"David Lee scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half, and the New York Knicks erased a 20-point deficit to beat the Clippers, 95-91, on Friday night.

Chris Duhon added 17 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for the Knicks, who never led until the fourth quarter but found a way to win after blowing leads while losing their last two games. Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler each finished with 14 points.

Jonathan Bender scored nine points in his first action since Nov. 5, 2005.

Chris Kaman had 20 points and nine rebounds, and Baron Davis scored 19 points for the Clippers, who were looking for a third straight win but managed only 33 points in the second half.

The Clippers had won four straight against the Knicks, a streak that figured to continue after they dominated the first half. But Lee turned around the game with 13 points in the third quarter, and he tipped in a missed shot for the go-ahead basket with 28 seconds left, one of his 11 rebounds in the game against the Clippers' big front line of Kaman and Marcus Camby.

The Clippers never led in the fourth quarter until Davis' three-pointer made it 91-90 with 36 seconds left. Lee then tipped in Al Harrington's miss eight seconds later to put the Knicks back on top, and the Clippers turned it over on Al Thornton's offensive foul. Duhon's free throw made it a two-point game before Rasual Butler was short on a potential winning 3-point attempt with about 1 second remaining.

Los Angeles scored 16 straight points in the first quarter, turning a two-point lead into a 26-8 bulge on Davis' jumper with 3:42 remaining in the period. The Clippers led, 31-16, after a first quarter in which the Knicks made only six of their 24 field-goal attempts.

Bender came in late in the quarter and quickly had a basket and 3-pointer. Injuries wrecked his previous three NBA seasons, and he announced in February 2006 that he could no longer play because of persistent knee pain. The No. 5 pick in the 1999 draft had been out of the NBA before signing with the Knicks on Sunday, given another chance by team president Donnie Walsh, who traded for Bender while in Indiana."