National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 104,
Houston 98
When: 7:30 PM ET, Monday, January 26, 2009
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #73 Ed Malloy, #11 Phil Robinson, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 19155
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #73 Ed Malloy, #11 Phil Robinson, #49 Tom Washington
Attendance: 19155
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tracy McGrady - G | 30:54 | 7-20 | 3-9 | 3-4 | -12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Rafer Alston - G | 30:30 | 3-10 | 1-7 | 0-0 | -10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Ron Artest - F | 34:19 | 4-19 | 1-10 | 2-2 | -5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Shane Battier - F | 31:53 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -17 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Luis Scola - C | 27:50 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -10 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Aaron Brooks | 20:24 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Carl Landry | 19:05 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Chuck Hayes | 16:21 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Wafer | 15:44 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Brent Barry | 13:00 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Yao Ming | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-90 | 10-33 | 18-20 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 98 | |
| 38.9% | 30.3% | 90.0% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Duhon - G | 40:39 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Quentin Richardson - G | 19:50 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| David Lee - F | 40:03 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 11 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Al Harrington - F | 26:57 | 5-12 | 1-4 | 2-2 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Jared Jeffries - C | 15:31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tim Thomas | 29:01 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Wilson Chandler | 28:00 | 6-10 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Nate Robinson | 26:59 | 8-15 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Danilo Gallinari | 13:00 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Anthony Roberson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jerome James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Malik Rose | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-78 | 6-21 | 24-29 | 6 | 40 | 46 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 104 | |
| 47.4% | 28.6% | 82.8% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NY | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 8 |