National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 129,
New York 122
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2016
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #74 Curtis Blair, #30 John Goble, #4 Sean Wright
Attendance: 18055
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #74 Curtis Blair, #30 John Goble, #4 Sean Wright
Attendance: 18055
Final Scoring Summary
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Derrick Rose - G | 40:43 | 8-23 | 1-3 | 4-5 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Brandon Jennings - G | 40:40 | 12-22 | 3-8 | 5-7 | -10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 32 |
| Lance Thomas - F | 32:33 | 3-9 | 1-4 | 4-4 | -14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Carmelo Anthony - F | 18:50 | 3-11 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Joakim Noah - C | 28:31 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 1-3 | -11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Justin Holiday | 30:07 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 19:29 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mindaugas Kuzminskas | 15:49 | 5-9 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Maurice Ndour | 9:09 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 4:09 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Baker | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Marshall Plumlee | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Courtney Lee | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 47-105 | 10-32 | 18-25 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 122 | |
| 44.8% | 31.2% | 72.0% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Harden - G | 42:05 | 14-26 | 9-16 | 16-18 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 53 |
| Corey Brewer - G | 28:52 | 3-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Trevor Ariza - F | 38:47 | 5-15 | 2-10 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Ryan Anderson - F | 35:18 | 8-12 | 4-8 | 5-6 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
| Montrezl Harrell - C | 32:49 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Eric Gordon | 31:41 | 5-19 | 5-15 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Sam Dekker | 12:42 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nene | 11:51 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tyler Ennis | 5:55 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| KJ McDaniels | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Wiltjer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Patrick Beverley | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-92 | 21-55 | 24-29 | 10 | 36 | 46 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 129 | |
| 45.7% | 38.2% | 82.8% | Team Rebs: 13 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NY | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New York | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| Points in the Paint | 54 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 19 |