Grizzlies 86-77 Rockets (31 Jan, 2006) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

15-29, 11-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	24	15	16	22	77
MEM	21	22	25	18	86

Memphis Grizzlies

26-18, 15-7 home

Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Lorenzen Wright makes 14-foot jumper (Eddie Jones assists)
Pau Gasol misses 7-foot running jumper
Yao Ming blocks Pau Gasol's layup
Lorenzen Wright misses 18-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes running jumper
Eddie Jones misses 13-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 22-foot jumper
Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chucky Atkins makes layup
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
Brian Cardinal misses 17-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 19-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 16-foot jumper
Brian Cardinal makes 17-foot jumper
Brian Cardinal misses 16-foot jumper
Antonio Burks misses driving layup
Bobby Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller misses 22-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 20-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes 18-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Mike Miller misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses two point shot
Jake Tsakalidis makes tip shot
Chucky Atkins makes layup
Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Pau Gasol makes 6-foot running jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Eddie Jones makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Eddie Jones misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 27-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 11-foot two point shot
Shane Battier makes driving layup
Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Eddie Jones assists)
Pau Gasol misses 9-foot two point shot
Eddie Jones misses 17-foot running jumper
Shane Battier makes tip shot
Pau Gasol misses 6-foot two point shot
Lorenzen Wright makes tip shot
Lorenzen Wright misses 13-foot jumper
Chucky Atkins makes 24-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 6-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 4-foot hook shot
Mike Miller makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Pau Gasol makes dunk (Lorenzen Wright assists)
Lorenzen Wright makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Lorenzen Wright misses 5-foot two point shot
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chucky Atkins misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller makes 5-foot running jumper
Pau Gasol makes 15-foot jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)
Mike Miller makes two point shot
Pau Gasol misses driving layup
Pau Gasol misses 8-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses 15-foot jumper
Mike Miller makes 20-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Chucky Atkins misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lorenzen Wright misses 6-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming makes two point shot (Juwan Howard assists)
Yao Ming makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Juwan Howard misses 8-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
Yao Ming makes 4-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 28-foot three point jumper
David Wesley makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
David Wesley makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 14-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Juwan Howard makes layup (David Wesley assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 18-foot jumper
Stromile Swift makes 4-foot two point shot (Moochie Norris assists)
Yao Ming misses 6-foot two point shot
Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
Jake Tsakalidis blocks Yao Ming's 12-foot two point shot
Juwan Howard makes 14-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
Jake Tsakalidis blocks Yao Ming's 6-foot jumper
David Wesley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 7-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 10-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
Juwan Howard makes 4-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 14-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming misses jumper
Tracy McGrady makes layup
Rafer Alston misses 18-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 5-foot running jumper
Juwan Howard makes 20-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming makes 5-foot two point shot (Juwan Howard assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
Yao Ming makes layup
David Wesley misses 14-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks Tracy McGrady's 21-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
David Wesley misses 20-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses 6-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 21-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes layup
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Luther Head makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Juwan Howard misses jumper
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Luther Head makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Pau Gasol blocks Yao Ming's layup
Tracy McGrady misses 4-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
David Wesley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 23-foot jumper

