Rockets 116-98 Bulls (23 Dec, 2007) Box Score

Houston Rockets

13-14, 7-9 away

116

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	21	31	34	30	116
CHI	26	22	24	26	98

Chicago Bulls

9-16, 5-7 home

Houston Rockets

starters
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
bench
Carl LandryC. Landry
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Steve NovakS. Novak
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Mike JamesM. James
Luther HeadL. Head
Bonzi WellsB. Wells
Kirk SnyderK. Snyder
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
24	1-4	0-0	0-0	5	2	7	2	1	3	0	1	0	2
32	5-9	4-6	0-0	2	4	6	0	0	3	0	3	0	14
28	6-14	0-0	6-8	3	5	8	2	0	2	3	3	0	18
31	5-11	1-6	0-0	1	2	3	6	1	0	2	0	0	11
30	8-18	1-3	3-3	0	4	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	20
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	6-13	0-0	2-2	9	2	11	2	1	0	4	3	0	14
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	5-9	3-4	0-0	0	3	3	1	1	1	1	2	0	13
23	8-11	1-1	3-6	0	6	6	2	3	1	1	2	0	20
4	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	2-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	6	0	0	1	1	0	4
	46-95	10-22	14-19	12	20	32	29	9	10	14	15		116
	48.4%	45.5%	73.7%

Chicago Bulls

starters
Joe SmithJ. Smith
Ben WallaceB. Wallace
Luol DengL. Deng
Kirk HinrichK. Hinrich
Ben GordonB. Gordon
bench
Victor KhryapaV. Khryapa
Tyrus ThomasT. Thomas
Thabo SefoloshaT. Sefolosha
Andres NocioniA. Nocioni
Demetris NicholsD. Nichols
Aaron GrayA. Gray
Joakim NoahJ. Noah
Chris DuhonC. Duhon
JamesOn CurryJ. Curry
Adrian GriffinA. Griffin
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
28	6-10	0-0	4-5	2	4	6	2	0	2	0	2	0	16
28	0-4	0-0	0-0	4	1	5	4	1	3	1	2	0	0
36	9-17	0-0	3-3	2	5	7	5	0	1	1	1	0	21
37	10-19	2-5	0-0	0	4	4	4	2	0	1	4	0	22
37	7-17	2-4	2-3	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	3	0	18
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
5	2-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4
11	2-7	0-2	0-0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	4
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0-4	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0
13	2-5	0-0	2-2	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	6
21	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	4
	41-90	5-13	11-13	9	12	21	24	6	8	12	19		98
	45.6%	38.5%	84.6%

+/- denotes team's net points while the player is on the court

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
116
Bulls
98

Game 1

23/12

Rockets
116
Bulls
98

Game 2

23/12

Bulls
97
Rockets
110

Game 3

25/2

Bulls
97
Rockets
110

Game 4

25/2

United Center

12:30 AM, 23 December 2007

Chicago, IL

Attendance: 22,434

Referees:
James Capers
Eric Lewis
Dan Crawford

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	16	1	.941	-	W1
Detroit	7	10	.412	9	L2
Indiana	6	9	.400	9	L2
Milwaukee	6	9	.400	9	W2
Chicago	6	10	.375	9.5	L1

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