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RECAP
FIRST QUARTER
INTERVENED
SECOND QUARTER
INTERVENED
THIRD QUARTER
The Rockets came into the 2nd Half with a 9 point lead, 68-59. McGrady had 23 poins, Yao had 14, and Stro had 14 points aswell. The Knicks went on a 5-0 run, but then the Rockets went on a 12-1 run. The newest Rocket JR Smith had a 10 point quarter, and had 9 of those 10 points in the 12-1 run. The only scorer for New York was QRich who had 10 of the Knicks 19 points that quarter. At the end of 3 it was 94-78. The Rockets already had 98 points.
FOURTH QUARTER
All the Rockets starters came out of the game, TMac finished with 33 points, Yao finished with 20, JR Smith finished with 18, and Stro finished with 14 points. Derek Anderson, Luther Head, Lonny Baxter, Juwan Howard, and Maciej Lampe all came in. The Rockets then again went on a 14-2 run, and pretty much killed the Knicks. Curry had just 12 points. But Stephon had 19 points with 11 assists. Luther Head had a 10 point quarter, Juwan Howard had a 6 point quarter, and Anderson had 8 more points. The Rockets won by 26 points 126-100. McGrady told us after the game this
"We played great. We could have played better defense for sure, and we lacked rebounding. Hopefully we will improve on those two things espesially soon" McGrady also took POG with 33 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists.
SCOREBOARD
TEAM----------1st------2nd------3rd------4th-------Final
Rockets--------30-------38--------26-------32--------126
Knicks----------24--------25-------19-------22--------100
Stats
C - Yao Ming - 20/7/5
PF - Stromile Swift - 14/6/0
SF - J.R Smith - 18/5/1
SG - Tracy McGrady - 33/4/8
PG - Rafer Alston - 5/3/4
Key Bench Players
Derek Anderson - 14/3/3
Luther Head - 10/1/1
Juwan Howard - 10/3/1
Stats
C - Eddy Curry - 12/6/0
PF - Maurice Taylor - 21/6/1
SF - Quentin Richardson - 25/7/2
SG - Jamal Crawford - 12/3/7
PG - Stephon Marbury - 19/3/11