Pepsi Center Is Melo’s Center as Anthony Drops 50 On Knicks

November 28th, 2009 by Ryan Maloney Leave a reply »
 


It had been two years, 11 months, and 12 days since Carmelo Anthony landed an uppercut to the chin of Mardy Collins before 19,763 patrons at Madison Square Garden in a 2006 game between Anthony's Denver Nuggets and Collins' New York Knicks.

 The incident still serves as a shiny black eye on an otherwise brilliant seven-year professional career for Anthony.  But for the former Syracuse Orange forward, Friday night's game may have served as a metaphorical steak over a bruised peeper.


Anthony lit up that same Knicks franchise with a career-high 50 points as Denver outlasted the Knicks 108-105 in Denver. 

His first of two successful free throws with 16 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter wound up being the decisive tally as it gave the Nuggets a 126-121 lead.  His second foul gave him 50 points in a game for the first time in his NBA career.

"They might have been the two toughest free throws I've shot in a while," Anthony told reporters after the game. "We've got the game on the line, 50, you're right there and you want to get it. If I didn't say I wanted to get it, I'd be lying to you. I'm right the ...

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