NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 19 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter, rallying the New York Knicks to a 94-91 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

New York trailed from the opening minutes until Anthony scored eight consecutive points down the stretch. He had scored nine points on 3-of-11 shooting in the first half, but had the final 12 for the Knicks to give them a 4-2 finish on their six-game homestand.

J.R. Smith added 19 points and Tyson Chandler had 16 points and 9 rebounds for the Knicks, who will fly to Los Angeles later Sunday for their Christmas Day game against the Lakers.

Nikola Pekovic had 21 points and 17 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who played without star forward Kevin Love because of an eye injury. Alexey Shved added 18 points for Minnesota.

Love was poked in the eye late in the Wolves’ 99-93 victory over Oklahoma City on Thursday and didn’t travel with the team to New York.

NETS 95, 76ERS 92

NEW YORK - Joe Johnson (Little Rock Central, Arkansas Razorbacks) scored 22 points, Gerald Wallace had 14 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists and the Nets held on to beat the 76ers.

KINGS 108, TRAIL BLAZERS 96

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Marcus Thornton scored 18 of his 22 points in the second half to help the slumping Sacramento Kings snap Portland’s fivegame winning streak.

CLIPPERS 103, SUNS 77

PHOENIX - Blake Griffin scored 23 points, Chris Paul had 17 points and 13 assists and the Los Angeles Clippers extended a franchise record with their 13th consecutive victory.

SPURS 129, MAVERICKS 91

SAN ANTONIO- Danny Green scored a career-high 25 points and the San Antonio Spurs spoiled Dirk Nowitzki’s season debut with a rout of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday night.

JAZZ 97, MAGIC 93

ORLANDO, Fla. - Paul Millsap scored 18 points, Gordon Hayward added 17 and the Utah Jazz survived a fourthquarter rally to slip past the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.

Sports, Pages 18 on 12/24/2012