Houston Rockets @ Charlotte Hornets

33-33, 16-19 Away

109

33-33, 16-19 Away

Final

	1	2	3	4	T
Rockets HOU	19	38	30	22	109
Hornets CHA	34	28	28	35	125

Charlotte HornetsHornetsCHA

37-28, 25-9 Home

125

37-28, 25-9 Home

Houston Rockets

starters
Donatas MotiejunasD. Motiejunas#20
Trevor ArizaT. Ariza#1
Dwight HowardD. Howard#12
Patrick BeverleyP. Beverley#2
James HardenJ. Harden#13
bench
Corey BrewerC. Brewer#33
Michael BeasleyM. Beasley#8
KJ McDanielsK. McDaniels#32
Montrezl HarrellM. Harrell#35
Clint CapelaC. Capela#15
Andrew GoudelockA. Goudelock#0
Jason TerryJ. Terry#31
Josh SmithJ. Smith#5
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
5	4	2-3	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	-3
31	9	4-13	1-6	0-0	5	1	1	2	0	1	4	2	-22
34	16	8-10	0-0	0-2	13	4	4	0	0	4	9	2	-14
29	0	0-5	0-3	0-0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	5	-13
34	12	2-14	0-5	8-9	3	10	1	2	0	1	2	3	-23
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	21	9-15	1-4	2-4	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	+7
15	15	6-9	0-1	3-3	2	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	-28
14	5	1-3	1-2	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	+1
12	5	2-3	0-0	1-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	+15
14	9	4-7	0-0	1-5	4	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	-2
5	2	1-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+6
20	11	4-9	2-3	1-1	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	4	-4
DNP-COACH'S DECISION
	109	43-93	5-26	18-28	40	21	9	8	5	14	26	20
		46%	19%	64%

Charlotte Hornets

starters
Marvin WilliamsM. Williams#2
Nicolas BatumN. Batum#5
Cody ZellerC. Zeller#40
Kemba WalkerK. Walker#15
Courtney LeeC. Lee#1
bench
Tyler HansbroughT. Hansbrough#50
Frank KaminskyF. Kaminsky#44
Al JeffersonA. Jefferson#25
Jeremy LambJ. Lamb#3
Jeremy LinJ. Lin#7
Jorge GutierrezJ. Gutierrez#12
Troy DanielsT. Daniels#30
Aaron HarrisonA. Harrison#9
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
27	25	9-16	3-5	4-4	4	0	1	2	0	3	1	2	+15
34	14	5-10	2-4	2-2	8	8	1	1	1	0	8	1	+1
15	7	3-4	0-0	1-2	4	3	2	0	0	2	2	3	+2
33	26	11-16	4-7	0-0	5	6	2	0	0	0	5	2	+32
26	12	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	+9
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF	+/-
3	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
21	5	2-6	1-5	0-0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	4	+1
30	10	5-11	0-0	0-0	10	3	1	0	2	2	8	5	+18
8	2	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	-5
26	16	4-9	1-2	7-8	4	4	0	1	0	1	3	5	+9
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4
13	6	2-4	2-3	0-0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	+10
3	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-4
	125	48-88	15-31	14-16	44	28	11	6	5	10	34	25
		55%	48%	88%

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

Matchups

HOU

Season tied

1-1

CHA

102

Game 1@ HOU

Final

109

Game 2@ CHA

Final

125

Game Information

Charlotte, NC

Referee:Eli Roe

Referee:Sean Wright

Referee:Kevin Scott

Western Conference

Southwest	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
San Antonio	62	20	.756	-	L1
Houston	52	30	.634	10	W1
New Orleans	26	56	.317	36	L2
Dallas	26	56	.317	36	W1
Memphis	25	57	.305	37	L8

Eastern Conference

Southeast	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	46	36	.561	-	L1
Orlando	45	37	.549	1	L1
Charlotte	44	38	.537	2	W1
Miami	43	39	.524	3	W2
Washington	17	65	.207	29	L10

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