Knicks come out strong in second half to top Grizzlies 99
Tim Hardaway Jr.
It snapped a two-game losing streak for New York (12-12)  representing just its second win over the last seven games. Lee  who moved in the lineup from small forward to shooting guard because of the injury to  Tim Hardaway Jr.   was the catalyst with 24 points  including 10 in the third quarter when the Knicks took control.
 He  made up for  Hardaway Jr.’s  absence and then some.
“What was  Tim  shooting like 18  20 shots a game? So I need to warm this arm up and get ready if I’m going to shoot that many times ” Lee said.
“Without  Tim  in there we need  him  to go ahead and get 15  16 shots up ” Hornacek said. “And not force them  but if you’re open you have to shoot them. And Courtney has done a much better job this year. Last year  he  was passing up a lot of those. We were on  him   saying just shoot the ball. And this year  he ’s doing it.”
About a week prior to Wednesday  Porzingis twisted  his  foot in such a grotesque way  he  said  his  ankle touched the floor. But the diagnosis was positive — a sprain with no severe ligament damage — and  he  returned with an encouraging  albeit inefficient  performance.
The Latvian finished with 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting  while doing most of  his  damage in the fourth quarter. The highlight was an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Enes Kanter.
It snapped a two-game losing streak for New York (12-12)  representing just its second win over the last seven games. Lee  who moved in the lineup from small forward to shooting guard because of the injury to  [TGT]was the catalyst with 24 points  including 10 in the third quarter when the Knicks took control.
 [TGT]  made up for  Hardaway Jr.’s  absence and then some.
“What was  Tim  shooting like 18  20 shots a game? So I need to warm this arm up and get ready if I’m going to shoot that many times ” Lee said.
“Without  Tim  in there we need  him  to go ahead and get 15  16 shots up ” Hornacek said. “And not force them  but if you’re open you have to shoot them. And Courtney has done a much better job this year. Last year  he  was passing up a lot of those. We were on  him   saying just shoot the ball. And this year  he ’s doing it.”
About a week prior to Wednesday  Porzingis twisted  his  foot in such a grotesque way  he  said  his  ankle touched the floor. But the diagnosis was positive — a sprain with no severe ligament damage — and  he  returned with an encouraging  albeit inefficient  performance.
The Latvian finished with 18 points on 8-of-19 shooting  while doing most of  his  damage in the fourth quarter. The highlight was an alley-oop dunk off an assist from Enes Kanter.