The Houston Rockets defeated the New York Knicks, 114-110, at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday.

Wednesday night's outing in New York City ended up being a thriller highlighted by career performances for each team. The Rockets (27-20) held a six-point lead with a minute to go and appeared to be well on their way to ending things, but then a 7-0 run by the Knicks over the next 30 seconds put the home team up by one. Ultimately, an Eric Gordon three-pointer put the Rockets up three with just over nine seconds remaining, and that was followed by a James Harden steal and dunk that ended the game. That dunk gave Harden 61 points, which is tied for the most points scored by a visiting player in Madison Square Garden, and he also recorded 15 rebounds, four assists and five steals. Eric Gordon added 20 points on 8-of-15 shooting from the field, and the new Rocket, Kenneth Faried, scored 11 points to make him the third and final Houston player to reach double figures.

As for the Knicks (10-36), they were lead by a career-best performance from rookie Allonzo Trier, who scored 31 points on 12-of-18 shooting in 33 minutes off the bench. He hit a go-ahead layup with just 20 seconds to go, but Gordon's three ended up ruining the point guard's chances at being the hero Wednesday night. Four other New York players scored in double figures, but none scored higher than Emmanuel Mudiay's 14 points in 28 minutes. Ultimately what killed the Knicks' chances was their inability to take care of the ball, as the team committed 18 turnovers to recording just 15 assists, so it was fitting that the game ended on a Houston steal.