Knicks 104-98 Rockets (27 Jan, 2009) Box Score

Houston Rockets

28-18, 13-13 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	23	35	22	18	98
NY	29	26	19	30	104

New York Knicks

19-25, 13-9 home

104

Houston Rockets

starters
L. Scola F
M. World Peace SF
S. Battier SF
R. Alston PG
T. McGrady SG
bench
C. Hayes PF
C. Landry PF
J. Dorsey PF
D. Mutombo C
Y. Ming C
L. Head PG
B. Barry SG
V. Wafer SG
A. Brooks G
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	6-11	0-0	4-4	2	12	14	1	1	0	0	4	-10	16
34	4-19	1-10	2-2	1	6	7	3	0	0	1	2	-5	11
32	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	3	5	2	0	0	0	5	-17	3
31	3-10	1-7	0-0	1	1	2	2	0	0	2	2	-10	7
31	7-20	3-9	3-4	1	3	4	6	1	0	2	1	-12	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
16	0-2	0-0	0-0	1	5	6	1	2	0	0	2	-2	0
19	5-9	0-0	6-6	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	+4	16
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	+6	3
16	3-7	1-1	2-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	+11	9
20	5-9	2-3	1-2	1	2	3	1	1	0	3	3	+5	13
	35-90	10-33	18-20	11	36	47	17	6	0	10	23		98
	38.9%	30.3%	90.0%

New York Knicks

starters
A. Harrington PF
J. Jeffries PF
D. Lee PF
Q. Richardson SF
C. Duhon PG
bench
M. Rose PF
T. Thomas PF
D. Gallinari PF
W. Chandler F
J. James C
S. Marbury PG
N. Robinson PG
A. Roberson SG
E. Curry NA
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
27	5-12	1-4	2-2	0	2	2	0	2	0	3	2	-10	13
16	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	+2	3
40	7-13	0-0	3-5	2	11	13	2	0	0	3	2	+11	17
20	2-5	0-1	3-4	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	-10	7
41	5-11	2-6	0-0	1	5	6	11	1	0	2	2	+9	12
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	3-8	1-3	4-4	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	4	+8	11
13	0-2	0-2	4-4	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	4
28	6-10	1-1	5-6	0	7	7	3	0	1	1	3	+7	18
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	8-15	1-4	2-2	0	6	6	2	0	0	0	1	+13	19
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	37-78	6-21	24-29	6	40	46	20	5	2	12	19		104
	47.4%	28.6%	82.8%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Knicks
76
Rockets
96

Game 1

11/1

Rockets
98
Knicks
104

Game 2

27/1

Madison Square Garden

12:30 AM, 27 January 2009

New York, NY

Attendance: 19,155

Referees:
Tom Washington
Ed Malloy
Phil Robinson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	64	18	.780	-	W2
New York	50	32	.610	14	W5
Philadelphia	47	35	.573	17	W8
Brooklyn	32	50	.390	32	L2
Toronto	25	57	.305	39	L4

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