NEW YORK -- New Yorks once faint, nearly unrealistic playoff hopes have become a real possibility. [url=http://www.nflcoltsgears

NEW YORK -- New Yorks once faint, nearly unrealistic playoff hopes have become a real possibility. John Simon Jersey . The Knicks intend to seize the opportunity and run with it. "We know what we want," Carmelo Anthony said. J.R. Smith had 24 points, eight rebounds and six assists, Anthony added 23 points and 10 rebounds, and the Knicks beat the city rival Brooklyn Nets 110-81 Wednesday night to move percentage points ahead of Atlanta for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot. The Knicks were 21-40 on March 3 after a seven-game skid and are still just 33-43. But they know that record gets wiped away if they can finish off this turnaround. "We want to get there. Thats the goal," Anthony said. "Despite this emotional season, this up-and-down season, I think it would be a big deal to get in that spot." Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 17 points a game after spraining his right ankle to help the Knicks win for the 12th time in 15 games, dominating a team that had the best record in the Eastern Conference since the new year. New York won its third straight. The Knicks made 24 of 36 shots in taking a 63-38 halftime lead in front of new president Phil Jackson, who wouldnt have much to fix if they looked like this more often. They finished at a season-high 60 per cent and outrebounded Brooklyn 41-23. "Our guys are hungry," Knicks coach Mike Woodson said. "Normally anybody that comes off the West Coast, when youve been out there for a while, that game coming back is normally a tough game, but our guys came out with energy and came out ready to play." Joe Johnson scored 16 points for the Nets, who had won three straight. A night after clinching a playoff berth by beating Houston, they were out of the game by the opening minutes of the second quarter. "It was very frustrating the way we got blown out," Johnson said. "For whatever reason, we had a few guys fighting and a few guys who wasnt fighting. If were not all on the same page, you get a lopsided score like that." In a game that both clubs need for different reasons, the Knicks were the more desperate team, taking a 2-1 lead in the season series. None of the games has been close, but both have bigger concerns than city bragging rights, anyway. The Knicks have almost no margin for error in a final seven-game stretch against playoff-bound opponents. They had no problem with the first one and will face the Nets one more time on April 15 on the second-to-last night of the season. Brooklyn is hoping for home-court advantage in the first round, but fell 2 1/2 games behind Toronto and Chicago for a spot. The Nets led 20-19 late in the first quarter, but Anthony had two baskets, Smith made a 3-pointer and found Hardaway for another at the buzzer as the Knicks scored the final 10 points for a 29-20 lead. Hardaway made another 3 to open the second and Iman Shumpert scored to make it a 15-0 run and give the Knicks a 34-20 advantage. Anthony had the first six points of an 8-0 burst that pushed it to 58-34 with 1:36 remaining in the half, and it was 63-38 at the break. The Nets were angry with the officiating, with Johnson picking up a technical foul at halftime and coach Jason Kidds assistants stepped in front of him as he tried to yell toward the refs. Brooklyn got within 14 with 2 minutes left in the third, but the Knicks, unveiling a small lineup that had Anthony as its centre, stretched their lead to 82-61 heading to the fourth. "They were the better team tonight," Kidd said. "Lose by one, lose by 100, its just a loss. We move on." 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American Bob Bradley has been appointed at the Liberty Stadium, with Guidolin becoming the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season on Monday, which also happened to be his 61st birthday.However, midfielder Cork says he had great respect for Guidolin after he led the club to safety last season but admits the team have struggled for form in a tough start to the new campaign. Jack Cork has praised Guidolin after he left Swansea Things like this happen at football clubs. It is obviously going to be strange in the next week to see what happens at the football club, it is going to be tough. Different people are going to come in and obviously there is a new man coming in, he said. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. Francesco was a great manager for us, he really helped us towards the end of last season and got us to where we wanted to be and, unfortunately, weve had a tough run of games this season and it has not happened.We did try to find some form in the last few games and unfortunately it wasnt enough but this sort of thing happens in football. It is unfortunate because I really had a lot of respect for Francesco and his staff. Well see what the new challenge brings. Swansea City have sacked Francesco Guidolin as manager and reeplaced him with former USA coach Bob Bradley Swansea have not won in the Premier League since the opening day of the season but Cork is adamant the team have the players to turn their poor early form around. Jacoby Brissett Jersey. Weve got the same squad we had towards the end of last year with a few different additions and we did have a few good results last year, we had a good bit of form but weve had a tough start, like a few teams have in this league, he said. Swansea lost 2-1 to Liverpool at the weekend Im sure if everyone can play like we know we can with a good tempo and style then Im sure we can start pushing back up the league.Guidolin guided Swansea to safety last season after he replaced Garry Monk and Cork is hoping that former United States national team manager Bradley, who will leave Le Havre to take over the Swans, can have a similar impact. Former Swansea forward Dean Saunders believes the clubs decision to remove Francesco Guidolin as manager was too hasty It happened with us last year with Francesco coming in and it did help us push up the table but we will see what happens. Hopefully we can react in a similar way and get going again, he said.You can watch Englands tour of Bangladesh, plus Premier League football and the Japan Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy three months at half price! Also See: Guidolin out, Bradley in Whats Bob Bradleys style? 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