Grizzlies 109-97 Rockets (9 Dec, 2008) Box Score

Houston Rockets

13-8, 7-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	19	28	28	22	97
MEM	32	24	27	26	109

Memphis Grizzlies

6-15, 5-5 home

109

Houston Rockets

starters
Luis ScolaL. Scola
Shane BattierS. Battier
Yao MingY. Ming
Rafer AlstonR. Alston
Von WaferV. Wafer
bench
Chuck HayesC. Hayes
Carl LandryC. Landry
Joey DorseyJ. Dorsey
Metta World PeaceM. World Peace
Steve FrancisS. Francis
Luther HeadL. Head
Brent BarryB. Barry
Tracy McGradyT. McGrady
Aaron BrooksA. Brooks
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
33	7-13	0-0	2-2	6	9	15	3	0	0	3	3	0	16
26	2-4	2-4	2-2	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	-13	8
31	4-8	0-0	6-8	0	4	4	1	0	1	4	4	-15	14
36	5-10	4-6	2-2	0	4	4	8	1	0	4	3	+2	16
31	7-12	1-2	0-2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	+3	15
MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
11	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
21	5-7	0-0	2-5	0	5	5	0	1	0	1	2	-9	12
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
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	1-8	0-4	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	-27	2
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
27	4-9	2-5	4-4	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	-1	14
	35-72	9-21	18-25	6	27	33	16	2	3	17	21		97
	48.6%	42.9%	72.0%

Memphis Grizzlies

starters
Quinton RossQ. Ross
Darko MilicicD. Milicic
Marc GasolM. Gasol
Kyle LowryK. Lowry
O.J. MayoO.J. Mayo
bench
Antoine WalkerA. Walker
Hakim WarrickH. Warrick
Darrell ArthurD. Arthur
Rudy GayR. Gay
Marko JaricM. Jaric
Mike ConleyM. Conley
Javaris CrittentonJ. Crittenton
Greg BucknerG. Buckner
team

MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
23	2-7	1-4	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	0	2	4	+15	7
11	2-2	0-0	1-2	2	3	5	1	0	1	1	5	+2	5
34	3-10	0-0	4-4	4	4	8	3	3	3	0	4	+3	10
24	4-7	2-3	1-2	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	1	+2	11
33	7-13	2-3	2-2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	1	-6	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
35	6-12	0-0	6-11	2	6	8	1	0	2	2	4	+7	18
16	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	+12	2
24	8-14	1-3	3-4	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	3	-5	20
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	4-6	1-2	1-1	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	+10	10
0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	2-3	0-1	4-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	+20	8
	39-76	7-16	24-32	10	27	37	16	7	7	9	25		109
	51.3%	43.8%	75.0%

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Grizzlies
71
Rockets
82

Game 1

30/10

Rockets
97
Grizzlies
109

Game 2

9/12

Rockets
93
Grizzlies
104

Game 3

5/2

Grizzlies
83
Rockets
93

Game 4

8/3

FedExForum

1:00 AM, 9 December 2008

Memphis, TN

Attendance: 10,691

Referees:
Greg Willard
Luis Grillo
Violet Palmer

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

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