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'Melo bails out Knicks in OT, passes Bird on scoring list in process

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 3:01 p.m. ET

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When rookie Kristaps Porzingis committed a horrible foul in the closing seconds on Wednesday, it looked like it could have cost the Knicks a victory. Instead, it gave Carmelo Anthony a piece of history.

New York led the Utah Jazz 99-96 at Madison Square Garden after Porzingis made two free throws with 9.9 seconds left in regulation, but the big man committed his sixth foul on Gordon Hayward's 3-point attempt with 2.4 seconds to go, and the Utah forward hit all three free throws to force overtime.

But Anthony scored four of his game-high 30 points to lift the Knicks to a 118-111 win, and lift himself over Larry Bird for 31st on the NBA’s all-time scoring list.

Anthony now has 21,793 points, just 20 points behind Gary Payton for 30th in history.

The Associated Press contributed to this report

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