The news of his brother's death reached Quentin Richardson just before the Knicks held practice here early Monday afternoon. He flew home Monday night.

Back in his hometown, Crawford scored all of his season-high 31 points in the second half, and the New York Knicks rallied for a 104-101 win over the Seattle SuperSonics on Tuesday night.

In Larry Brown's first game against the team he coached to his only NBA championship, Richard Hamilton scored a season-high 40 points to lead Detroit to a 106-98 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.

Though Larry Brown knew his first win with the New York Knicks would come eventually, he was a bit surprised to pick it up in what used to be one of the NBA's most intimidating road arenas.

Golden State proved to be too much for New York, as Jason Richardson had 24 points to lead the Warriors to an 83-81 victory.