I had totally forgotten that these teams had already played. Interestingly enough, after tonight the Rockets will have finished their season series with a third team (Memphis, Philadelphia, and now New York).
That first matchup was a 119-97 drubbing in New York after the Rockets had been handled at home against the Sixers. Only one Knick finished with a positive +/-, and that was Ramon Sessions at +3 in six minutes.
Houston was carried by its starters. James Harden took 17 (!!!) threes and Ryan Anderson, Trevor Ariza, and Eric Gordon each took eight.