HOUSTON (AP) -Houston guard Tracy McGrady and forward Ron Artest missed the Rockets’ game Saturday night against New York because of injuries.
McGrady has soreness in his left knee, the aftereffects of offseason surgery. He scored 26 points Friday night in a win in Oklahoma City and has skipped the second game in the Rockets’ last four back-to-back sets to rest his knee.
Artest sat out for the fourth time in five games because of a sprained right ankle. Artest saw a doctor on Saturday and said he was going to talk to trainer Keith Jones and coach Rick Adelman before determining when he would play again.
“I thought I was fine, but maybe I’m not,” said Artest, who played 30 minutes and scored 17 points in Houston’s 89-85 win in Boston on Wednesday night.
Forward Shane Battier returned for Houston on Saturday night after staying home for the Rockets’ just-completed five game road trip because of inflammation in his left foot, an injury that’s bothered him since the offseason.
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