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He was on fire, that much was for sure.
There is nothing quite like catching momentum at the right time-something that Jeremy Lin knows better than just about anybody.
One man's loss is another man's gain, and when it comes to the rapidly shrinking playoff picture in the NBA's Western Conference one team's plight may be what helps propel another.
The Houston Rockets (17-14) are starting to shake off the effects of two major losses to San Antonio and Oklahoma City, but face a stiff challenge tonight against rookie sensation Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Hornets (7-24) at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
It was another spectacular performance on Tuesday for the Rockets.
Ah, the mistakes of youth.
They have the stats. They have the moves. And they have one of the hottest, most exciting offenses in the NBA at their beck and call.
Reeling from a lopsided and deflating 124-94 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Houston Rockets (16-14) try to get back to their winning ways, but will have to face the surging Atlanta Hawks (19-9) tonight when they come to the Toyota Center in Houston, Tex.
Despite another heartbreaking loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Friday, the Houston Rockets (16-13) are still on a roll, their backcourt tandem of James Harden and Jeremy Lin still firing on all cylinders as the team has rattled off seven win out of 10 games in a testing and tough two-week schedule thus far.
The last time the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs met on Dec. 10, the game saw a moment of "Linsanity" from Jeremy Lin, a historic first-ever triple-double from Tony Parker and a heart-stopping, high-scoring shootout that went into overtime in a 134-126 win for the Spurs.
There's been little doubt that Jeremy Lin has been on fire in the last week or so.
When Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey scored two coups prior to the kickoff of the NBA 2012-13 regular season, stealing overnight star Jeremy Lin from New York and arranging a trade that landed Oklahoma City's NBA Sixth Man of the Year James Harden in Houston, it was with the expectation that these two young studs would power the Rockets into playoff contenders in the West for years to come.
Tuesday's 109-96 win for the Houston Rockets against arguably the best team in the East, the New York Knicks, was monumental for the young Houston franchise for a variety of reasons.
It's been hard to get a read on these Houston Rockets, even after more than a month of NBA regular season play.
