steve novak going bananas. sticks a three. knicks taking an 82-80 lead. novak again. five threes in the game. just 17 off the bench. another one from the corner. right there. the knicks outscoring the cavs 71-42 in the second half. lin, one of his 13 assists. 19 points. just one turnover. they go on to win 120-103. a big bounceback for new york. >>> to the college game. ohio state visiting northwestern. the wildcats on the ncaa bubble. butford for the buckeyes. northwestern, trying to come back. down by a dozen. how about the three from alex. now dave in the corner. the wildcats storming back. marco tulio again. with ten seconds left on the clock. drills the long ball. look at the crowd in evanston. in the back ground as they watch. the south paw sticks the long ball. we're tied up at 73-73. they went to jared. team high 22 points. ohio hi state up by two. john sherna, no good. ohio state wins, 75-73. the wildcats are still on the bubble. i'm don bell. this is your espn news update. >> good game. you were cringing. >>> inside the palace that air jordan built. his mans

against the cavs and bloodied and bruised and returned and had 19 points and 13 assists but however steve novakas the story. sparked new york with a flurry of three-pointers in the fourth and knicks rally from 17 down to beat the cavs. no that is not the phantom of the opera! that is kobe bryant wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose. came out flying, ten points in the first and another 14 in the third. the nba's leading scorer finished with 31. a broken nose wasn't going to stop bryant. lakers won big 104-85. >>> fresh off his mvp performance in the all-star game, the thunder's kevin durant had a sluggish start in philly but picked it up down the stretch. eight of his 23 in the final minutes. thunder knocked off the sixer 92-88. tough night for the cup after losing -- dirk nowitzki left the game early in memphis. went on to win it 96-85. >>> finally, huge win for usa soccer. they took on out one of the best teams in the world. it took 78 years and team usa finally beat italy for the first time ever. they pulled off the yaupset, 1-. >> that is your early look at sports on "early today."

lin finds steve novak for a triple.has come out of nowhere to be a star for the knicks. 5 for 8 from three-point range for novak, 17 points. as i said, lin 13 assists, here's the good part, only one turnover. knicks pulling away there, icing on the cake. baron davis an alley-oop to j.r. smith. knicks get 50 points from their bench and come from behind and score 120 points to beat the cavs 120-103. lakers and t wolves in los angeles. kobe bryant wearing the protective mask. suffered a broken nose in the all-star game. dwayne wade gave him a shot in the nose. didn't slow kobe down. lakers win it. a broken nose and a condition cushi concussion in the all-star game. >>> tiger woods was asked about a big book yesterday "the big miss." his former coach said tiger once considered walking away from golf at peak of his career to become a navy s.e.a.l. yesterday tiger was asked about that detail and didn't like it. >> specifically, in regards to being a navy s.e.a.l., receiving navy s.e.a.l. training was that something you were c

against the cavs, bloodied and bruised and returned and had 19 points and 13 assists but however steve novaktory. sparked new york with a flurry of three-pointers in the fourth and knicks rally from 17 down to beat the cavs 120-103. no that is not the phantom of the opera! that is kobe bryant wearing a face mask to protect his broken nose. but it was the timberwolves that could have used protection from kobe. came out flying, ten points in the first and another 14 in the third. the nba's leading scorer finished with 31. a broken nose wasn't going to stop bryant. lakers won big 104-85. >>> fresh off his mvp performance in the all-star game, the thunder's kevin durant had a sluggish start in philly but picked it up down the stretch. eight of his 23 in the final minutes. thunder knocked off the sixers 92-88. tough night for the world champs after losing to the nets. the grizzlies had their way with the mavericks. dirk nowitzki left the game early with a sore back and memphis took advantage. went on to win it 96-85. >>> finally, huge win for usa soccer. the americans travelled to italy and took