Rockets vs. Knicks game thread: Depleted Houston welcomes 'Melo

Lots of people will look at tonight's game, see the lineups and say "it's James Harden vs. Carmelo Anthony tonight." False.

It's Trevor Ariza against 'Melo, and I have full confidence in Trev to stifle Anthony. That being said, Iman Shumpert will be guarding Harden, and while he's far from Ariza, he's no slouch defensively.

Ultimately I think this will come down to if any of Isaiah Canaan, Kostas Papanikolaou, Donatas Motiejunas or Tarik Black can have a big game. If just one of them goes off, and Harden does Harden things, I think the Rockets pull it out. The Knicks are terrible.

And... go!