ATLANTA (AP) a Carmelo Anthony scored 40 points, Raymond Felton had three straight baskets in an integral spurt, and the Brand New York Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks 95-82 on Wednesday night for their 10th straight victory. Anthony, coming off a 50-point work against Miami on Tuesday, scored 24 points in the very first half. He was 5 for 6 from the free throw line and shot 17 of 27 from the subject. Felton started a 12-2 run that made a tie game into an 84-74 Knicks lead. As the Knicks moved into sole ownership of 2nd devote the Eastern Conference he scored eight of his 12 points in the fourth quarter. Atlanta missed a chance to move into a tie for fourth in the East and wasted a 25-point work by Kyle Korver, who came up two points in short supply of his time high. The Hawks got off to a 10-2 cause, as the Knicks made one among their first nine shots from the ground. But the Knicks made nine of their next 14 pictures and took a 23-18 guide by the end of the very first quarter, with Anthony scoring 13. The Knicks continued their hot shooting in the second quarter and four times had a seven-point lead, the last with 3:52 left when Anthony produced a 20-foot jumper. The Hawks countered with eight straight things and tied the game at 38 on Jeff Teague's two free throws with 2:41 left. But the Knicks outscored the Hawks 9-2 the rest of the half to take a 47-40 lead in to the locker room. The Hawks arrived strong in the third quarter and took a 60-59 guide when Teague owned and won with 4:10 remaining. There were two more ties and five cause changes ahead of the quarter ended with the score tied at 68. The fourth period belonged to the Knicks when they broke a 72-all link on Chris Copeland's container, which knocked off a 19-5 work. Korver moved in to third place on the job record for consecutive games with a 3-point basket. He handed Reggie Miller with 10:54 attached using one in 69 straight games and has left in the initial quarter. Korver continues to be an extended far from catching Dana Barros (89 consecutive games), but is within distance of Dennis Scott (78) and Michael Adams (79).
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