National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Washington 96,
New York 89
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 16, 2009
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 17526
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 17526
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New York | 25 | 12 | 35 | 17 | 89 |
| Washington | 31 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 96 |
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Duhon - G | 41:46 | 5-15 | 2-8 | 1-2 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Quentin Richardson - G | 23:03 | 3-11 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| David Lee - F | 42:39 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -3 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 38:56 | 5-19 | 4-12 | 2-2 | -11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 |
| Jared Jeffries - C | 38:54 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Al Harrington | 34:20 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 5-6 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Nate Robinson | 20:22 | 5-14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Anthony Roberson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Danilo Gallinari | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jerome James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tim Thomas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-86 | 12-38 | 13-17 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 89 | |
| 37.2% | 31.6% | 76.5% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Caron Butler - G | 41:46 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Mike James - G | 35:43 | 7-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Antawn Jamison - F | 37:06 | 9-16 | 1-2 | 9-10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Dominic McGuire - F | 11:39 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Andray Blatche - C | 26:45 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -5 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Nick Young | 36:18 | 6-14 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Darius Songaila | 30:08 | 2-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Javaris Crittenton | 12:20 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| JaVale McGee | 4:08 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Juan Dixon | 4:08 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oleksiy Pecherov | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Etan Thomas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-83 | 7-12 | 15-18 | 10 | 32 | 42 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 96 | |
| 44.6% | 58.3% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NY | None |
| WAS | None |
Team Statistics
| New York | Washington | ||
| Fast Break Points | 4 | Fast Break Points | 13 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 14 |