Game completed

Houston Rockets34-21106atNew York Knicks36-21108 winner

Sat, Feb 21, 8:30 PM ESTMadison Square Garden, New York, NYABC

The box score

Final numbers

Line score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	T
HOU	21	33	37	15	106
NYK	27	26	22	33	108

Houston Rockets

106

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kevin DurantSF	38	30	6	3	0	0	4	10-26	4-10	6-7	+15
Jabari Smith Jr.PF	36	21	4	1	1	1	1	8-13	4-8	1-2	-9
Alperen SengunC	31	16	6	6	0	3	6	6-12	1-1	3-4	-6
Tari EasonSG	35	11	12	4	0	0	2	4-8	1-4	2-2	-7
Amen ThompsonPG	41	12	10	7	3	1	3	5-9	0-2	2-4	+5
Clint Capela	11	4	1	0	1	1	0	1-2	0-0	2-2	+12
Reed Sheppard	21	10	2	3	0	0	1	3-5	2-4	2-2	0
Dorian Finney-Smith	21	2	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-2	0-0	-13
Jae'Sean Tate	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	-7
Team		106	57	24	5	6	19	38-80	12-31	18-23

DNP: Isaiah Crawford, Jeff Green, Aaron Holiday, Josh Okogie, Steven Adams (injury), JD Davison (gleague twoway), Tristen Newton (gleague twoway), Fred VanVleet (injury)

New York Knicks

108

Player	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
OG AnunobySF	40	20	2	1	4	1	8-16	2-7	2-2	+6
Josh HartPF	27	2	6	6	1	4	1-7	0-3	0-0	-14
Karl-Anthony TownsC	34	25	7	1	1	2	10-15	3-3	2-2	+23
Mikal BridgesSG	31	11	6	5	0	0	5-11	1-2	0-0	+3
Jalen BrunsonPG	36	20	3	6	0	3	6-12	0-1	8-9	-10
Jeremy Sochan	4	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-2
Mitchell Robinson	18	6	4	0	0	1	3-5	0-0	0-0	-21
Landry Shamet	26	14	0	2	0	0	5-7	2-4	2-3	+8
Mohamed Diawara	4	2	0	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Jose Alvarado	20	8	1	4	5	0	3-9	2-5	0-0	+19
Team		108	36	26	11	11	42-85	10-26	14-16

DNP: Jordan Clarkson, Pacôme Dadiet, Ariel Hukporti, Tyler Kolek, Kevin McCullar Jr., Trey Jemison III (gleague twoway), Dillon Jones (gleague twoway), Miles McBride (injury)

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Lead tracker

Biggest lead · NYK: 13
Biggest lead · HOU: 18
Times tied: 3
Lead changes: 2
Longest run · NYK: 9

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How they entered this matchup

Travel tax: HOUNational TV

HOU is carrying the heavier travel load at 533 mi from its previous stop.
HOU is in game 2 of 2 on the road with 926 mi already logged before tip.
National TV puts extra weight on a matchup that already has real schedule context.

Reading the setup…

Rest, travel, and body clock

Schedule spot	HOU	NYK
Record	34-21	36-21
Days rest	1 day	1 day
Hours rest	49.5h	49h
Rest swing	+0.5h	-0.5h
Travel in	533 mi	0 mi edge
Zone change	0h	0h
Body clock	1h	0h
Local tip	evening	evening
Segment	Road trip · 2 of 2	Homestand · 2 of 2
Miles before tip	926 mi	0 mi
Schedule alerts	—	—
Fatigue Index	3	1 edge

marks the side with the edge in that row.

HOU carries the heavier fatigue load tonight — 3 vs. NYK's 1.

How each side got here533 mi vs 0 mi

How each side got here

HOU

533 mi

Charlotte, NCNew York, NY

HOU came from Charlotte, NC with 533 mi of travel and 0h of time-zone change.

Charlotte, NC to New York, NY

NYK

0 mi

New York, NYNo travel

NYK stayed in New York, NY between games, so travel is not a real factor in this setup.

Stayed in New York, NY

Where this game sitsroad 2 of 2 vs homestand 2 of 2

Where this game sits in the run

HOU

Road trip

HOU is on game 2 of 2 on the road, with 926 mi already behind it.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip926 mi

Segment miles1,459 mi

NYK

Homestand

NYK is in game 2 of 2 on this homestand.

Game in segment2 of 2

Miles before tip0 mi

Segment miles0 mi

Where it aired

National: ABC
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Radio: HOU790 AM / S: KLTN TUDNNYK880 ESPN New YorkESPN RadioSiriusXM

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