By Brian Mahoney, Ap
Published: 09:13 GMT, 24 January 2019 | Updated: 09:21 GMT, 24 January 2019
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James Harden inched past Wilt Chamberlain and didn't stop his latest one-man show until he'd tied Kobe Bryant.
On another spectacular night for the NBA's most sensational scorer, Harden not only notched his career high with 61 points, but tied Bryant's record for a visiting player at the current Madison Square Garden.
'In the Garden, I'll take it,' Harden said... and the Rockets sure needed it.
James Harden of the Houston Rockets celebrates at the buzzer after securing the victory
Harden scored a career-best 61 points as the Rockets narrowly beat the New York Knicks
Harden scored 30+ points in a game for the 21st time in a row, moving fourth in NBA records
Harden made the clinching layup with 3.8 seconds remaining after the Knicks turned it over, and the Rockets edged the New York Knicks 114-110 on Wednesday night.
With his final basket, Harden capped his fifth 50-point game this season and a wild stretch of back-and-forth basketball across the final minutes.
'The way we played in the last six minutes, maybe four minutes, we set basketball back at least 10 years,' Rockets coach Mike D'Antoni said. 'It was mind-boggling the things we just did. We got the win.'
Eric Gordon made the go-ahead 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds left when Houston couldn't get the ball to Harden, the NBA's leading scorer who earlier had passed Chamberlain into fourth place in NBA history with his 21st consecutive 30-point game.
A day after
