New York Knicks @ Houston Rockets

2-4, 2-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Knicks NY	20	26	20	28	94
Rockets HOU	26	28	28	21	103

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

4-2, 2-0 Home

103

4-2, 2-0 Home

New York Knicks

starters
Channing FryeC. Frye
Quentin RichardsonQ. Richardson
Stephon MarburyS. Marbury
Jamal CrawfordJ. Crawford
Eddy CurryE. Curry
bench
Malik RoseM. Rose
Jared JeffriesJ. Jeffries
David LeeD. Lee
Renaldo BalkmanR. Balkman
Kelvin CatoK. Cato
Jerome JamesJ. James
Nate RobinsonN. Robinson
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	2	1-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	0
44	16	5-10	2-5	4-5	2	5	1	1	0	1	1	3	0
47	22	8-11	2-4	4-8	4	5	2	1	0	0	4	1	0
45	18	7-20	0-4	4-4	4	5	1	1	1	0	4	2	0
22	7	2-11	0-0	3-4	5	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	14	7-11	0-0	0-0	7	0	0	4	1	3	4	1	0
11	5	2-5	1-1	0-0	3	0	1	3	1	1	2	4	0
6	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	8	3-9	1-5	1-2	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0
	94	35-81	6-19	18-25	33	15	9	12	5	10	23	19
		43%	32%	72%

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Juwan HowardJ. Howard
Scott PadgettS. Padgett
Dikembe MutomboD. Mutombo
Bob SuraB. Sura
Luther HeadL. Head
Bonzi WellsB. Wells
Kirk SnyderK. Snyder
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
21	10	4-4	0-0	2-2	6	0	1	0	1	2	4	2	0
40	12	5-9	2-6	0-0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
38	35	15-21	0-0	5-6	17	2	8	1	7	3	14	3	0
37	13	4-11	3-7	2-4	5	6	4	1	0	1	4	4	0
39	13	4-12	2-6	3-5	4	8	3	0	0	1	3	4	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
13	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	11	4-6	3-4	0-0	5	3	1	0	1	0	5	1	0
--	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
	103	40-73	11-26	12-17	45	26	19	3	10	10	35	19
		55%	42%	71%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Matchups

HOU leads season

1-0

HOU

Game 1•@ HOU

Final

103

Game 2•@ NY

Final

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Jack Nies

Referee:Dan Crawford

Referee:Kevin Fehr

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	43	21	.672	-	W2
New York	41	25	.621	3	L2
Toronto	36	27	.571	6.5	W1
Philadelphia	34	30	.531	9	L2
Brooklyn	17	47	.266	26	W2

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	47	17	.734	-	W4
Houston	39	24	.619	7.5	L1
Memphis	23	40	.365	23.5	L4
Dallas	21	43	.328	26	L7
New Orleans	21	45	.318	27	W1

NBA News

Lakers' Doncic fined $50K for "money" gesture toward official

Lakers star Luka Doncic has been fined $50,000 for directing an inappropriate "money" gesture toward a game official during Sunday's win over the Knicks.

Steve Kerr: Playing 10 fewer games a season would improve league

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Monday that the NBA would be better off if it shaved games off its 82-game schedule, echoing previous comments he has made about the pace of play and long season affecting its quality and competitiveness.

Stephen A. on calls to shorten NBA season: 'Can't have your cake and eat it too'

Stephen A. Smith responds to Steve Kerr's desire to shorten the NBA season.

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