"Knicks point guard Chris Duhon estimated he had about 50 family members who trekked to the New Orleans Arena on Friday night from the Slidell area to attend New York's only game against the Hornets so close to his hometown.

He said he wanted to give each of them their money's worth.

Duhon scored 22 points for the Knicks, including a season-high 6-of-8 shooting from beyond the 3-point line, as New York snapped New Orleans' six-game home streak and three-game overall winning streak with a 113-96 thumping in front of 15,569.

Duhon had 11 points in the fourth quarter, when he did not miss from beyond the arc.

"The main thing is we got the win," said Duhon, who took advantage of the Hornets' defensive strategy in the late going. "They pretty much were going underneath all the picks, and then I was able to knock (the 3-point shots) down.

"Once you start to make shots, that's when David (Lee) and I, our pick-and-rolls become even better. I was just shooting it with confidence, and once I hit one or two, I just felt like I couldn't miss. I struggled early (this year), but I just forgot about that. I knew this was a new month, still a long way to go. I'm just doing extra stuff in the gym, and the confidence is continuing to grow."

The Knicks outscored the Hornets 32-17 in the decisive fourth quarter, after staging a second-half rally that erased a 16-point Hornets lead.

New York clamped down defensively on Hornets forward Peja Stojakovic, holding him scoreless in the second half after he scored 16 in the first two quarters.

"We just hung in there," Knicks Coach Mike D'Antoni said. "We had to weather some Stojakovic bombs and tightened our defense up. Some shots fell for us instead of them. That was the difference. Sometimes you've just got to score enough to hang in there until he cools off a little bit."

David West led the Hornets with 20 points, and Chris Paul had his fourth consecutive double-double with 13 points and 13 assists. New York's Al Harrington led all scorers with 28."