HALFTIME: MODELS vs. CANCER

Okay, there's no Models vs. Cancer Classic, but who wouldn't watch.

Anyway, the Knicks went up by as much as ten points, thanks to center Eddy Curry playing as if he's only getting paid should New York win. Curry has 21 points; his career high, which came earlier this season versus Milwaukee, is 36.

And that's how many points the Knicks had when they held their ten-point lead, 36-26. But then the Suns, who looked rusty throughout the first half, clawed back. Raja Bell tossed a skyscraper high alley oop to The Matrix, who was floating along the left baseline, and that seemed to fire up the Phoenicians. They tied it up at 42, and lead 49-46 at the half.