New York Knicks Team Report - March 4

(Basketball News) - Stephon Marbury scored 36 points with 10 assists, leading the New York Knicks to an 88-77 victory over Philadelphia on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.

Marbury was 13-of-24 from the floor, while Philadelphia’s Allen Iverson shot just 2-of-21 for 11 points in his return from a four-game absence with a shoulder injury.

Tim Thomas added 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Knicks, who snapped a six- game losing streak and won for just the second time in 10 games. They had lost four straight on a brutal road trip before this one.

New York, which outrebounded the Sixers by a 52-40 margin, placed center Dikembe Mutombo on the injured list before the game after he underwent an abdominal surgical procedure earlier in the day.

Nazr Mohammed, who was named the Knicks’ starting center earlier in the week, scored 12 points with 15 rebounds.

The win also moved the Knicks into sixth-place in the race for the Eastern Conference playoffs, a half-game ahead of the Toronto Raptors, who will welcome New York to the Air Canada Centre on Friday.

New York, which has dropped six in a row on the road, has split its two matchups with the Raptors this season, but has lost eight of the last 10 matchups, including seven of its last nine north of the border in this series.