Knicks Top Bobcats to Win 3rd Straight

Too late to save their season, and probably too late to save Isiah Thomas' job, the New York Knicks are playing their best basketball. Fred Jones made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 3:47 left and scored 15 points, and the Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 109-107 on Wednesday night to match a season high with their third straight victory.

New York, which beat playoff-bound Orlando and Detroit in its previous two games, is assured of avoiding the first 60-loss season in franchise history. "Finally the spirit of the team is good. The camaraderie of the team is good," Thomas said. "I just think that they're a team now." Thomas then rose from the podium at his postgame press conference before adding: "A little late, but nonetheless." (More basketball stories.)