Knicks end six-game slide with Wizards win

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Amare Stoudemire scored 30  points and the New York Knicks pulled away in the closing stages  to end a six-game losing steak with a 115-106 victory over the  Washington Wizards on Monday.

With the game tied at 95-95 in the fourth, New York scored  six straight points then quickly pushed their lead to 11 on jump  shots from Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler.

Chandler finished with 25 points