new york new york forward kevin seraphin paid tribute to his french homeland with an inspired performance sunday helping the knicks to a 9587 nba win over new orleans just two days after fridays attacks in paris the 26yearold seraphin scored 12 points while sporting a paris haircut with the image of the eiffel tower and a peace sign shaved on his scalp seraphin who was born in cayenne french guiana made the most of his 13 minutes on the floor in front of a crowd of 19800 at madison square garden i just wanted to do something creative something different said seraphin regarding his haircut not just put something on my shoes i had no time to get a tattoo or anything so i just wanted to do something creative i got it done this sunday morning i got up early and my barber came over and we just did it it took about an hour seraphin was acquired by new york over the summer as a free agent after spending five years with the washington wizards his parents live in paris and he owns a home in the southern part of city the knicks were led by forward carmelo anthonys 29 points and 13 rebounds but it was seraphin and fellow reserve point guard langston galloway who had the clutch performances galloway scored 15 points eight in the decisive fourth quarter that allowed the knicks to win just their second home game of the season he seraphin gets the game ball said anthony he deserved it he was ready he was a big part of our run that we made in the second half to see him and what he is dealing with emotionally and mentally be prepared today when his number was called was big the pelicans have lost three in a row and nine of 10 to begin the season they are winless in six road games the knicks began the fourth quarter on a 167 run to take an 8272 lead with 635 to play galloway scored six points in the surge and seraphin contributed four seraphin came off the knicks bench in the third quarter and scored six key points to help new york to a 6865 lead his hook shot gave new york a 6660 lead with 206 left in the quarter and his jumper with 14 seconds to go provided the threepoint cushion going into the fourth quarter he seraphin has been working hard to keep himself in shape even though he hasnt played a lot of minutes said knicks coach derek fisher we felt like he was active enough and energetic enough to give us a punch