Rockets 96-71 Nets (28 Dec, 2006) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

17-12, 9-9 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	18	31	22	25	96
NJ	12	27	17	15	71

New Jersey Nets

11-18, 8-10 home

Jason Collins misses 17-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson makes driving dunk
Mikki Moore misses layup
Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses driving layup
Vince Carter makes tip shot
Richard Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 9-foot two point shot
Jason Kidd makes driving layup (Jason Collins assists)
Richard Jefferson makes 15-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper
Juwan Howard blocks Richard Jefferson's 5-foot jumper
Josh Boone makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Marcus Williams misses 10-foot jumper
Hassan Adams makes jumper (Marcus Williams assists)
Vince Carter misses layup
Marcus Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson makes slam dunk (Jason Kidd assists)
Hassan Adams makes 20-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Richard Jefferson misses jumper
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells blocks Hassan Adams's layup
Bonzi Wells blocks Jason Kidd's layup
Vince Carter makes 7-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Hassan Adams makes layup (Vince Carter assists)
Bostjan Nachbar makes 21-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Bostjan Nachbar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Jason Kidd misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier blocks Vince Carter's driving layup
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Tracy McGrady blocks Richard Jefferson's driving layup
Eddie House misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
Eddie House misses 24-foot three point jumper
Dikembe Mutombo blocks Vince Carter's driving layup
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Vince Carter makes 17-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Eddie House misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses tip shot
Bostjan Nachbar misses 27-foot three point jumper
Marcus Williams makes jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes 23-foot jumper (Marcus Williams assists)
Marcus Williams misses layup
Richard Jefferson misses driving layup
Bostjan Nachbar makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marcus Williams assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses three point jumper
Marcus Williams misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Boone misses tip shot
Richard Jefferson misses 20-foot jumper
Richard Jefferson makes 20-foot jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses three point jumper
Jason Kidd misses 16-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 17-foot jumper
Mikki Moore makes 16-foot jumper (Eddie House assists)
Hassan Adams misses 22-foot jumper
Eddie House makes jumper (Marcus Williams assists)
Hassan Adams makes driving layup (Antoine Wright assists)
Hassan Adams makes layup (Mikki Moore assists)
Eddie House misses 23-foot jumper
Mile Ilic misses 7-foot hook shot
Mile Ilic misses 7-foot hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Dikembe Mutombo makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 16-foot running jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes driving layup
Shane Battier misses 7-foot hook shot
Luther Head misses layup
Rafer Alston makes 17-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bonzi Wells assists)
Juwan Howard makes 6-foot hook shot
Juwan Howard misses 19-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells makes 15-foot jumper (Luther Head assists)
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Bonzi Wells assists)
Bonzi Wells makes jumper
Juwan Howard makes dunk (Luther Head assists)
Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Bostjan Nachbar blocks Bonzi Wells's layup
Tracy McGrady makes 7-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Rafer Alston misses 13-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 20-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Rafer Alston makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 40-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Jason Kidd blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
Shane Battier misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Dikembe Mutombo makes 4-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 16-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes two point shot
Shane Battier misses driving layup
Juwan Howard makes 4-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 9-foot running jumper
Dikembe Mutombo misses tip shot
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Juwan Howard misses 6-foot hook shot
Rafer Alston makes driving layup (Luther Head assists)
Bostjan Nachbar blocks Bonzi Wells's layup
Luther Head misses jumper
Rafer Alston misses 15-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells makes 20-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier misses 9-foot two point shot
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Bonzi Wells misses driving layup
Luther Head makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells makes layup
Tracy McGrady makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
John Lucas makes driving layup (Vassilis Spanoulis assists)
Chuck Hayes misses layup
John Lucas makes driving layup

