Rachel Nichols @Rachel__Nichols 1m Houston's James Harden tells me he's playing tonight. That means Jeremy Lin comes of the bench against the Knicks.
Thanks. This game is definitely going to be a tough one for the NYK. We are going to struggle containing Dwight all game long. He might finish with 20 something rebounds if he really wants too.
Amare has come into the game in a tie game and now the Knicks down 11. No interior prescense or defense from him and his PnR D has been atrocious in addition to Felton's terrible on the ball D
It's Melo's offense and Shump's D vs Houston right now. Gotta shake things up Woodson, the Rockets hit a couple 3s, maybe don't double Howard and let our 7 footer on the bench use his 6 fouls on a sub 50% free throw shooter?
Rockets up 8, Knicks going cold on offense because Feltn, Smith, Metta, and Bargs not doing anything Bargs is doing a GREAT job defensivel 1 vs 1 on Howard
Oh and Melo's shots are becoming more difficult because Houston is covering tough and they aren't falling. Need to get an offensive spark from someone else now. Can't expect Melo to drop 50
Rockets extended the lead by 8 once Shumpert left the floor. Prigs needs to get some time even though the Rockets are bigger. Felton is playing bad still
Prigs still not seeing time, Felton still not playing good D. Anyways, the Knicks might have stumbled on something here. They might not need to double when Bargs guards a center. The bad thing though, Bargs team D and PnR D is still not up to par. His individual D though, very nice tonight
Bargs in the corner, Melo burns Parson and Dwight can;t help because he's stuck in the corner covering Bargs. Love the spacing there!
Knciks down 75-72 after 3 quarters. Bargs chipped in this quarter and kept the Knicks afloat as Melo cooled off. Bench HAS to step here since Bargs and Melo played all 3rd quarter, they need some rest here
Quick 8-0 run for the Rockets. Melo and Bargs might have to come back in with no rest. No offense from the bench which makes sense since you know Melo, Bargs, and Smith are starters leaving MWP, THJ, Pablo, Beno (DNP so far), KMART, Amare, as your backups
Man seeing the jumper Lin's developed it would have been nice if Dolan decided to spend money on him and not every other single player and year except for Lin
