NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David Lee scored 24 points, and the New York Knicks ended a three-game losing streak with a 101-95 victory against the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.Quentin Richardson and Al Harrington each hit 3-pointers inside the final 1:14 to ensure the Knicks withstood a Hornets rally that trimmed a 14-point lead to three late in the game.Harrington finished with 20 points, while Wilson Chandler scored 19 points, hitting a jumper with 2:07 left and a driving layup soon after to help keep the Hornets at bay.David West had 25 points and 14 rebounds for the Hornets but was 6-of-20 from the field. Chris Paul added 23 points for New Orleans.The Knicks, looking to avoid an 0-4 road trip, led most of the game because of the continued assertive play of Lee, who had a dunk, a fast-break layup and a 17-foot jump shot during an 8-2 spurt that gave the Knicks a 59-47 lead midway through the third quarter.New Orleans trimmed the Knicks’ lead to 69-63 by the end of three quarters when Hornets coach Byron Scott made the unusual move of keeping Paul in the game instead of giving him his normal rest at the beginning of the fourth quarter.Still, the Knicks pulled away again as reserves Harrington and Nate Robinson each hit 3s during an 8-0 run, giving the Knicks a 77-63 lead with 10 minutes to go.The Hornets began to climb back into the game with an 8-1 run on Antonio Daniels’ 3, West’s putback and Paul’s 3, which cut New York’s lead to 82-77 with 6:05 to go.Two minutes later, Rasual Butler added another 3 and a reverse layup on a fast-break pass from Paul, cutting it to 86-82 with 3:46 left. After Wilson Chandler’s layup put the Knicks ahead 91-85, Peja Stojakovic’s 3 trimmed it to 91-88 with 1:29 left.That’s when Richardson, who had nine points, answered with his big 3. New Orleans got within three points once more on Butler’s 3-pointer with 45 seconds left, but Harrington drilled his 3-pointer with 27 seconds left.Chris Duhon, who grew up in the New Orleans suburb of Slidell, scored 10 points and his 3 in the second quarter wound up being the basket that put New York in the lead to stay.Tyson Chandler had 10 points and 12 rebounds for New Orleans, which hadn’t lost to New York since before Paul turned pro. Butler finished with 18 points, but the Hornets had an off night shooting, finishing at 38.4 percent while New York shot 43.8 percent.New York began to pull away when reserve Tim Thomas hit his first four shots, including a 3 and a dunk cutting through the lane, to put the Knicks ahead 37-31 in the second quarter.West started 3-of-10 from the field and Stojakovic missed his first five shots, going 2-of-9 for the half. New Orleans also went 1-of-9 on 3-pointers in the first two periods.Lee had 10 points in the first half, while Harrington’s free throws late in the second period helped New York take a 47-40 lead at halftime.–Contact The Daily Reveille’s sports staff at [email protected]