By Justin Worsley,
Devin Harris suffered a left knee injury in the third quarter and the New York Knicks offense exploded late in the third quarter as the Knicks handled the New Jersey Nets 111-100.
Harris suffered the injury while contesting a shot by Wilson Chandler with teammate Kris Humphries. Humphries landed awkwardly on top of Harris and action was immediately stopped. Harris did not return.
The Knicks took full advantage of the lacks of the Nets captain closed the quarter on a 21-8 run capitalized by a slam dunk by Amar'e Stoudemire to give the Knicks a 10-point lead. At the time of the injury, the Knicks only had a 67-65 lead.
Brook Lopez scored 36 points for the Nets, but continued to struggle from the glass, ending the game with only five boards after averaging 8.7 last season. The Knicks out-rebounded the Nets 42-37.
New York had three players score 20 points, including 35 from Stoudemire. Wilson Chandler had a double-double scoring 27 points and 11 rebounds, including a perfect 8-for-8 from the foul line.
The Nets are a pedestrian 2-8 on the road, however, New York isn't much better at home, posting a 3-5 record at Madison Square Garden.
Nets head coach Avery Johnson has already ruled out Harris for tomorrow's matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Jordan Farmar did everything he could to ease the pain from the loss of Harris, scoring 17 points off the bench, however, the Nets stuggled defensively and gave up a season-high 111 points.
New York (10-9) has won seven of their last eight and will travel to New Orleans Friday night.
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