Rockets
Houston
Western Conference
Southwest
11
3
14
908
910
36
14
39
76
32
42
19
13
68
28
10
38
4
19
13
16
19
91
4
811
34
4
2422
109
5
52
42
81
49
34
83
12
56
43
24
2724
6060
89
43
48
1416
76
5
48
07
15
78
21
99
01
53
33
73
1822
6060
8
3
38
24
10
42
5
4
80
4
3
7
1
5
4
2
27
60
11
4
36
22
9
41
2
2
100
9
4
13
2
6
3
4
24
60
8
4
50
14
7
50
4
0
0
7
2
9
0
5
3
7
18
60
9
3
33
16
6
38
8
7
88
8
1
9
1
3
3
3
22
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Trevor
Ariza
Trevor Ariza
True
42
3
10
30
2
6
33
2
2
100
1
4
5
3
3
0
2
3
10
5
none
James
Harden
James Harden
True
39
11
22
50
7
12
58
7
7
100
1
5
6
6
3
1
5
2
36
7
none
Donatas
Motiejūnas
Donatas Motiejūnas
True
31
6
12
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
7
8
0
1
1
1
3
13
11
none
Isaiah
Canaan
Isaiah Canaan
True
26
2
8
25
1
5
20
2
2
100
0
0
0
3
1
0
1
4
7
11
none
Tarik
Black
Tarik Black
True
17
3
5
60
0
0
0
1
2
50
2
3
5
0
1
0
1
1
7
-1
none
Kostas
Papanikolaou
Kostas Papanikolaou
False
25
2
6
33
0
3
0
0
2
0
2
3
5
3
1
2
5
1
4
-6
none
Francisco
García
Francisco García
False
23
2
4
50
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
2
5
9
none
Jason
Terry
Jason Terry
False
21
3
7
43
2
5
40
0
0
0
0
3
3
1
1
0
1
0
8
-6
none
Joey
Dorsey
Joey Dorsey
False
12
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
4
25
2
1
3
0
1
0
0
3
1
-5
none
Troy
Daniels
Troy Daniels
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Dwight
Howard
Dwight Howard
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
Nick
Johnson
Nick Johnson
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
26
November
2014
Wednesday
Toyota Center
Houston
Kings
Sacramento
True
Knicks
New York
Eastern Conference
Atlantic
4
11
15
500
624
22
6
27
76
35
46
15
10
67
31
9
40
5
25
8
17
20
86
4
45
21
47
1921
117
6
38
25
66
109
34
143
50
66
12
73
2620
6060
85
21
25
1818
98
5
40
30
75
57
11
68
00
76
41
34
2317
6060
4
2
50
19
11
58
3
2
67
10
3
13
5
6
1
7
26
60
5
1
20
21
7
33
8
5
62
9
4
13
0
6
2
3
20
60
8
2
25
18
9
50
4
3
75
5
1
6
0
7
4
3
23
60
5
1
20
18
8
44
0
0
0
7
1
8
0
6
1
4
17
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Iman
Shumpert
Iman Shumpert
True
29
2
10
20
0
4
0
3
4
75
1
5
6
5
1
0
2
5
7
-6
none
José
Calderón
José Calderón
True
25
3
7
43
1
3
33
2
2
100
0
1
1
5
0
0
0
0
9
-3
none
Quincy
Acy
Quincy Acy
True
25
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
2
50
4
4
8
3
0
0
1
1
1
-6
none
Carmelo
Anthony
Carmelo Anthony
True
18
6
11
55
0
2
0
2
3
67
2
5
7
0
0
1
1
0
14
-6
none
Samuel
Dalembert
Samuel Dalembert
True
15
3
3
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
6
1
none
Amar'e
Stoudemire
Amar'e Stoudemire
False
25
4
8
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
7
8
1
1
3
4
5
8
1
none
Shane
Larkin
Shane Larkin
False
21
4
5
80
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
8
-4
none
J.R.
