Toney Douglas Ups Jermey Lin

At the beginning of last season, Toney Douglas was the starting point guard for the Knicks but ended up losing that job due to his poor shooting performance.  This past summer, Toney and Jeremy Lin were traded from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets.  With all the hype being behind Jeremy Lin, Toney was put on the back burner.

Yesterday was the start of preseason for the Houston Rockets, who had a bunch of new faces and a couple of rookies ready to contribute.  Jeremy Lin would get the start over Toney Douglas at point guard but in the end Toney would have the better game.  He ended his night leading the Rockets in assist with 7, grabbed 5 rebounds and only committed 2 turnovers.  Although he was held without a basket, he did get to the free throw line twice making all four attempts.

Chances Good For Toney Douglas

Coming into Wednesdays Game 5, the New York Knicks are depleted at the guard position.  Barron Davis went out in Sunday's game with a dislocated knee.  Iman Shumpert was lost in Game 1 with a torn ACL .  The Knicks are left with Mike Bibby and Toney Douglas.  Douglas, the former ACC-player of the year, has not played in the series and his shot in Game 5 comes down to matchups.

“It all depends on who they play,” Woodson said. “If they come in with Cole, that would be a better matchup for us, Toney on the ball with Cole bringing the ball up, speed against speed.”

Norris Cole is a 6-2 rookie point guard for the Heat.  Toney would have a better chance at guarding him rather than 6-8 Lebron James.

Wednesdays Game 5 will be at 7:05 et on TNT .