The Knicks roster will be filled with also-rans like Bill Walker, Andy Rautins and Renaldo Balkman and carry the same stench that last year's team did: superstars illogically paired with fringe NBA players.

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Especially the stretches when forward Renaldo Balkman spent time guarding Kobe Bryant and gave the future Hall-of-Famer Bryant a platform for the best play of the night: Balkman lunged at Bryant, who was shooting an off-balanced three-point shot Balkman was called for a foul and the shot banked off the backboard and in to create a four-point play that made the score 78-64.

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