Houston Rockets' Jeremy Lin, left, drives on New York Knicks' Raymond Felton in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
Lin leads Rockets' rout in return to New York
Houston Rockets' Jeremy Lin, left, drives on New York Knicks' Raymond Felton in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)
By BRIAN MAHONEY
AP Basketball Writer /
December 18, 2012
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‘‘He had a good game,’’ Chandler said. ‘‘He had a good game the other night. He’s a good player. He’s going to have some nights, but I thought we could have took away a lot of his easy baskets, him and James Harden.’’
J.R. Smith came off the bench to make all five shots and give the Knicks a 31-29 after one. The Rockets scored the first 10 of the second quarter, opening a 39-31 lead on Lin’s 3-pointer with 9:26 left in the half. Houston scored the final six of the half, turning an eight-point lead into a 56-42 cushion.
NOTES: Stoudemire is working out with the D-League team because the Knicks are not expected to do much running at practice Tuesday. They haven’t held a formal practice since Dec. 4. ‘‘It seems strange but we have a stretch right now where we’re playing every other day and it’s hard to play a game and then think you can come in and drill these guys,’’ Woodson said. ‘‘I like to practice, that’s where I feel like you learn a lot and stay sharp in terms of your defensive rotations, but I can’t run them in practice and expect them to come back and play the next day and then practice again. There’s just too many games coming at us right now.’’
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