The victory came one night after their worst shooting performance of the season (36.6 percent) in a 102-88 loss at Boston.
Richard Jefferson, starting at small forward, had the worst shooting performance on the team, hitting 3 of 16.
Rice (22-6) had its worst shooting performance of the season, going 15 for 66 from the floor.
Houston turned in another excellent shooting performance to nearly save the Knicks from their third straight loss.
There is a difference between thinking that you have a "hot-hand", and actually having a good shooting performance.
Jordan's long-range shooting performance was certainly hard to believe.
But he had his worst shooting performance of the season - going only 1 for 17 in a loss.
He was 8 for 25 from the floor (32 percent), his second-worst shooting performance as a Net.
North Carolina made only 20 of 57 shots (35.1 percent), its worst shooting performance of the season.
He saw no need to panic about his poor shooting performance in Game 1.