With Dwight Howard still shelved by a strained right knee, Terrence Jones entering his third week sidelined by a peroneal nerve contusion and Patrick Beverley out nursing a strained left hamstring, the New York Knicks entered Monday's road game against the Houston Rockets thinking that, despite the wide disparity in the two teams' records and early-season statistical profiles, they had a real chance at pulling the upset. Those chances seemed to take a sizable hit when top dog Carmelo Anthony began experiencing back spasms that would keep him out for the entire second half and leave him in considerable pain after the game, but the Knicks hung around, taking a six-point lead and forcing a Houston timeout after a Tim Hardaway Jr. 3-pointer with 8:51 remaining in the fourth quarter.
The difference over that final 8:51, though? Houston had James Harden, and the Knicks didn't:
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