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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Leave it to a Syracuse guy to spoil Patrick Ewings NBA head coaching debut. Carmelo Anthony had 28 points and eight rebounds, Andrea Bargnani added 25 points and the New York Knicks beat Ewings Bobcats 101-91 Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Ewing, the former Georgetown star who spent 15 seasons with the Knicks, filled in as Charlottes coach after Steve Clifford underwent a successful procedure earlier in the day to have two stents placed in his heart. Clifford checked himself into the hospital late Thursday night with chest pain. The Bobcats havent said when they expect Clifford to return to the bench. "Unfortunately I didnt get my first win," Ewing said. "I was nervous at first but once the game started I was able to calm down and do my thing." The Knicks did their thing right from the opening tip, looking for the first time this season like the playoff team they were a year ago. After Tuesday nights 102-97 loss to the Bobcats, the Knicks held a players-only meeting. Whatever was said apparently worked. "Sometimes you need to get together and talk and communicate and figure out what the problem is, whats the issue," Anthony said. "We responded well tonight." The Knicks played with a passion thats been absent of late and drew the ire of owner James Dolan. Behind Anthony, who once led Syracuse to a national title, things looked a lot better. "We played like our backs were against the wall," Anthony said. "It was a must-win for us. This early in the season when you talk about must-wins, something obviously is going wrong. But we corrected that." Bargnani is a big reason why. Filling in at centre for the injured Tyson Chandler, Bargnani hit 11 of 25 shots from the field -- including three 3-pointers -- had eight rebounds and blocked five shots. It was his first 20-point game since March 4. Bargnani said he learned a lesson along the way. "Dont be hesitant and just play my game and go out there and do what Ive always done all these years," Bargnani said. "I got to be more aggressive on the offence." Said Anthony: "It seemed like tonight he wasnt hesitating and he had that shoot-first mentality, which I like." Kemba Walker, who led the Bobcats with 25 points, said thats where his team fell short. Walker said the Bobcats lack of energy, not Ewings coaching ability, is the reason Charlotte had its two-game win streak snapped. "Our energy level from the get go wasnt so great," Walker said. "I thought (Ewing) did great. It was us, the players. We are the ones on the court out there playing. We just have to pick up the intensity." The Knicks shot 75 per cent from the field in the third quarter -- including six of seven 3-point attempts -- to blow open a tight game and snap a three-game losing skid. Raymond Felton added 15 points for the Knicks (2-3). The Knicks opened an 18-point lead in the third quarter, but the Bobcats whittled it down to 10 at one point. The game changed after a Knicks timeout. Metta World Peace gave New York a boost by knocking down a 3-pointer, then making a steal and finding Tim Hardaway Jr. in transition for another 3. Pablo Prigionis 3 stretched the lead back to 19 and the Bobcats never challenged again. On Tuesday night, Anthony scored 32 points but shot just 10 of 32 against the Bobcats. He was more efficient in the rematch, shooting 12 of 22 with six assists. Anthony hurt the Bobcats in a variety of ways -- with fall-away jumpers, drives to the basket and with physical play inside outmuscling the younger, less experienced Michael Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeffery Taylor in the low post for easy shots. Ewing has been an NBA assistant for 10 years, but this was his first game as a head coach. It came against a team that he played for from 1985-2000. "Coach Clifford and I have been friends for a lot of years -- weve worked together for over 10 years now -- and this is definitely not the way I wanted to start my head coaching career with him being in the hospital," Ewing said before the game. The 7-foot Ewing towered above over a group of smaller referees as he spoke with them periodically from the bench. He stayed calm for the most part, sitting and watching rather than standing and yelling. At one point he pleaded with officials for a goaltending call when Ramon Sessions drove to the basket and was fouled by raising his long right arm to signal the ball was on its way down. NOTES: The Bobcats entered as the second-worst free throw shooting team in the league, but hit 19 of 20 foul shots in the first half. ... The Bobcats continue to play without Al Jefferson, who is out with a sprained ankle. ... The Knicks shot 46 per cent from 3-point range. Gio Gonzalez Jersey . 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Blatter, a 75-year-old Swiss executive who has been in office since 1998, was handed a final four-year term as head of footballs governing body in a vote at FIFAs congress. He won 186 votes out of 203 ballots.PHILADELPHIA - Steve Masons first shutout of the season still kept him shut out of the win column.Masons stellar effort in shutout No. 2 not only earned him a victory this time around, Philadelphias flickering playoff got a needed boost.Mason stopped all 30 shots and Michael Del Zotto scored to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat Toronto 1-0 on Saturday night and send the Maple Leafs to their ninth straight loss.Masons 25th career shutout helped the Flyers win their first 1-0 game since Nov. 2, 2013. He lost his last shutout Nov. 24 against the New York Islanders. He was credited with a shutout for three scoreless periods, plus overtime, but lost in the shootout.The last one didnt end the way shutouts normally end, Mason said. Its part of the game. But its nice to have this one and have a couple of days to sit on it and feel good.Mason had 10 shutouts his rookie season with Columbus (2008-09), five the next season and four last season in his first full season with the Flyers.The Flyers have won a season-high four straight games as they make a desperate push to get back in the Eastern Conference playoff picture.Were going to work our way through this by playing playoff-type hockey, Toronto interim coach Peter Horachek said.The slumping Leafs have been held to one or less goal in eight of nine games. The Leafs had scored one goal in each of the last two games.The game had the feel of a preseason tilt with little action in front of a quiet crowd. The Flyers only took 12 shots on goal through two periods and did not commit a penalty through the first two periods.Its really tough to make up ground this time of year, Flyers defenceman Luke Schenn said. Were pretty far behind. But we just won four. Well continue to get wins and so far, guys have continued to do a goodd job of staying focused.ddddddddddddThe Flyers went 8-6-0 in January, the most wins of any month this season.We put ourselves in a little bit more of a manageable position to get back in the hunt, but theres still a lot of work to be done, Mason said.The Flyers, who entered nine points out of a playoff spot in the East, scored the only goal they needed 4:05 into the game on Del Zottos fifth of the season. Del Zotto led a rush and flipped a pass from Petr Straka over James Reimers shoulder for the goal.Reimer did his best to keep it a one-goal game the rest of the way, including a wonderful outstretched sweep of the puck off the goal line later in the first.Were due for a couple of goals, Reimer said before the game.The wait goes on. That one goal was enough to beat the Leafs considering theyre woeful month. Toronto has lost nine straight games (0-8-1) for the first time since the 1985-86 season and has lost nine straight road games for the first time since 1996-97.The Maple Leafs are 1-11-1 in January. They called a timeout with 49.2 seconds and pulled Reimer. Not even the extra skater could help.Were capable of doing a lot of things, but when youre mentally not in the right place, then its difficult, Horachek said. There isnt sound in the room that theres any kind of major issues. Weve had enough guys speaking up. Now, its about getting results. You have to believe, you have to trust each other. Thats where it has to go.NOTES: Philadelphias Wayne Simmonds and NHL points leader Jake Voracek each played in their 500th career game. ... Mason played in his 100th game with the Flyers. ... This was the third time in series history that the Flyers and Maple Leafs have played to a 1-0 decision. ... Del Zotto has a career-high six-game point streak. 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