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pick. While the Raptors preferred the first round pick, Dolan, who worked with
Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri to acquire Carmelo Anthony from Denver when
Ujiri was with the Nuggets, had second thoughts on completing the deal. "Dolan
didnt want to get fleeced again by Masai," was how one Knicks source put it to
the Daily News. "They had a deal ready." The Knicks were prepared to make the
deal on Wednesday night but Dolan stepped in on Thursday. "There are two
problems," the source said. "Dolan didnt like that someone from his group leaked
it to the media, and the other problem is the Knicks seem to have too many
(people) involved with making decisions." Speculation now revolves around Lowry
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drilled a 16-foot jump shot on the Sacramento Kings first possession of the
second half, he had the look of a player who was ready to take over a game. Next
came a layup, then a follow shot as he was fouled for a three-point play, then a
layup as he was fouled for another three-point play. Cousins made all seven of
his shots in the third quarter on his way to a 35-point, 14-rebound performance,
and the Kings snapped a three-game skid with a 102-97 victory over the New
Orleans Pelicans on Monday night. "I just had to come out and set the tempo for
the second half and try to get my teammates involved," Cousins said. "So that
was my main thing." He did it on both ends, helping his team outrebound New
Orleans 47-30. Sacramento pulled down 15 offensive rebounds, a big reason for
the Kings 22-4 advantage in second-chance points. "We dominated," Cousins said,
referring to the Kings rebounding. "That was one of our key points going into
the game tonight." Ray McCallum, starting at point guard because of
Isaiah Thomas right thigh injury, had 22 points and 10 assists. He also
committed only one turnover in nearly 44 minutes. "I have a great opportunity to
go out there and play, and Im trying to make the most of it," McCallum said.
"Being a rookie playing against great players, you cant be out there turning the
ball over." Rudy Gay also scored 22, including a momentum-swinging 3-pointer
after the Pelicans had pulled within a point in the fourth quarter. Reggie Evans
grabbed 12 rebounds before his ejection for an elbow to Anthony Davis face on a
collision that occurred as Evans went up for a close-range shot. Davis,
returning from left ankle injury that forced him to miss a start on Saturday,
had 22 points. Anthony Morrow scored 23 points and Tyreke Evans 15 for the
Pelicans, who have dropped two straight on the heels of their season-high,
five-game winning streak. "We just did not have a great level of sustained
effort," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said, adding that Cousins was a "tough
cover." "A number of times we had double-teams down there and he just bulled
through the double team and ggot to the basket," Williams said.
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Malone, who built a reputation for coaching defence as an assistant with
Cleveland and later for New Orleans under Williams, was dismayed by the 55
points the Kings allowed in the first half, but was pleased by his teams
response thereafter. "We bludgeoned them on the glass," Malone said. "Its a very
good win for us on the road against a team thats playing well." Sacramento used
a 14-6 third-quarter run to lead by as many as 12 points. The surge started with
Cousins saving the ball along the baseline and slinging a pass to McCallum, who
in turn found Ben McLemore sneaking in behind the defence for an alley-oop dunk.
There were two more dunks during the spurt. Cousins powered up through a crowd
of players under the basket for a two-handed jam which gave him 26 points at
that point -- and 5,000 for his four-year career. McLemore, who had 14 points,
ended the spurt with a breakaway dunk set up by Travis Outlaws steal from
Darius Miller. But New Orleans closed the period on an 8-0 run during which
Evans was ejected. Officials conferred while watching a replay before calling
the flagrant-2 foul on the Kings forward, who responded to the crowds applause
of his dismissal by smiling and raising his arms as he walked to the tunnel.
Davis, who remained face-down on the court for several seconds after the foul,
got up and hit both free throws. Then Morrow added a 3 to make it 80-76. Morrow
got the Pelicans as close as 84-83 with a jumper in the middle of the fourth
quarter, but Gay responded immediately with a 3 from the corner, and McCallum
added two jumpers to make it an eight-point game. New Orleans never got closer
than four points again, and McCallum finished with 10 points in the period. "Hes
definitely going to be a big part of this team," Cousins said. "With each game
hes growing, his confidence is growing. So hopefully he continues down that
path." Notes: In his first season as a head coach, Malone went 3-1 against
Williams team. ... Jared Cunningham played 4:17 in his first game since being
signed by Sacramento. He had two points and a rebound. ... Pelicans C
Jeff Withey had a career-high five blocks.
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