Now their losing streak lives on more and their struggles continue.
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But Afflalo hit two straight turnaround jumpers to pull the Knicks within one.
Pistons point guard Reggie Jackson was traded by Oklahoma City last season after saying he wanted to be a starter, despite playing behind Westbrook.
Cavaliers 95, Hornets 90: LeBron James had 25 points and 13 rebounds for Cleveland, extending his personal run of dominance against Charlotte. The effort of role players like Lance Thomas (starting in Anthony’s place), Kevin Seraphin, and Derrick Williams was incredible as the entire team stepped up in their star’s absence.
When your leading scorer is on the bench, it’s hard to take any kind of lead for granted. (He also had nine boards and eight assists, though with eight turnovers to go with it.) Meanwhile, we probably needed a big game from Jahlil to have a chance in this one, but it wasn’t happening against Dwight Howard, who pushed Jah out to the perimeter on offense and routinely went around and through him on defense. But the gist of it is that through the last few years, with or without Howard, the Rockets never created a defensive identity, a consistent and successful one. But after dominating most of the night, the Knicks saw the game get away in the fourth quarter, barely surviving the final seconds of regulation.
The Knicks held Harden to 10-for-28 shooting from the field.
The Knicks are now riding a four-game losing streak after winning four consecutive games and find themselves once again two-games under.
Guard James Harden poured in a season-high 50 points and carried the Houston Rockets to a fourth-quarter comeback to produced a 116-114 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night at the Toyota Center.
Golden State fell one shy of the National Basketball Association record for 3s set by Orlando on March 9, 2009, and matched by Houston, against the Warriors, on February 5, 2013. Canaan, meanwhile, drained a season-best tying 23 points. Harden finished with 50 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and nine turnovers and stepped up late as the Rockets overcame a deficit in the fourth quarter to hand hand J.B. Bickerstaff his second win as head coach. Over their last 10 games, they have only managed a record of 2-8 ATS.
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“I still believe because we’ve got a lot of young talent”. With his former Denver Nugget teammate sidelined, tonight was that night as he dropped 31 points on 13 of 19 shooting and did everything he could down the stretch to try and win the game for his new team. The Rockets shot 34.1 percent in the first half, which allowed the Knicks to take a 54-41 lead at the half.
