New York, NY (Best E Casino) - Stephon Marbury scored 18 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter, leading the New York Knicks over the Miami Heat, 99-93, at Madison Square Garden.

Eddy Curry added 28 points and 11 rebounds for New York, which rebounded from Sunday's 101-92 setback in New Jersey to win for the third time in five outings since the All-Star break. Jamal Crawford tallied 20 points for the Knicks, who also won for the sixth straight time at home.

Shaquille O'Neal ended with 20 points for Miami, which has dropped three of four. Jason Kapono added 24 points for the Heat, who couldn't follow up Sunday's surprising 86-81 victory over Cleveland with another win.

"We need to play better defense," said O'Neal, who went over the 25,000-point mark for his career. "We're getting broken down too much."

O'Neal ended the game with 25,015 points, becoming the 14th player in league history to hit the milestone. He also became the seventh player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds in his career.

"When I'm done playing, I can look back at what I did," said O'Neal. "If I could make free throws I would be at 30,000, not 25,000."

Miami led 77-71 early in the fourth quarter, but the Knicks went on a 13-4 run to take the lead. Marbury capped the surge with a three-pointer at the 6:54 mark for an 84-81 lead.

Later, Miami tied the game at 92-92 on Kapono's three-pointer with 1:46 left. The teams then exchanged possessions, both coming up empty, and Marbury's driving layup with 59 seconds left to give New York the lead for good.

On Miami's ensuing possession, Malik Rose made the first of his two key plays when he immediately fouled O'Neal with 43.7 seconds left. O'Neal hit only 1- for-2 from the line to cut the deficit to one, 94-93.

Next time down the court, Rose found himself with the ball at the top of the key after Marbury couldn't find a way to the basket. Rose, however, did when Kapono left him unguarded and his dish to Curry went awry only to find a wide open Crawford in the right corner. Crawford hit the trey with 20.7 seconds left, giving New York a four-point lead.

Miami didn't find the bucket after that.

"I just let the game come," said Marbury of his fourth-quarter performance. "At that point it was needed."

New York benefited from a strong showing at the free throw line, hitting 30- of-39 attempts. The Heat went to the line only eight time, connecting five times.

Jason Williams ended with 15 points for the Heat, who trailed 24-23 after one quarter and 45-39 at halftime. Miami, though, rallied to tie the game going into the fourth at 70-70.

Game Notes

New York forward David Lee missed his third straight game with a high right ankle sprain and guard Steve Francis sat out with the flu...Miami's Dwyane Wade continues to miss action with his separated left shoulder...NY improved to 16-13 at home...Miami fell to 11-19 on the road...NY won the season series from the Heat, taking three of the four meetings...Miami entered the season having won seven straight against NY.