"veryone should listen to their mother on Christmas. Al Harrington did.

After laying an egg in a Christmas afternoon loss to the Heat, Harrington tried to rectify it on Christmas night. On orders from his mother, the Knicks' leading scorer went to the team's Westchester practice facility Friday night and spent more than an hour shooting jumpers, with his parents rebounding.

It is quite a Christmas story for Harrington, as he navigates the first slump of what had been a terrific start to the season.

"At first I didn't want to go," said Harrington, who shot 5-of-20 in the Miami loss. "She said the way you shot the ball, you need to go back to the gym. We just had trouble getting someone to turn on the lights.""