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NBA roundup: Knicks earn first win over team not named Heat since Feb.

NEW YORK -- Rookie Wilson Chandler scored a season-high 23 points, Zach Randolph added 20 points and 11 rebounds, and the New York Knicks snapped a five-game losing streak with a 100-90 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.

Fred Jones and David Lee added 13 points apiece for the Knicks, who won for just the third time in 20 games. The other two victories were against Miami, making this their first win over a team other than the league-worst Heat since beating Charlotte on Feb. 27.

Following an 0-5 road trip, the Knicks played at home for the first time since hiring Donnie Walsh as president of basketball operations last Wednesday. Walsh was not at the game, and Isiah Thomas refused to say if they have spoken yet about the coach's future with the organization.

Hedo Turkoglu scored 22 points for the Magic, who will now have the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. After winning at Cleveland on Saturday, the Magic seemed to run out of gas late in this one after trailing by two with 8½ minutes left.

Jones followed with a 3-pointer and Chandler had consecutive buckets in a 9-0 run that gave the Knicks an 82-71 lead, and they went on to beat Orlando for the first time in four meetings this season.

Dwight Howard had 13 points and 15 rebounds for his 66th double-double of the season, tops in the NBA and two shy of Shaquille O'Neal's franchise record set in 1992-93. Full story

Grizzlies 113, Timberwolves 101

MINNEAPOLIS -- Mike Miller scored 34 points and hit a season-high eight 3-pointers to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Rudy Gay added 23 points for Memphis and Hakim Warrick had 20 as the Grizzlies sent the Wolves to their fourth consecutive loss and sixth in the past seven.

It was a hard-fought contest considering both teams are long out of the playoff picture. The Grizzlies and the Wolves, who were both coming off lopsided defeats to Western Conference foes, are trying to end the season on a positive note.

The teams traded the lead heading into the final minutes of the fourth quarter until Memphis sparked an 21-6 run by converting back-to-back three-point plays.

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