Smith
J.R. Smith
False
18
3
6
50
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
1
0
2
2
8
5
none
Travis
Wear
Travis Wear
False
17
4
7
57
0
1
0
1
2
50
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
9
-1
none
Pablo
Prigioni
Pablo Prigioni
False
16
3
5
60
2
4
50
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
8
-3
none
Tim
Hardaway
Tim Hardaway
False
14
2
7
29
1
4
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
2
none
Jason
Smith
Jason Smith
False
10
1
3
33
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
3
-5
none
Cole
Aldrich
Cole Aldrich
False
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
none
26
November
2014
Wednesday
American Airlines Center
Dallas
Mavericks
Dallas
False
The Houston Rockets ( 11 - 3 ) defeated the New York Knicks ( 4 - 11 ) 91 - 86 on Monday at the Toyota Center in Houston . With Carmelo Anthony leaving the game in the second quarter due to back spasms , the Knicks were unable to make a comeback after being down 51 - 46 at halftime . They were able to out - shoot the Rockets , as they went 46 percent from the field compared to the 42 percent of Houston , but with James Harden taking control in the final quarter , the Knicks were n't able to find an answer to steal a victory from the Rockets on the road . Harden was an absolute force on Monday . He shot a ridiculous 11 - for - 22 from the field and 7 - for - 12 from the three - point line to finish with a season - high of 36 points , while also adding six rebounds and six assists . In the past three games , Harden has now scored 92 points , as he continues to make his case for this season 's MVP award . Harden did receive a little help though . With Terrence Jones out for at least another three or four weeks , Donatas Motiejunas continued to take his place and scored 13 points ( 6 - 12 FG , 1 - 2 3Pt ) , while grabbing eight rebounds . Trevor Ariza was the only other Rocket to reach double figures in points as he finished with 10 . He seemed to struggle with his shot though , as he went only 3 - for - 10 from the field and 2 - for - 6 from the three - point line . Despite having three starters out with injury , the Rockets still secured the victory . The Knicks really struggled to find any offense with Anthony leaving during the second quarter . Despite playing only 18 minutes , Anthony led the team in points with 14 . Jose Calderon led all other starters with nine points and five assists . He shot 3 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 3 from the three - point line in only his second game of the season since returning from injury . The Knicks did receive 49 points from the bench in this matchup , though spread out between many players . Travis Wear led all bench scorers with nine points ( 4 - 7 FG , 0 - 1 3Pt , 1 - 2 FT ) in 17 minutes . Amare Stoudemire , Shane Larkin , J.R. Smith and Pablo Prigioni all had eight points off the bench as well . The Rockets ' next game will be at home against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday , while the Knicks will travel to Dallas to play the Mavericks on Wednesday .
The Houston Rockets (11 - 3) defeated the New York Knicks (4 - 11) 91 - 86 on Monday at the Toyota Center in Houston. With Carmelo Anthony leaving the game in the second quarter due to back spasms, the Knicks were unable to make a comeback after being down 51 - 46 at halftime. They were able to out - shoot the Rockets, as they went 46 percent from the field compared to the 42 percent of Houston, but with James Harden taking control in the final quarter, the Knicks weren't able to find an answer to steal a victory from the Rockets on the road. Harden was an absolute force on Monday. He shot a ridiculous 11 - for - 22 from the field and 7 - for - 12 from the three - point line to finish with a season - high of 36 points, while also adding six rebounds and six assists. In the past three games, Harden has now scored 92 points, as he continues to make his case for this season's MVP award. Harden did receive a little help though. With Terrence Jones out for at least another three or four weeks, Donatas Motiejunas continued to take his place and scored 13 points (6 - 12 FG, 1 - 2 3Pt), while grabbing eight rebounds. Trevor Ariza was the only other Rocket to reach double figures in points as he finished with 10. He seemed to struggle with his shot though, as he went only 3 - for - 10 from the field and 2 - for - 6 from the three - point line. Despite having three starters out with injury, the Rockets still secured the victory. The Knicks really struggled to find any offense with Anthony leaving during the second quarter. Despite playing only 18 minutes, Anthony led the team in points with 14. Jose Calderon led all other starters with nine points and five assists. He shot 3 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 3 from the three - point line in only his second game of the season since returning from injury. The Knicks did receive 49 points from the bench in this matchup, though spread out between many players. Travis Wear led all bench scorers with nine points (4 - 7 FG, 0 - 1 3Pt, 1 - 2 FT) in 17 minutes. Amare Stoudemire, Shane Larkin, J.R. Smith and Pablo Prigioni all had eight points off the bench as well. The Rockets' next game will be at home against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, while the Knicks will travel to Dallas to play the Mavericks on Wednesday.
