup.
Brevin Knight made layup.
Brevin Knight made layup.
Malik Allen missed 21 ft jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 17 ft jumper.
Mike Sweetney made 6 ft hook shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Mike Sweetney missed 8 ft jumper.
Kurt Thomas's layup blocked by Gerald Wallace.
Mike Sweetney made layup.
Kurt Thomas made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Tim Thomas missed 19 ft jumper.
Mike Sweetney missed layup.
Jamal Crawford made 19 ft jumper.
Tim Thomas made layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Tim Thomas missed 16 ft jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Mike Sweetney made layup.
Jamal Crawford's layup blocked by Melvin Ely.
Kurt Thomas's 19 ft jumper blocked by Malik Allen.
Mike Sweetney made layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Jamal Crawford missed 27 ft three point jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Malik Rose.
Stephon Marbury made 28 ft three point jumper.
Malik Rose made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Trevor Ariza made 19 ft jumper.
Maurice Taylor made 18 ft jumper.
Jamal Crawford made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Malik Rose.
Malik Rose made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Maurice Taylor.
Jamal Crawford missed 17 ft jumper.
Maurice Taylor missed 19 ft jumper.
Malik Rose made layup.
Maurice Taylor missed 9 ft hook shot.
Jamal Crawford made 24 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Malik Rose.
Jerome Williams's dunk blocked by Emeka Okafor.
Jerome Williams missed layup.
Jerome Williams missed layup.
Trevor Ariza made two point shot.
Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Stephon Marbury made 27 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Kurt Thomas made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Maurice Taylor's layup blocked by Malik Allen.
Jamal Crawford missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Stephon Marbury missed 19 ft jumper.
Trevor Ariza missed tip shot.
Kurt Thomas made 15 ft jumper. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Mike Sweetney made 12 ft two point shot.
Tim Thomas missed 24 ft three point jumper.
Tim Thomas missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Kurt Thomas made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Kurt Thomas missed layup.
Jamal Crawford's layup blocked by Gerald Wallace.
Stephon Marbury missed 27 ft three point jumper.
Tim Thomas made driving dunk. Assisted by Jamal Crawford.
Stephon Marbury made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Kurt Thomas made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Tim Thomas made 14 ft two point shot.
Tim Thomas missed 10 ft jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 27 ft three point jumper.
Kurt Thomas missed 9 ft jumper.
Jamal Crawford made 27 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Kurt Thomas made jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed 23 ft three point jumper.
Jamal Crawford made 7 ft running jumper.
Jamal Crawford missed layup.
Jamal Crawford missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Trevor Ariza made two point shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.
Maurice Taylor made 6 ft hook shot.
Maurice Taylor missed 12 ft jumper.
Jermaine Jackson missed 17 ft jumper.
Jermaine Jackson made driving layup.
Stephon Marbury made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Jermaine Jackson.
Stephon Marbury missed layup.
Stephon Marbury missed 26 ft three point jumper.
Trevor Ariza missed 25 ft three point jumper.
Jamal Crawford made 26 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Mike Sweetney made dunk. Assisted by Tim Thomas.
Stephon Marbury made 23 ft three point jumper. Assisted by Kurt Thomas.
Stephon Marbury made 18 ft jumper.

