Although Amare Stoudemire had a terrible game, the rest of the Knicks stepped up and knocked 16-of-23 three-point attempts.
Knicks forward Danillo Gallinari led the team in the first half, scoring 21 points. Toney Douglas was the high scorer of the night with a career-high 30 points while Raymond Felton notched 20 points with 10 assists.
Stoudemire had uplifting comments after the game despite playing one of the worst games he has played this season. He scored 14 points on 5 of 21 shots, missed a dunk towards the end of the game and committed eight turnovers.
"Tonight's a great indication on how good we can play," Stoudemire said. "Teams' scouting report [against the Knicks] is clogging the lane and letting us shoot. They did that and we shot well.
"Some nights I'm still trying to figure out the flow of the offense and guys playing well is definitely a positive for us."
Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni was thrilled with the team’s 69.6 percent for their 3-pointer attempts and made clear that Stoudemire has been struggling.
"I'm encouraged with what I have seen," D'Antoni said. "We've won two games with Amare not playing all that well. Gallo, Toney, Raymond, they lit it up."
Defensive-minded Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau heard the Bulls crowd crying for their star player to get back on the court as Derrick Rose took to the bench in the fourth quarter after scoring 24 points with a career-high 14 assists. Thibodeau heard “We want Rose” echoing through the United Center.
"The second unit I thought fought hard to close it, and I wanted to see what they could get out of it," Thibodeau said.