ROCKETS

GRIZZLIES

TIME		HOU	MEM
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Pau Gasol (Juwan Howard gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:37	Eddie Jones defensive rebound	0	0
11:15	Chucky Atkins makes 25-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	0	3
10:52	Juwan Howard makes 15-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	2	3
10:33	Lorenzen Wright makes 14-foot jumper (Eddie Jones assists)	2	5
10:22	Yao Ming makes two point shot (Juwan Howard assists)	4	5
9:56	Pau Gasol misses 7-foot running jumper	4	5
9:55	Lorenzen Wright offensive rebound	4	5
9:52	Yao Ming blocks Pau Gasol's layup	4	5
9:49	Yao Ming defensive rebound	4	5
9:48	Chucky Atkins shooting foul (David Wesley draws the foul)	4	5
9:48	David Wesley misses free throw 1 of 2	4	5
9:48	Houston offensive rebound	4	5
9:48	David Wesley makes free throw 2 of 2	5	5
9:36	Lorenzen Wright misses 18-foot jumper	5	5
9:33	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	5	5
9:29	Yao Ming makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)	7	5
8:59	Chucky Atkins makes running jumper	7	7
8:37	Juwan Howard misses 8-foot running jumper	7	7
8:34	Yao Ming offensive rebound	7	7
8:33	Yao Ming lost ball (Lorenzen Wright steals)	7	7
8:11	Eddie Jones misses 13-foot jumper	7	7
8:10	David Wesley defensive rebound	7	7
8:07	David Wesley offensive foul (Chucky Atkins draws the foul)	7	7
8:07	David Wesley turnover	7	7
7:54	Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper	7	7
7:52	Yao Ming defensive rebound	7	7
7:41	Tracy McGrady misses two point shot	7	7
7:39	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	7	7
7:24	Chucky Atkins misses 22-foot jumper	7	7
7:22	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	7	7
7:07	Yao Ming makes 4-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)	9	7
6:48	Pau Gasol misses 7-foot two point shot	9	7
6:45	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	9	7
6:41	Tracy McGrady makes driving layup	11	7
6:41	Shane Battier shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	11	7
6:41	Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 1	11	7
6:39	Lorenzen Wright defensive rebound	11	7
6:26	Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Chucky Atkins assists)	11	10
6:01	Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot	11	10
6:00	Eddie Jones defensive rebound	11	10
5:43	Memphis full timeout	11	10
5:37	Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	11	10
5:37	Memphis offensive rebound	11	10
5:37	shot clock violation	11	10
5:37	Chucky Atkins misses free throw 1 of 2	11	10
5:37	Juwan Howard offensive foul (1st personal foul)	11	10
5:37	Juwan Howard turnover	11	10
5:37	Juwan Howard technical foul (1st technical foul)	11	10
5:37	Chucky Atkins makes technical free throw	11	11
5:22	Lorenzen Wright shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	11	11
5:22	Yao Ming misses free throw 1 of 2	11	11
5:22	Houston offensive rebound	11	11
5:22	Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2	11	11
5:22	Jake Tsakalidis enters the game for Lorenzen Wright	11	11
5:22	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	12	11
5:09	Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)	12	13
4:41	Tracy McGrady misses 28-foot three point jumper	12	13
4:39	Chucky Atkins defensive rebound	12	13
4:31	Jake Tsakalidis bad pass	12	13
4:18	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Jake Tsakalidis steals)	12	13
4:11	Eddie Jones bad pass (Tracy McGrady steals)	12	13
4:07	David Wesley makes layup (Yao Ming assists)	14	13
3:46	Pau Gasol bad pass (Tracy McGrady steals)	14	13
3:42	David Wesley makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	16	13
3:42	Shane Battier shooting foul (David Wesley draws the foul)	16	13
3:42	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Yao Ming	16	13
3:42	Mike Miller enters the game for Shane Battier	16	13
3:42	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Eddie Jones	16	13
3:42	David Wesley makes free throw 1 of 1	17	13
3:23	Chucky Atkins misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	13
3:18	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	17	13
3:08	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	17	13
3:05	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	17	13
3:01	Chucky Atkins makes layup	17	15
3:01	Tracy McGrady illegal defense	17	15
2:48	Tracy McGrady makes 14-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	19	15
2:31	Jake Tsakalidis makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)	19	17
2:15	Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper (Juwan Howard assists)	21	17
1:52	Houston full timeout	21	17
1:52	Brian Cardinal enters the game for Chucky Atkins	21	17
1:52	Antonio Burks enters the game for Jake Tsakalidis	21	17
1:50	Brian Cardinal misses 17-foot jumper	21	17
1:50	Memphis offensive rebound	21	17
1:50	Juwan Howard personal foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	21	17
1:31	Bobby Jackson misses 19-foot jumper	21	17
1:29	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	21	17
1:24	Juwan Howard makes layup (David Wesley assists)	23	17
1:07	Brian Cardinal bad pass (Juwan Howard steals)	23	17
1:01	Mike Miller shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	23	17
1:01	Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2	23	17
1:01	Houston offensive rebound	23	17
1:01	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2	24	17
48.4	Mike Miller makes 16-foot jumper	24	19
34.9	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Brian Cardinal steals)	24	19
21.6	Brian Cardinal makes 17-foot jumper	24	21
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	21

Regular Season Series

MEM leads 3-0

Rockets
81
Grizzlies
86

Game 1

26/11

Grizzlies
90
Rockets
75

Game 2

4/12

Rockets
77
Grizzlies
86

Game 3

31/1

Grizzlies
93
Rockets
81

Game 4

16/4

FedExForum

12:00 AM, 31 January 2006

Memphis, TN

Attendance: 16,371

Referees:
Mike Callahan
Derek Richardson
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	4	3	.571	-	W1
Dallas	4	3	.571	-	L1
Memphis	4	4	.500	0.5	L1
San Antonio	3	4	.429	1	L1
New Orleans	3	5	.375	1.5	L2

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