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The Houston Rockets withstood a 45-point barrage from Carmelo Anthony on Thursday, holding on for a 109-106 victory over the New York Knicks.
In the day’s other National Basketball Association game, Golden State’s Andre Iguodala sank a baseline jumper as time expired to give the Warriors a 116-115 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Houston’s James Harden scored 36 points in his return from injury, and Rockets point guard Jeremy Lin enjoyed another triumph at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Houston’s triumph came despite Anthony’s outstanding performance. His 45 points were the most scored by one player in a game this season and he also brought down 10 rebounds.
It wasn’t enough to prevent the Knicks from suffering a fourth straight home defeat.
Chandler Parsons added 22 points and Lin had 21 for the Rockets, making up for the subdued seven points and 15 rebounds from Rockets big man Dwight Howard.
Anthony had two chances to tie the game in the final minute.
He missed one three-pointer, and on his second opportunity he was fouled by Harden and though the ball went in referee Scott Foster ruled the foul came before Anthony got the shot off and it didn’t count.
“The initial contact is way before what probably everybody else thinks,” said Foster, whose call was greeted by boos from the Madison Square Garden crowd. “It’s a push, a slap and then another slap, but we’ve already called the foul on the initial contact. Now he turns and throws it up. It’s not able to be scored that way.”
JR Smith’s last gasp heave from midcourt bounced off the backboard as time expired. It was a welcome win for the Rockets, who had dropped three of their previous four.
Lin added five rebounds and three assists in the arena where his exploits as a Knicks reserve-turned-star sparked “Linsanity” in the 2011-2012 season.
“I was just having fun out there,” Lin, the Asian-American star, said. “You know, I miss playing at the Garden.”
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