On Sunday, the Rockets visit the slumping Knicks, trying to build off their second win of the season.
Houston (2-6) has won two of three after improving its defense. After allowing opponents to average 116.4 points over a five-game losing streak to open the season, its last three opponents have been held to 97.0 per game.

The Rockets are coming off a 102-99 win at Indiana on Friday. Playing their first game without Yao, who sustained a sprained left ankle Wednesday and is expected to miss at least a week, Brad Miller stepped up in his first start. He totaled 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists.

After winning four of their first six games, the Knicks have been held below 40-percent shooting in two of three games while averaging 99.0 points during the losing streak. They continue to rely heavily on 3-point shooting, going 11 of 29 Friday after connecting on 15 of 69 the previous three games.

New York's offense has struggled against Houston as well. The Rockets have won 10 of 11 against the Knicks and swept last season's two games. They have held New York to 92.5 points per game over those 11 contests.

Olbrannon wrote:

JrZyHuStLa wrote:I wonder which Rocket will have a career game tonight against the Knicks.

Tonight would be the Jared Jeffries show. Does he get a tribute? No. He'll be raining 3's like it was a pre-season game

Umm, ok. What he might do is take some charges.

Jordan Hill will probably drop a double double too.

Markji wrote:We really should win this game with Houston having a lot of starters hurt. The person I worry about though is Luis Scola. 22ppg + 11.1 rebs. Someone has to box him out or he could pull a Kevin Love on us.

We really should've done a lot of things, like beat Philadelphia, Golden State, and Minnesota.