Crawford scores 52 points as Knicks burn Heat

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01/27/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jamal Crawford lit up the Heat for a career- high 52 points, hitting 20-of-30 from the field, and 8-of-10 from behind the arc, to lead New York Knicks' 116-96 rout of the Miami Heat.

Channing Frye added 16 points for New York, which snapped a two-game skid with the win. David Lee scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Stephon Marbury tallied 13 assists and nine points in the win.

Crawford's career night obscured a 37-point performance by Miami's Dwyane Wade. Antoine Walker added 12 points off the bench for the Heat, who have lost two straight and four of five. Shaquille O'Neal and Jason Kapono added 11 points apiece for Miami.

The Knicks, behind an unconscious shooting performance by Crawford, put the game away in the third quarter. Crawford rebounded from missing his first shots by making his next 16, three shy of a Knicks record. He hit his first eight three-pointers, including one that bulged the New York lead to 23 points, at 76-53, midway through the third quarter. Crawford scored 23 points in the third quarter alone, and had 46 points entering the fourth quarter.

The Heat never made a game of it in the final 12 minutes, as the main story became Crawford, and how many points he would finish with. The seventh-year guard took a seat shortly after hitting a jumper with 6:59 left in the game, a basket that put New York up 110-85, and bested his previous career-high of 50 points in the process.

Wade kept the Heat in the game early, scoring 13 points in the first quarter. Crawford, in a sign of what was to come, hit a three with 1:28 left in the quarter that tied the game at 25-25. Jason Williams and Kapono answered with back-to-back threes, though, and the Heat took a 33-27 lead into the second quarter.

Crawford heated up in the second quarter, scoring 20 points in the stanza. He closed the first half notably, with a four-point play in the final seconds that closed a 15-2 Knicks stretch, giving New York a 65-49 lead at the break.

Game Notes

Crawford set a career-high with his eight three-pointers, topping his previous best of seven...Crawford also scored 23 points in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's 112-107 loss to the Phoenix Suns...The Knicks played without starting center Eddy Curry, who left Wednesday's game against Phoenix with a left calf injury.

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