Carmelo Anthony made a milestone on his career during his game with the Charlotte Hornets.

Even before Melo was with the New York Knicks, he was amazed at the numbers that Denver Nuggets teammate Allen Iverson.

But just this Sunday Night, Melo has joined Iverson on the NBA point club after he became the sixth youngest to join the NBA's 20,000 point club. He said "'I never thought I would be here actually talking about me reaching that milestone. I'm definitely humbled by this experience. I (guess I) got more to go."

The New York Knicks won over the Charlotte Hornets in a 96-63 victory.

On the other side of the bench, Al Jefferson had 21 points and Gary Neal added 17 points off the bench for the Hornets (1-2), who lost their second straight.

While Amar'e Stoudemire had 17 points and 10 rebounds off the bench for the Knicks (2-1), who won their second straight. Shumpert added 15 points.

According to Stoudemire "That means you put in a lot of work in this league, you stay injury free and you put a lot of work in practice, a lot of repetition that goes into being that efficient within the games."

Rookie team coach for the Knicks, Derek Fisher, is impressed by the performance of his team. He said "Their effort in just trying to do what we're asking them to do is really high. Even though we are making some mistakes . we are still making it hard for teams to score in a lot of situations."

Anthony had a great performance so far. His three pointer was a part of a 15-5 surge to open the game for the Knicks. New York was able to lead as high as 12 in the quarter before Charlotte trimmed the deficit to 29-21 heading into the second.

The Hornets will be travelling to New Orleans to play on Wednesday there while The Knicks will be facing Washington at home Wednesday night.

The Knicks is off to a great start. They have performed well during the opening of the NBA season. But the team still had a lot to prove.