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The New York Knicks will attempt to achieve something they accomplished only six times last season when they host the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday at Madison Square Garden.The Knicks (6-7) will seek to get to .500, a mark they werent able to reach after January 20 last season when they finished 32-50.New York has won three of its last four games and is coming off an impressive 104-94 win over the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday in which forward Carmelo Anthony poured in a season-high 31 points. With the many additions, including a new backcourt of Derrick Rose and Courtney Lee and center Joakim Noah, Anthony remains the centerpiece of the team.The 32-year-old Anthony leads the Knicks in scoring (22.9 points per game), minutes played (33.1) and field goals made (8.5) and attempted (17.8). He added seven rebounds, three assists and two steals to his resume on Sunday.The attention Anthony continues to draw each game has helped free up his frontcourt mate Kristaps Porzingis, who is averaging 20 points and seven rebounds.Without Melo (Anthony), Porzingis said, it would be so much more difficult (for me) to get 30 points, or whatever. People dont realize that. He draws a lot of attention. Hes the main focus for the other team.That opens stuff for me. Without him it would be much more difficult. Im happy to have aggressive guys like him and (Derrick) Rose so I can get those open looks.Portland (8-7) ended a three-game losing streak with a 129-109 win over the Nets in Brooklyn on Sunday. C.J. McCollum led the attack with 33 points, five assists and five rebounds.Swingman Evan Turner came off the bench to deliver his best performance since signing with Portland as a free agent from Boston. He scored 19 points and made eight of his 12 shots from the floor.I think you need to get in there a little bit, said Turner on finding his spots. One of the biggest things is the consistency of it and talking about it. I think in the past four or five games, I have gotten to my spots. Things just havent fallen, but once again, as a team and myself, were just trying to build consistency.We need everybody clicking in order to win. Right now, were starting to find more chemistry outside our main contributors, whether it be myself and Meyers (Leonard) trying to work the pick and roll -- I think thats the biggest thing.Portland used a 27-9 run in the third quarter to pull away from the Nets.We pretty much took over the game in that quarter on the defensive end and that kind of sparked everything and I think thats what I was the most proud of, said Portland guard Damian Lillard.We had more of a presence on the ball. The first half I think we had trouble controlling the ball and from top to bottom guys were taking it from the perimeter and getting it to the rim. Air Max 270 Cheap Authentic . -- Teemu Selanne scored the first goal of his 22nd NHL season, and the Anaheim Ducks extended the best start in franchise history with their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the Calgary Flames on Wednesday night. Cheap Air Max 270 Australia . "No difference at all," chirped U.S. roommate and linemate James van Riemsdyk. "Its still the same cranky Phil. http://www.wholesaleairmax270australia.com/ . The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game. Air Max 270 Australia . U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield in Manhattan agreed that lawyers on both sides could make their formal requests by Nov. 8. A hearing is scheduled for a day earlier. Jordan Siev, a lawyer for Rodriguez, wrote in a joint letter to the judge from lawyers on both sides that MLB lawyers planned to ask that the lawsuit be dismissed. Wholesale Air Max 270 Australia .Y. -- Leading 3-0 with only 11:25 left, the Colorado Avalanche committed a seemingly meaningless penalty to give the New York Islanders a power play. Troubled Australian star Nick Kyrgios rates his rollercoaster year a successful one, despite his 2016 ATP season ending in an on-court meltdown that earned him a tour ban.As he collected the first three titles of his career, including a maiden ATP 500 series victory in Tokyo, Kyrgios rose to a career-high ranking of No.13 - an effort he looks back on with pride.Obviously, we had a lot of highs, a lot of lows, the 21-year-old -- who also said hed been enjoying working with a sports psychologist -- told Fox Sports.But ultimately, my ranking jumped from about 30 to 13, so thats a successful year.It was a fun year. I did a lot of fun things. I got Australia back in the world group of the Davis Cup, won a couple of titles, so its been a good year.Off the back of his enforced extended break, a new conditioning coach and some sessions with a psychologist, Kyrgios has hopes of cracking the top 10 next year.But he isnt making that the be-all and end-all of his 2017 campaign.Ranking for mes not the issue, not a goal at all. Its just staying healthy, being able to play a lot of events, he said.Kyrgioss listless capitulation to German Mischa Zverev at the Shanghai Masters, resulting in an eight-week ATP Tour suspension, added to the list of reputation-lowering incidents he was involved iin this year.dddddddddddde also drew the ire of officials for arguing with chair umpires at the French Open and Wimbledon.His ban was reduced to three weeks after he agreed to consult a sports psychologist, and he believes his punishment has had benefits.Ive been doing that (seeing a psychologist) and its actually been good, he said.Just relaxing a little bit, spending more time with my family, girlfriend as well.Its one way to look at (it), to get more time off with the people that you love, and Ive been training as well. So its set me up in good stead for 2017.It just gave me time to think about and analyse everything Ive got to get better at.Coachless Kyrgios said hed also be open to receiving guidance from former Australian star Mark Philippoussis, who says hed consider mentoring the young star.Weve got a lot of similarities on the court, said Kyrgios, whose team Singapore Slammers on Sunday (Monday morning AEDT) retained their International Premier Tennis League title in India.He plays big and hes had a lot of ups and downs in his career as well.Hes learnt a lot, hes a great guy, hes very caring and always been there for me as well, so maybe. ' ' '