Barcelona, Spain (SportsNetwork. Timothe Luwawu Jersey .com) - Barcelona will attempt to rebound from a scoreless draw in its last La Liga outing when the club hosts Cordoba at Camp Nou on Saturday. The Catalans slipped four points back of first-place Real Madrid with a 0-0 draw at Getafe last time out. Barcelonas array of attacking talent makes the scoreless performance even more disappointing. Lionel Messi entered the clash with two hat tricks in his last three league matches, but the Argentine was unable to find the back of the net at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez. But Luis Enriques men will return to action with a contest against a Cordoba side that has conceded 22 goals through 15 games, leaving the club third from bottom on 11 points for the season. Cordoba enters the weekend in good form, dropping just one league match in its last five outings. But given the gulf in class between Barcelona and Cordoba, it is difficult to envision the Catalans dropping points for a second consecutive fixture, especially with the prospect of moving to within one point of Real Madrid. With the Galacticos away at the FIFA Club World Cup, Atletico Madrid will also be looking to close the gap on the La Liga leaders. Diego Simeones side suffered a narrow defeat to Villarreal last time out and will attempt to climb back to within four points of Real with a win at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday. Villarreal will be seeking a fifth straight league win on Sunday when the club welcomes Deportivo to El Madrigal while Malaga will be attempting to collect a third successive victory against Elche at the Martinez Valero. Rounding out Sundays slate, Granada and Getafe will square off at Los Carmenes. 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New York led by 24 in the third quarter before Sacramento surged back, and the Knicks needed a scintillating shooting performance from its leading men to snap a two-game skid. Smith scored 29 points on 10-for-19 shooting, including 9 for 12 from long distance. Anthony shot 12 for 21 from the floor and 5 of 8 from beyond the arc. "That was big time," Anthony said. New York (30-42) is two games behind Atlanta for the final playoff spot in the weak Eastern Conference after the Hawks (31-39) lost 107-83 to Minnesota. DeMarcus Cousins had 32 points, 15 rebounds and eight assists to carry the Kings, who played without injured point guard Isaiah Thomas (bruised right quadriceps). Ray McCallum made his first start in Thomas place alongside fellow rookie Ben McLemore, and the two shook off a slow start to bring the Kings back. McCallum had 10 points, six rebounds and five assists. McLemore scored 16. But New York outshot Sacramento 54.8 per cent to 47.8 per cent and finished 15 for 26 from 3-point range. "The 3-point line killed us," Kings coach Michael Malone said. "You have J.R. Smith and Carmelo Anthony, thats going to be tough to beat." About the only thing that kept the Kings close most of the night-- besides Cousins -- was free throws. Sacramento shot 27 for 35 on free throws, while New York finished 12 for 13. Sacramento scored the first eight points of the fourth quarter and finished with a flurry of highlights to give the Knicks a scare. Cousins three-point play overr Amare Stoudemire trimmed New Yorks lead to 96-94 with 4:30 remaining, sending most of the announced crowd of 15,494 roaring to their feet. Cheap 76ers Jerseys China. Smith answered with a 3-pointer, and Tyson Chandler came back with a dunk to put the Knicks up 101-94. After McCallum made two free throws, Anthonys 15-footer with 1:36 to play sent a cluster of fans to the exits, and the rest soon followed. "We know what they wanted to do," Cousins said, "but we have to go out there and execute." The Knicks already assured themselves of a losing season with an embarrassing loss in Los Angeles on Tuesday night with new team president Phil Jackson in attendance. The former Lakers coach, a longtime nemesis of Kings fans, was nowhere to be found in Sacramento on this night. Not that the Knicks shouldve needed Jacksons presence to get by a rebuilding Kings team that is far from the franchise he often led the Lakers past in the playoffs during Sacramentos glory years. New York took control in the second quarter with 20-6 run highlighted by defence and dunks. Chandler capped the spurt with an alley-oop from Smith that put the Knicks up 54-38. Anthony added two 3-pointers to extend New Yorks lead to 74-50 with 6:17 remaining in the third quarter, slapping his headband with his fingers as he backpedaled on defence each time. Smith squashed Sacramentos final rally by making all three of his 3-point attempts in the fourth, moving the Knicks playoffs hopes back in the right direction. "Ive been to (the playoffs) the last four or five years now, and to be home watching it on TV is not going to be any fun," Woodson said. "So Im desperately pushing these guys to try and get em in there, because then a new season starts and anything is possible." NOTES: The teams split the two-game season series, with each winning on the others home floor. ... The last time the Kings started rookies in the backcourt was when Isaiah Thomas and Jimmer Fredette started in a loss to Houston on April 8, 2012. ... New Yorks five-game road trip resumes Friday at Phoenix. ... Sacramento begins a three-game trip at Oklahoma City on Friday. ' ' '