HOUSTON - James Harden had 36 points to lead the depleted Houston Rockets to a 91-86 victory over the slumping New York Knicks on Monday night.Houston (11-3) played without centre Dwight Howard (knee) and point guard Patrick Beverley (hamstring), but Harden had half of the Rockets 14 3-pointers to overwhelm the Knicks, who played the second half without star forward Carmelo Anthony.Anthony left the game with less than two minutes remaining in the first half and did not return, suffering from back spasms, the team said. Anthony had 14 points.Jose Calderon and Travis Wear both had 9 points for the Knicks (4-11), who fell to 1-6 on the road and suffered their 10th loss in the last 12 games. Despite leaving so early in the game, Anthony led Knicks scorers, and none of his teammates scored double figures.Six other players scored at least 8 points, including five bench players.The Knicks made only two field goals in the final five minutes of the game.The Rockets won their 10th straight game against New York and their 19th consecutive game against the Eastern Conference at the Toyota Center, the longest active winning streak of a team against the opposing conference in the NBA.The Rockets led by double-digits for parts of the first half, but a 7-2 run at the end of the first half helped the Knicks cut Houstons lead to 51-46 at halftime.The Knicks defence tightened up in the third quarter, holding the Rockets to just 18 points and climbing to a 69-69 tie to enter the fourth quarter.In Anthonys absence, the bench rose to the occasion on the defensive end as Amare Stoudemire had three blocks and Shane Larkin added three steals.Tim Hardaway, Jr., hit a 3-pointer with eight minutes and 50 seconds remaining in the game to give the Knicks a 78-72 lead, but Hardens scoring in the final minutes of the game proved too much for New York.With Anthony in the locker room and Harden the games most dominant scorer, the Houston crowd chanted, MVP, MVP, MVP! in the closing minutes.____TIP-INSKnicks: Quincy Acy and Stoudemire both had eight rebounds, and New York outrebounded the undersized Rockets 40-38. . Despite the absence of two of Houstons big men, the Knicks were outscored 30-26 in the paint.Rockets: Howard missed his third straight game with the sprained knee. Beverley played Saturday in the victory over Dallas, scoring 20 points. Beverley has missed three games with the lingering hamstring injury. ... F Terrence Jones missed his 10th straight game with nerve damage in his left leg.UP NEXTNew York remains on the road, travelling to Dallas on Wednesday before visiting Oklahoma City on Friday.The Rockets on Wednesday host the Sacramento Kings, who have won three of their last four. Baltimore Orioles Jerseys . The Toronto Maple Leafs forward and Nashville Predators goaltender highlighted Mondays waiver transactions, with Calgarys Chuck Kobasew and Edmontons Philip Larsen also being placed on waivers. 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