KNICKS

BOBCATS

TIME		NY	CHA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter.	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kurt Thomas vs. Emeka Okafor. Stephon Marbury gains possession.	0	0
11:45	Kurt Thomas missed 17 ft jumper.	0	0
11:44	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	0	0
11:33	Emeka Okafor missed 19 ft jumper.	0	0
11:30	Jamal Crawford defensive rebound.	0	0
11:23	Mike Sweetney made 6 ft hook shot. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	2	0
11:11	Melvin Ely missed 18 ft jumper.	2	0
11:07	Kurt Thomas defensive rebound.	2	0
10:55	Mike Sweetney missed 8 ft jumper.	2	0
10:52	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound.	2	0
10:48	Brevin Knight Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephon Marbury.	2	0
10:44	Melvin Ely Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	2	0
10:44	Kurt Thomas made Free Throw 1 of 2.	3	0
10:44	Kurt Thomas made Free Throw 2 of 2.	4	0
10:33	Keith Bogans missed 22 ft three point jumper.	4	0
10:29	Stephon Marbury defensive rebound.	4	0
10:26	Kurt Thomas's layup blocked by Gerald Wallace.	4	0
10:23	Mike Sweetney offensive rebound.	6	0
10:23	Mike Sweetney made layup.	6	0
10:08	Emeka Okafor missed 13 ft jumper.	6	0
10:07	Kurt Thomas defensive rebound.	6	0
9:48	Kurt Thomas made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	8	0
9:37	Brevin Knight missed 18 ft jumper.	8	0
9:33	Melvin Ely offensive rebound.	8	2
9:33	Melvin Ely made layup.	8	2
9:17	Tim Thomas missed 19 ft jumper.	8	2
9:15	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound.	8	2
9:00	Emeka Okafor made layup. Assisted by Keith Bogans.	8	4
8:45	Mike Sweetney missed layup.	8	4
8:45	Gerald Wallace defensive rebound.	8	4
8:37	Gerald Wallace made layup.	8	6
8:15	Jamal Crawford made 19 ft jumper.	10	6
8:07	Charlotte 20 Sec. Timeout.	10	6
8:07	Malik Allen enters the game for Emeka Okafor.	10	6
7:58	Malik Allen missed 16 ft jumper.	10	6
7:56	Melvin Ely offensive rebound.	10	6
7:48	Melvin Ely missed 9 ft jumper.	10	6
7:45	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound.	10	6
7:43	Stephon Marbury Bad Pass	10	6
7:24	Brevin Knight made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Melvin Ely.	10	8
7:07	Tim Thomas made layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	12	8
6:56	Keith Bogans made 17 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	12	10
6:43	Tim Thomas missed 16 ft jumper.	12	10
6:39	Kurt Thomas offensive rebound.	12	10
6:31	Stephon Marbury missed 26 ft three point jumper.	12	10
6:28	Mike Sweetney offensive rebound.	14	10
6:28	Mike Sweetney made layup.	14	10
6:16	Melvin Ely 3 second	14	10
5:58	Jamal Crawford's layup blocked by Melvin Ely.	14	10
5:54	Malik Allen defensive rebound.	14	10
5:45	Brevin Knight missed 19 ft jumper.	14	10
5:43	Keith Bogans offensive rebound.	14	10
5:33	Brevin Knight made 18 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.	14	12
5:20	Stephon Marbury Double Dribble	14	12
5:20	Charlotte Full Timeout.	14	12
5:03	Gerald Wallace missed 18 ft jumper.	14	12
5:01	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound.	14	12
4:48	Kurt Thomas's 19 ft jumper blocked by Malik Allen.	14	12
4:46	Keith Bogans defensive rebound.	14	12
4:37	Malik Allen made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.	14	14
4:18	Mike Sweetney made layup. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	16	14
4:03	Gerald Wallace made two point shot.	16	16
3:46	Jamal Crawford missed 27 ft three point jumper.	16	16
3:43	Melvin Ely defensive rebound.	16	16
3:35	Keith Bogans missed 24 ft three point jumper.	16	16
3:32	Gerald Wallace offensive rebound.	16	16
3:32	Gerald Wallace missed layup.	16	16
3:32	Melvin Ely offensive rebound.	16	16
3:32	Mike Sweetney Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	16	16
3:32	Melvin Ely made Free Throw 1 of 2.	16	17
3:32	Malik Rose enters the game for Tim Thomas.	16	17
3:32	Melvin Ely missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	16	17
3:30	Gerald Wallace offensive rebound.	16	19
3:30	Gerald Wallace made tip shot.	16	19
3:09	Kurt Thomas made 7 ft hook shot. Assisted by Malik Rose.	18	19
2:54	Malik Allen made 16 ft jumper. Assisted by Gerald Wallace.	18	21
2:39	New York Full Timeout.	18	21
2:39	Emeka Okafor enters the game for Melvin Ely.	18	21
2:38	Malik Allen Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	18	21
2:38	Malik Rose made Free Throw 1 of 2.	19	21
2:38	Malik Rose made Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	21
2:29	Malik Rose Shooting Foul. His 1st Personal Foul.	20	21
2:29	Gerald Wallace missed Free Throw 1 of 2.	20	21
2:29	Charlotte offensive rebound.	20	21
2:29	Gerald Wallace missed Free Throw 2 of 2.	20	21
2:27	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound.	20	21
2:15	Stephon Marbury made 28 ft three point jumper.	23	21
1:54	Gerald Wallace made 19 ft jumper. Assisted by Brevin Knight.	23	23
1:30	Malik Rose Lost Ball. Stolen by Brevin Knight.	23	23
1:19	Emeka Okafor made 6 ft hook shot.	23	25
1:05	Stephon Marbury Bad Pass. Stolen by Keith Bogans.	23	25
1:01	Keith Bogans Bad Pass. Stolen by Stephon Marbury.	23	25
58.4	Malik Allen Shooting Foul. His 2nd Personal Foul.	23	25
58.4	Mike Sweetney made Free Throw 1 of 2.	24	25
58.4	Maurice Taylor enters the game for Kurt Thomas.	24	25
58.4	Jason Hart enters the game for Brevin Knight.	24	25
58.4	Matt Carroll enters the game for Keith Bogans.	24	25
58.4	Mike Sweetney made Free Throw 2 of 2.	25	25
44.8	Emeka Okafor missed 16 ft jumper.	25	25
42.8	Mike Sweetney defensive rebound.	25	25
36.1	Malik Rose made 8 ft jumper. Assisted by Stephon Marbury.	27	25
24.9	Malik Allen missed 20 ft jumper.	27	25
24.1	Maurice Taylor defensive rebound.	27	25
0.1	Shot Clock Violation	27	25
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter.	27	25

Regular Season Series

NY wins 3-1

Knicks
101
Bobcats
107

Game 1

5/12

Bobcats
82
Knicks
91

Game 2

26/12

Bobcats
99
Knicks
102

Game 3

13/2

Knicks
100
Bobcats
98

Game 4

16/4

Charlotte Coliseum

6:00 PM, 16 April 2005

Charlotte, NC

Attendance: 17,615

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Courtney Kirkland
Michael Henderson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

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