David Slays Goliath at the Garden

It was a match-up of David versus Goliath when the 3—14 New York Knicks hosted the 14—3 Phoenix Suns.

Steve Nash's No. 1 Phoenix Suns fell to the New York Knicks on Tuesday night. Danilo Gallinaro led the Knicks with 27 points. Nick Laham/Getty Images

It was a match-up of David versus Goliath when the 3–14 New York Knicks hosted the 14–3 Phoenix Suns at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night. And once again, David triumphed over Goliath as the Knicks easily downed the Suns 126–99 in the first meeting of the season between the two teams.

The Knicks were coming off Sunday’s home loss to an equally intimidating team—the 14–4 Orlando Magic. It was the Knicks fifth loss in a row and it left them with the NBA’s third-worst record behind the 2–15 Minnesota Timberwolves and the winless New Jersey Nets.

The Suns on the other hand were coming off a four-game winning streak, the last win coming against the Toronto Raptors 113–94 on Sunday. Suns lead man Steve Nash had 20 points, 3 rebounds, and 16 assists in that game, a feat he nearly matched on Tuesday.

But the stars aligned for the Knicks this time around to set up a scoring frenzy that left the NBA’s top team searching for answers for four straight quarters.

Knicks small forward Danilo Gallinari had one of his strongest performances of the season shooting 10–19 for a game-high 27 points with 10 rebounds and 2 assists. He took an amazing 12 shots from deep, going 50 percent in three-pointers.