Knicks' 16-game skid ends

New York snapped its 16-game losing streak Monday, getting 24 points and nine rebounds from Carmelo Anthony to beat the shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans, 99-92.

Jose Calderon made his biggest basket of a difficult first season in New York, a three-pointer with 32 seconds left that gave the Knicks a four-point lead.

That was enough to help them hold on for their first victory since Dec. 12 and end the longest single-season skid in franchise history.