Sometimes this season, the Knicks will be confusing. Monday was one of those times. They got three total points from their bench. They didn't have a particularly efficient night, making just 38% of their shots. They made just one out of their 10 3-point attempts. And they won. Confused yet?

The Knicks survived a scare from the Charlotte Bobcats at the Garden on Monday. Carmelo Anthony scored 22, Amar'e Stoudemire scored 25 and Tyson Chandler had 20 on a night that the Knicks were carried entirely by their stars.

Anthony struggled for most of the game—he made just four of his first 12 shots through three quarters. Stoudemire wasn't much better, making 6 of his first 18 in the same time frame. Chandler, meanwhile, made seven of his eight attempts in the game.

The game was choppy and the Knicks failed to impress for long stretches of the game. A week after the Bobcats shocked the Knicks at the Garden, the Knicks again let Charlotte hang around. The Bobcats started the game on a 10-0 run, and the Knicks couldn't put them away until the buzzer—D.J. Augustin's 3-pointer with 10 seconds left cut the lead to one, but Anthony's free throws with eight seconds left sealed the game for the Knicks.

—Kevin Clark