ROCKETS

NETS

TIME		HOU	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Dikembe Mutombo vs. Mikki Moore (Richard Jefferson gains possession)	0	0
11:56	backcourt	0	0
11:33	Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper	0	0
11:33	Richard Jefferson defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Jason Collins misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:10	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	0	0
10:56	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:55	Mikki Moore defensive rebound	0	0
10:32	Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:30	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	0	0
10:15	Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper	0	0
10:14	Mikki Moore defensive rebound	0	0
10:07	Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper	0	0
10:07	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	0	0
9:56	Tracy McGrady misses driving layup	0	0
9:56	Houston offensive rebound	0	0
9:44	Dikembe Mutombo makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	2	0
9:22	Richard Jefferson makes driving dunk	2	2
8:57	Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	2
8:56	Mikki Moore defensive rebound	2	2
8:38	Mikki Moore misses layup	2	2
8:37	Shane Battier defensive rebound	2	2
8:30	Rafer Alston misses 16-foot running jumper	2	2
8:30	Juwan Howard offensive rebound	2	2
8:19	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)	5	2
7:58	Jason Kidd misses 24-foot three point jumper	5	2
7:56	Shane Battier defensive rebound	5	2
7:43	Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	8	2
7:28	Dikembe Mutombo personal foul (Mikki Moore draws the foul)	8	2
7:22	Vince Carter misses driving layup	8	2
7:20	Vince Carter offensive rebound	8	2
7:20	Vince Carter makes tip shot	8	4
6:58	Richard Jefferson personal foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	8	4
6:47	Tracy McGrady misses two point shot	8	4
6:45	Vince Carter defensive rebound	8	4
6:35	Richard Jefferson misses 9-foot jumper	8	4
6:35	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	8	4
6:15	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Jason Collins steals)	8	4
5:54	Jason Kidd misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	4
5:52	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	8	4
5:41	Dikembe Mutombo 3 second	8	4
5:41	New Jersey full timeout	8	4
5:31	Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper	8	4
5:28	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	8	4
5:11	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Mikki Moore steals)	8	4
4:58	Richard Jefferson misses 21-foot jumper	8	4
4:58	Jason Collins offensive rebound	8	4
4:41	Vince Carter misses 9-foot two point shot	8	4
4:39	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	8	4
4:22	Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	4
4:20	Jason Collins defensive rebound	8	4
4:16	Jason Kidd makes driving layup (Jason Collins assists)	8	6
4:03	Mikki Moore illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	8	6
4:03	Luther Head enters the game for Tracy McGrady	8	6
4:03	Juwan Howard makes technical free throw	9	6
3:47	Luther Head bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	9	6
3:46	Shane Battier shooting foul (Jason Kidd draws the foul)	9	6
3:46	Jason Kidd makes free throw 1 of 2	9	7
3:46	Jason Kidd makes free throw 2 of 2	9	8
3:36	Jason Collins personal foul (Dikembe Mutombo draws the foul)	9	8
3:29	Shane Battier makes driving layup	11	8
3:15	Dikembe Mutombo illegal defense foul (2nd personal foul)	11	8
3:15	Jason Kidd misses technical free throw	11	8
3:15	New Jersey offensive rebound	11	8
3:06	Richard Jefferson makes 15-foot jumper	11	10
2:50	Shane Battier misses 7-foot hook shot	11	10
2:49	Jason Collins defensive rebound	11	10
2:41	Richard Jefferson misses 19-foot jumper	11	10
2:40	Juwan Howard defensive rebound	11	10
2:26	Luther Head bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	11	10
2:18	Jason Kidd lost ball (Rafer Alston steals)	11	10
2:13	Luther Head misses layup	11	10
2:12	Rafer Alston offensive rebound	11	10
2:09	Rafer Alston makes 17-foot jumper	13	10
2:00	New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout	13	10
2:00	Houston full timeout	13	10
2:00	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Dikembe Mutombo	13	10
2:00	Marcus Williams enters the game for Jason Kidd	13	10
2:00	Josh Boone enters the game for Jason Collins	13	10
2:00	Bonzi Wells enters the game for Rafer Alston	13	10
1:42	Vince Carter misses 22-foot jumper	13	10
1:40	Luther Head defensive rebound	13	10
1:20	Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bonzi Wells assists)	16	10
56.9	Juwan Howard blocks Richard Jefferson's 5-foot jumper	16	10
54.9	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	16	10
43.5	Juwan Howard makes 6-foot hook shot	18	10
30.9	Josh Boone makes layup (Vince Carter assists)	18	12
16.9	Juwan Howard misses 19-foot jumper	18	12
15.6	Vince Carter defensive rebound	18	12
0.6	Marcus Williams misses 10-foot jumper	18	12
0.0	New Jersey offensive rebound	18	12
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	18	12

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
96
Nets
71

Game 1

28/12

Nets
91
Rockets
112

Game 2

10/3

IZOD Center

12:30 AM, 28 December 2006

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 18,373

Referees:
Bernie Fryer
Gary Zielinski
Derek Richardson

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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