New York Knicks @ Houston Rockets

Preseason

0-1, 0-1 Away

103

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Knicks NY	15	27	35	26	103
Rockets HOU	27	41	36	26	130

Houston RocketsRocketsHOU

2-0, 2-0 Home

130

2-0, 2-0 Home

New York Knicks

starters
Carmelo AnthonyC. Anthony#7
Kyle O'QuinnK. O'Quinn#9
Kristaps PorzingisK. Porzingis#6
Derrick RoseD. Rose#25
Courtney LeeC. Lee#5
bench
Lance ThomasL. Thomas#42
Justin HolidayJ. Holiday#8
Mindaugas KuzminskasM. Kuzminskas#91
Maurice NdourM. Ndour#2
Marshall PlumleeM. Plumlee#40
Willy HernangomezW. Hernangomez#14
Sasha VujacicS. Vujacic#18
J.P. TokotoJ.P. Tokoto#1
Brandon JenningsB. Jennings#3
Ron BakerR. Baker#31
Chasson RandleC. Randle#4
Lou AmundsonL. Amundson#17
Joakim NoahJ. Noah#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
22	10	4-13	0-1	2-2	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	3	-21
18	4	1-4	0-1	2-2	9	1	2	1	0	1	8	2	-24
27	22	8-11	5-6	1-1	4	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	-19
25	16	7-14	0-1	2-3	2	5	2	0	1	1	1	1	-23
23	8	2-4	2-4	2-2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3	-19
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
18	6	3-8	0-4	0-0	5	2	2	1	0	1	4	1	-17
18	4	1-6	1-4	1-2	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	-1
6	7	3-5	0-2	1-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3
13	2	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	+6
9	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	-2
16	4	2-4	0-0	0-0	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	3	+2
10	5	2-5	1-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	+1
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
18	7	2-10	1-3	2-3	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	-1
6	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	-3
8	4	1-2	1-1	1-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-5
DNP-SORE BACK
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	103	39-96	11-31	14-18	34	23	13	9	5	10	24	20
		41%	35%	78%

Houston Rockets

starters
Ryan AndersonR. Anderson#3
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza#1
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Eric GordonE. Gordon#10
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#33
KJ McDanielsK. McDaniels#32
Kyle WiltjerK. Wiltjer#30
Sam DekkerS. Dekker#7
Nene N. Hilario#42
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#5
Bobby BrownB. Brown#8
Pablo PrigioniP. Prigioni#9
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#6
Isaiah TaylorI. Taylor#17
Gary Payton IIG. Payton II#0
P.J. HairstonP.J. Hairston#19
Chinanu OnuakuC. Onuaku#21
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#2
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
29	26	8-16	7-13	3-4	7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	+17
27	10	3-8	2-7	2-2	7	0	0	1	0	0	7	0	+23
19	6	3-7	0-0	0-0	4	1	1	1	1	0	4	2	+23
21	10	4-8	1-3	1-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	+7
30	28	7-11	4-8	10-12	6	11	5	0	0	0	6	2	+28
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
14	8	3-3	2-2	0-0	5	2	1	2	0	0	5	2	+3
22	9	4-7	1-2	0-0	3	0	3	1	2	2	1	3	+15
8	9	3-4	1-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	+5
10	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	+1
17	10	4-6	0-0	2-2	5	2	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4
12	4	1-3	0-1	2-2	5	2	3	0	2	3	2	3	0
8	0	0-2	0-1	0-1	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	+5
6	3	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	-1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	-5
5	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	+5
8	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	5	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
DNP-DID NOT DRESS - TEAM DECISION
	130	44-82	20-42	22-26	51	27	22	8	6	7	44	21
		54%	48%	85%

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

Matchups

HOU wins season

2-0

HOU

Game 1@ NY

Final

118

122

Game 2@ HOU

Final

129

Game Information

Houston, TX

Referee:Brent Barnaky

Referee:Ken Mauer

Referee:Mitchell Ervin

Eastern Conference

Atlantic	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Boston	56	26	.683	-	W2
New York	53	29	.646	3	L1
Toronto	46	36	.561	10	W1
Philadelphia	45	37	.549	11	W2
Brooklyn	20	62	.244	36	L3

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

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