NBA Game Summary - Washington at New York

New York, NY (Basketball News) - Jamal Crawford scored 36 points and the lottery-bound New York Knicks ended the regular season with a 113-105 win over the playoff-bound Washington Wizards at Madison Square Garden.

Stephon Marbury added 20 points, seven rebounds and seven assists for the Knicks, who halted a two-game slide to end the season with a 33-49 mark. Mike Sweetney had 16 points and 13 boards, as New York will sit at home and watch the postseason for the third time in four years. This was also the club’s fourth straight losing season.

Gilbert Arenas had 25 points and eight rebounds for the Wizards, who relinquished an eight-point fourth quarter lead with mostly reserves on the floor.

Larry Hughes added 16 points and Kwame Brown recorded a season-high 19 points for Washington, which ended the year 45-37 and will open its first postseason since the 1996-97 campaign in Chicago on Sunday as the five seed in the Eastern Conference.

Trailing 97-89 with four minutes elapsed in the fourth quarter, the Knicks began to mount a comeback. A 7-1 burst drew the team within 99-96 with 5:43 remaining.

Then, down 103-100, New York scored 13 of the final 15 points to steal the victory. Crawford hit a three to start the run and Maurice Taylor’s three- point play with 1:47 remaining gave the Knicks the lead for good, 106-105.

Crawford scored the final seven points and hit 15 for the quarter. He had cost the Knicks a possible win in Chicago on Tuesday night by missing a pair of free throws late and a potential game-winning jumper as time expired.

New York, which trailed 36-28 after one quarter and 58-54 at halftime, hit all 26 of its free throws to set a franchise record for consecutive free throws in a game.

The Wizards have dropped two straight heading into the playoffs.