Ten Before Tip: NBA news from Tuesday night

2014/01/29 04:01:33 @NBA.com: News

? The Rockets will have to generate offense without their leading scorer when they host the Spurs tonight, as guard James Harden will sit out with a bruised left thumb. Jeremy Lin is expected to start in place of Harden, who suffered the injury during Saturday's loss at Memphis. "He called this afternoon and said his thumb was bothering him, but I haven't seen him yet, so we'll see [what is the extent of the injury]," Houston coach Kevin McHale said. "Everybody's is just going to have to step up and play. That's just what it is."
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