New York Knicks @ Houston Rockets

8-3, 4-3 Away

103

8-3, 4-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Knicks NY	32	25	23	23	103
Rockets HOU	35	37	32	27	131

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

6-7, 4-3 Home

131

6-7, 4-3 Home

New York Knicks

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony#7
Ronnie BrewerR. Brewer#11
Tyson ChandlerT. Chandler#6
Jason KiddJ. Kidd#5
Raymond FeltonR. Felton#2
bench
Kurt ThomasK. Thomas#40
Steve NovakS. Novak#16
Chris CopelandC. Copeland#14
Pablo PrigioniP. Prigioni#9
James WhiteJ. White#4
JR SmithJ. Smith#8
Rasheed WallaceR. Wallace#36
Marcus CambyM. Camby#23
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
35	37	14-24	7-12	2-2	4	2	7	0	0	1	3	4	-12
15	4	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-15
28	6	3-4	0-0	0-0	7	1	0	0	3	3	4	4	-11
28	7	2-5	1-3	2-2	5	5	1	1	2	0	5	2	-29
30	17	6-11	4-6	1-2	0	8	4	1	1	0	0	1	-13
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
10	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	-4
25	9	3-8	3-7	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	-10
8	6	3-6	0-2	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-2
18	5	2-7	1-6	0-0	4	4	2	2	0	1	3	1	-15
9	0	0-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-9
35	12	2-13	1-2	7-8	5	2	1	2	1	0	5	5	-20
DNP-SORE LEFT FOOT
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	103	37-86	17-39	12-14	30	22	15	8	9	6	24	21
		43%	44%	86%

Houston Rockets

starters
Patrick PattersonP. Patterson#54
Chandler ParsonsC. Parsons#25
Omer AsikO. Asik#3
James HardenJ. Harden#13
Jeremy LinJ. Lin#7
bench
Greg SmithG. Smith#4
Terrence JonesT. Jones#6
Marcus Morris Sr.M. Morris Sr.#2
Toney DouglasT. Douglas#15
Daequan CookD. Cook#14
Cole AldrichC. Aldrich#31
Carlos DelfinoC. Delfino#10
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
20	10	5-7	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	+12
34	31	13-17	4-7	1-2	5	4	0	4	1	1	4	1	+21
30	18	6-11	0-0	6-8	14	3	2	0	1	4	10	1	+18
39	33	7-15	3-5	16-16	4	9	3	1	1	0	4	3	+27
35	13	6-12	1-2	0-0	7	3	4	2	0	0	7	2	+24
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	-3
7	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	-3
17	4	2-7	0-1	0-0	4	2	0	0	2	1	3	2	+18
17	11	3-6	3-4	2-2	2	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	+8
26	9	3-9	3-6	0-0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	+18
DNP-SPRAINED RIGHT ANKLE
DNP-GROIN
	131	46-89	14-25	25-28	49	22	14	8	6	11	38	17
		52%	56%	89%

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

Matchups

HOU leads season

1-0

HOU

103

Game 1@ HOU

Final

131

Game 2@ NY

Final

109

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:James Capers

Referee:Curtis Blair

Referee:Courtney Kirkland

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	55	26	.679	-	W1
New York	53	28	.654	2	W5
Toronto	45	36	.556	10	L1
Philadelphia	44	37	.543	11	W1
Brooklyn	20	61	.247	35	L2

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	19	.765	-	W3
Houston	51	30	.630	11	L1
New Orleans	26	55	.321	36	L1
Memphis	25	56	.309	37	L7
Dallas	25	56	.309	37	L3

NBA News

Lakers, needing backcourt help, sign Nick Smith Jr. to new deal

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Sources: Kings to retain coach Doug Christie for next season

The Kings are retaining coach Doug Christie for next season, team sources told ESPN.

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