Christmas hit a foul-line jumper at the shot-clock buzzer after corraling the rebound of a miss by Michael Carter-Williams and Fair followed with a dunk off a steal by Carter-Williams.
Especially the stretches when forward Renaldo Balkman spent time guarding Kobe Bryant and gave the future Hall-of-Famer Bryant a platform for the best play of the night: Balkman lunged at Bryant, who was shooting an off-balanced three-point shot Balkman was called for a foul and the shot banked off the backboard and in to create a four-point play that made the score 78-64.
The Hawks held that margin and had the ball with 22 seconds left, but the Knicks benefited from a questionable offensive-foul call on Atlanta's Smith that gave them the ball for Anthony's game-winning shot, wrapping up his fourth 40-point game of the season and his 29th straight game over 20 points, tying a franchise record.
The visitors ventured up field and won a free-kick after a foul on Paul Hartley but Sone Aluko's shot was high over the target.
The Great Danes' John Puk missed three foul shots, allowing Vermont to close to 49-47 on Apfeld's follow shot at 0:26.
But the Nets eventually settled in, bailed out by an Anthony Morrow jump shot, a Kris Humphries layup and a converted foul shot and then Marshon Brooks's running jumper, which made it 92-77.
Rougier was booked for a foul on Adam Drury as the home side's frustrations grew and Emblen's right-foot shot was blocked by Murty as time began to run out.
And after Ronald De Boer blazed a penalty over following Gilles Grimandi's foul on Tottenham's Edgar Davids - the day's pantomime villain, Kanu's deflected shot made it two to Arsenal.
Looking to see if the clock is right, a shot was a 3-pointer or if an elbow to the head warrants a flagrant foul, they watch the replays from all angles as coaches and players huddle, fans in the stands and TV wait for the action to start again.
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