The Houston Rockets (11 - 3) defeated the New York Knicks (4 - 11) 91 - 86 on Monday at the Toyota Center in Houston. With Carmelo Anthony leaving the game in the second quarter due to back spasms, the Knicks were unable to make a comeback after being down 51 - 46 at halftime. They were able to out - shoot the Rockets, as they went 46 percent from the field compared to the 42 percent of Houston, but with James Harden taking control in the final quarter, the Knicks weren't able to find an answer to steal a victory from the Rockets on the road. Harden was an absolute force on Monday. He shot a ridiculous 11 - for - 22 from the field and 7 - for - 12 from the three - point line to finish with a season - high of 36 points, while also adding six rebounds and six assists. In the past three games, Harden has now scored 92 points, as he continues to make his case for this season's MVP award. Harden did receive a little help though. With Terrence Jones out for at least another three or four weeks, Donatas Motiejunas continued to take his place and scored 13 points (6 - 12 FG, 1 - 2 3Pt), while grabbing eight rebounds. Trevor Ariza was the only other Rocket to reach double figures in points as he finished with 10. He seemed to struggle with his shot though, as he went only 3 - for - 10 from the field and 2 - for - 6 from the three - point line. Despite having three starters out with injury, the Rockets still secured the victory. The Knicks really struggled to find any offense with Anthony leaving during the second quarter. Despite playing only 18 minutes, Anthony led the team in points with 14. Jose Calderon led all other starters with nine points and five assists. He shot 3 - for - 7 from the field and 1 - for - 3 from the three - point line in only his second game of the season since returning from injury. The Knicks did receive 49 points from the bench in this matchup, though spread out between many players. Travis Wear led all bench scorers with nine points (4 - 7 FG, 0 - 1 3Pt, 1 - 2 FT) in 17 minutes. Amare Stoudemire, Shane Larkin, J.R. Smith and Pablo Prigioni all had eight points off the bench as well. The Rockets' next game will be at home against the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday, while the Knicks will travel to Dallas to play the Mavericks on Wednesday.
<GAME> <DATE> 24 November 2014 <DAY> Monday <STADIUM> Toyota Center <CITY> Houston <HOME> <TEAM> Rockets <CITY> Houston <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 91 <WINS-LOSSES> 11 3 <QTRS> 27 24 18 22 <TEAM-AST> 19 <3PT> 14 <TEAM-FG> 32 <TEAM-FT> 13 <TEAM-REB> 38 <TEAM-TO> 16 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 26 November 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> Toyota Center <NEXT-CITY> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Sacramento <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Kings <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Knicks <CITY> New York <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 86 <WINS-LOSSES> 4 11 <QTRS> 26 20 23 17 <TEAM-AST> 25 <3PT> 6 <TEAM-FG> 35 <TEAM-FT> 10 <TEAM-REB> 40 <TEAM-TO> 17 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 26 November 2014 <NEXT-DAY> Wednesday <NEXT-STADIUM> American Airlines Center <NEXT-CITY> Dallas <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Dallas <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Mavericks <NEXT-IS-HOME> no <PLAYER> James Harden <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 39 <PTS> 36 <FG> 11 22 50 <FG3> 7 12 58 <FT> 7 7 100 <REB> 6 <AST> 6 <STL> 3 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Donatas Motiejūnas <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 31 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 12 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Trevor Ariza <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 42 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 10 30 <FG3> 2 6 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Terry <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tarik Black <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 7 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 5 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Isaiah Canaan <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 8 25 <FG3> 1 5 20 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Francisco García <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 23 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kostas Papanikolaou <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 4 <FG> 2 6 33 <FG3> 0 3 0 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 5 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 2 <TO> 5 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Joey Dorsey <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 12 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 2 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 4 25 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 2 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Nick Johnson <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Dwight Howard <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Troy Daniels <TEAM> Houston Rockets <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Carmelo Anthony <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 14 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 0 2 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Travis Wear <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 7 57 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> José Calderón <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 9 <FG> 3 7 43 <FG3> 1 3 33 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 1 <AST> 5 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Pablo Prigioni <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 5 60 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> J. R. Smith <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 18 <PTS> 8 <FG> 3 6 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Shane Larkin <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 21 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 5 80 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Amar'e Stoudemire <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 8 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 8 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 3 <DREB> 7 <OREB> 1 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Iman Shumpert <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 7 <FG> 2 10 20 <FG3> 0 4 0 <FT> 3 4 75 <REB> 6 <AST> 5 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 5 <OREB> 1 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Samuel Dalembert <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 15 <PTS> 6 <FG> 3 3 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tim Hardaway <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 7 29 <FG3> 1 4 25 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jason Smith <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 10 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Quincy Acy <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 1 <FG> 0 4 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Cole Aldrich <TEAM> New York Knicks <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-DIDNTPLAY <MIN> 0 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none