Rockets 104-98 SuperSonics (16 Dec, 2005) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

9-12, 6-6 away

104

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	20	28	25	31	104
SEA	22	29	20	27	98

Seattle SuperSonics

9-12, 6-7 home

Reggie Evans makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)
Ray Allen misses 14-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 19-foot jumper
Vitaly Potapenko makes hook shot (Ray Allen assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis makes 22-foot jumper (Vitaly Potapenko assists)
Rashard Lewis makes jumper
Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 12-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Reggie Evans misses 4-foot hook shot
Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Luke Ridnour makes three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Ray Allen makes 15-foot two point shot
Luke Ridnour misses 27-foot three point jumper
Vitaly Potapenko makes layup
Ray Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses three point jumper
Ronald Murray misses 6-foot jumper
Damien Wilkins misses 17-foot jumper
Nick Collison misses 20-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 5-foot jumper
Nick Collison makes 19-foot jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Stromile Swift blocks Nick Collison's layup
Danny Fortson makes layup
Damien Wilkins misses layup
Danny Fortson misses tip shot
Ronald Murray makes 9-foot jumper (Damien Wilkins assists)
Ray Allen misses 18-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Nick Collison misses layup
Luke Ridnour makes driving layup (Rashard Lewis assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic makes jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Rashard Lewis misses layup
Danny Fortson misses 9-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses 19-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes driving layup
Rashard Lewis misses 16-foot jumper
Vitaly Potapenko misses 5-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 13-foot jumper
Reggie Evans makes layup
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses 21-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis makes jumper
Reggie Evans makes 4-foot hook shot (Rashard Lewis assists)
Reggie Evans makes two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 11-foot jumper
Reggie Evans makes 4-foot two point shot (Luke Ridnour assists)
Rashard Lewis misses two point shot
Luke Ridnour makes jumper
Ray Allen misses 15-foot jumper
Reggie Evans misses 10-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 19-foot jumper
Luke Ridnour misses two point shot
Reggie Evans makes layup
Rashard Lewis makes 20-foot jumper (Reggie Evans assists)
Luke Ridnour misses 25-foot three point jumper
Damien Wilkins misses 18-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 18-foot jumper (Ray Allen assists)
Ray Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Ronald Murray assists)
Ray Allen misses 22-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses jumper
Ronald Murray misses 7-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Ray Allen makes 27-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes 27-foot three point jumper (Vladimir Radmanovic assists)
Ray Allen misses 27-foot three point jumper
Danny Fortson misses 5-foot running jumper
Ray Allen misses 17-foot jumper
Ray Allen makes layup
Rashard Lewis misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour misses 20-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 9-foot hook shot
Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ray Allen misses jumper
Ray Allen makes 7-foot jumper
Ray Allen misses two point shot
Ray Allen misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luke Ridnour makes driving layup
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Juwan Howard assists)
Yao Ming makes 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes running jumper
Ryan Bowen makes 21-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Juwan Howard makes 7-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses jumper
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Ray Allen blocks David Wesley's 4-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses 38-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (David Wesley assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Moochie Norris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses 14-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Moochie Norris misses 22-foot jumper
Stromile Swift misses 6-foot hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Moochie Norris assists)
Dikembe Mutombo makes dunk (Stromile Swift assists)
Stromile Swift makes layup (Luther Head assists)
Stromile Swift makes running jumper
David Wesley makes 19-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Stromile Swift makes dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
David Wesley misses 22-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 28-foot three point jumper
Stromile Swift makes two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Stromile Swift misses jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 13-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes layup (Moochie Norris assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 31-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 15-foot jumper (Ryan Bowen assists)
Juwan Howard makes 7-foot jumper (Ryan Bowen assists)
David Wesley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 23-foot jumper
Ryan Bowen misses 18-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Yao Ming misses 11-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses jumper
Yao Ming makes hook shot (David Wesley assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes 17-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 14-foot jumper
Dikembe Mutombo misses 11-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Moochie Norris makes driving layup
Moochie Norris makes layup (Stromile Swift assists)
Stromile Swift misses layup
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
Rashard Lewis blocks Tracy McGrady's 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 10-foot jumper

ROCKETS

SUPERSONICS

TIME		HOU	SEA
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Vitaly Potapenko (Juwan Howard gains possession)	0	0
11:36	Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Juwan Howard assists)	2	0
11:15	Reggie Evans makes layup (Luke Ridnour assists)	2	2
10:53	Yao Ming makes 16-foot jumper	4	2
10:37	Juwan Howard personal foul (Reggie Evans draws the foul)	4	2
10:23	Ray Allen misses 14-foot jumper	4	2
10:21	Yao Ming defensive rebound	4	2
10:11	Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper	4	2
10:10	Reggie Evans defensive rebound	4	2
10:03	Luke Ridnour misses 19-foot jumper	4	2
10:00	Reggie Evans offensive rebound	4	2
9:41	Vitaly Potapenko makes hook shot (Ray Allen assists)	4	4
9:26	Juwan Howard makes running jumper	6	4
9:15	Luke Ridnour misses 18-foot jumper	6	4
9:12	David Wesley defensive rebound	6	4
9:11	Luke Ridnour personal foul (David Wesley draws the foul)	6	4
8:56	Ryan Bowen makes 21-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	8	4
8:40	Rashard Lewis makes 22-foot jumper (Vitaly Potapenko assists)	8	6
8:30	Juwan Howard makes 7-foot running jumper	10	6
8:12	Rashard Lewis makes jumper	10	8
7:54	Tracy McGrady misses jumper	10	8
7:52	Reggie Evans defensive rebound	10	8
7:47	Ray Allen misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	8
7:45	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	10	8
7:28	Yao Ming turnover	10	8
7:13	Rashard Lewis misses 12-foot jumper	10	8
7:11	Reggie Evans offensive rebound	10	8
7:11	David Wesley personal foul (Reggie Evans draws the foul)	10	8
7:03	Reggie Evans 3 second	10	8
6:54	Reggie Evans personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	10	8
6:47	Vitaly Potapenko shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	10	8
6:47	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	11	8
6:47	Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2	11	8
6:45	Rashard Lewis defensive rebound	11	8
6:22	Ray Allen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luke Ridnour assists)	11	11
6:01	Yao Ming bad pass	11	11
5:43	Reggie Evans misses 4-foot hook shot	11	11
5:41	Yao Ming defensive rebound	11	11
5:33	Tracy McGrady misses driving layup	11	11
5:33	Rashard Lewis defensive rebound	11	11
5:24	Seattle full timeout	11	11
5:24	Jumpball: Juwan Howard vs. Rashard Lewis (Ray Allen gains possession)	11	11
5:13	Ryan Bowen personal foul (Reggie Evans draws the foul)	11	11
5:11	David Wesley personal foul (Ray Allen draws the foul)	11	11
5:00	Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ray Allen assists)	11	14
4:35	Ray Allen blocks David Wesley's 4-foot jumper	11	14
4:33	Juwan Howard offensive rebound	11	14
4:30	Juwan Howard misses 38-foot three point jumper	11	14
4:28	Luke Ridnour defensive rebound	11	14
4:20	Luke Ridnour makes three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)	11	17
4:07	Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (David Wesley assists)	13	17
3:45	Ray Allen makes 15-foot two point shot	13	19
3:39	Houston full timeout	13	19
3:39	Moochie Norris enters the game for Ryan Bowen	13	19
3:39	Luther Head enters the game for David Wesley	13	19
3:18	Tracy McGrady makes 28-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)	16	19
2:53	Luke Ridnour misses 27-foot three point jumper	16	19
2:50	Vitaly Potapenko offensive rebound	16	19
2:48	Vitaly Potapenko makes layup	16	21
2:23	Moochie Norris misses 26-foot three point jumper	16	21
2:20	Yao Ming offensive rebound	16	21
2:18	Yao Ming makes layup	18	21
2:00	Ray Allen misses 18-foot jumper	18	21
1:57	Yao Ming defensive rebound	18	21
1:49	Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper	18	21
1:49	Houston defensive rebound	18	21
1:49	Ronald Murray enters the game for Ray Allen	18	21
1:49	Nick Collison enters the game for Reggie Evans	18	21
1:29	Luke Ridnour misses three point jumper	18	21
1:27	Luther Head defensive rebound	18	21
1:14	Juwan Howard misses 14-foot jumper	18	21
1:12	Luke Ridnour defensive rebound	18	21
1:06	Yao Ming shooting foul (Ronald Murray draws the foul)	18	21
1:06	Ronald Murray misses free throw 1 of 2	18	21
1:06	Seattle offensive rebound	18	21
1:06	Ronald Murray misses free throw 2 of 2	18	21
1:04	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	18	21
50.7	Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)	20	21
30.7	Luther Head shooting foul (Ronald Murray draws the foul)	20	21
30.7	Ronald Murray misses free throw 1 of 2	20	21
30.7	Seattle offensive rebound	20	21
30.7	Ronald Murray makes free throw 2 of 2	20	22
15.9	Moochie Norris misses 22-foot jumper	20	22
13.9	Nick Collison defensive rebound	20	22
1.9	Ronald Murray misses 6-foot jumper	20	22
0.3	Yao Ming defensive rebound	20	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	20	22

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
104
SuperSonics
98

Game 1

16/12

SuperSonics
77
Rockets
100

Game 2

4/2

SuperSonics
87
Rockets
115

Game 3

30/3

Rockets
87
SuperSonics
104

Game 4

5/4

KeyArena

12:30 AM, 16 December 2005

Seattle, WA

Attendance: 16,563

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Michael Smith
Sean Wright

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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