Rockets 109-104 Kings (14 Feb, 2007) Play-by-Play

Sacramento Kings

22-28, 7-16 away

104

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
SAC	25	26	29	17	7	104
HOU	22	32	23	20	12	109

Houston Rockets

33-18, 19-6 home

109

Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 6-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Dikembe Mutombo makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Juwan Howard makes 16-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 15-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes layup
Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses 18-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes jumper
Juwan Howard misses 11-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 7-foot running jumper
Chuck Hayes makes tip shot
Chuck Hayes misses hook shot
Luther Head makes 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes layup
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes makes two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Chuck Hayes makes 7-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 6-foot hook shot
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Bonzi Wells makes slam dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 5-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 9-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier makes jumper
Shane Battier makes layup (Juwan Howard assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 14-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 9-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes 5-foot hook shot
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Luther Head makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Juwan Howard makes two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 13-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes layup
Bonzi Wells misses layup
Rafer Alston makes 4-foot two point shot
Bonzi Wells makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses layup
Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells misses layup
Luther Head makes 9-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses two point shot
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Bonzi Wells assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three pointer
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes jumper (Luther Head assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup (Luther Head assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 38-foot three point running jumper
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Bonzi Wells misses 8-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot two point shot (Luther Head assists)
Shane Battier misses 22-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes driving layup
Kenny Thomas makes 6-foot two point shot (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)
Ron Artest makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Mike Bibby misses 19-foot jumper
Dikembe Mutombo blocks Kenny Thomas's layup
Ron Artest makes three point jumper (Mike Bibby assists)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim misses 20-foot jumper
Mike Bibby misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes driving layup (Mike Bibby assists)
Kevin Martin misses three point jumper
John Salmons misses 14-foot jumper
Kenny Thomas makes two point shot (Mike Bibby assists)
Kevin Martin makes two point shot
Kevin Martin makes driving layup (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)
Kenny Thomas makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
John Salmons misses 12-foot jumper
Kenny Thomas misses 6-foot hook shot
Corliss Williamson makes layup (John Salmons assists)
Corliss Williamson misses 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady blocks Ron Artest's layup
Mike Bibby makes 16-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 8-foot jumper
John Salmons makes 11-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 9-foot jumper
Corliss Williamson misses 6-foot hook shot
Shareef Abdur-Rahim makes layup (Francisco Garcia assists)
Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (John Salmons assists)
Kevin Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses layup
Ron Artest makes two point shot
Kevin Martin makes jumper (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 26-foot three point jumper
John Salmons misses 14-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 8-foot jumper (Mike Bibby assists)
Shane Battier blocks Ron Artest's layup
Francisco Garcia misses 12-foot running jumper
Ron Artest misses layup
Ron Artest misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Bibby makes jumper
Shareef Abdur-Rahim misses 18-foot jumper
Kenny Thomas misses 8-foot two point shot
Kevin Martin misses 17-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Bibby assists)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim makes driving layup
Mike Bibby makes 22-foot jumper
Mike Bibby misses 22-foot jumper
Kenny Thomas makes slam dunk (Mike Bibby assists)
Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)
Kevin Martin makes 7-foot two point shot
Ron Artest makes 10-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Martin misses 27-foot three point jumper
Corliss Williamson makes layup (Kenny Thomas assists)
Kenny Thomas misses 11-foot jumper
Corliss Williamson misses 9-foot two point shot
Kenny Thomas makes layup (John Salmons assists)
Corliss Williamson makes layup (John Salmons assists)
John Salmons makes 9-foot two point shot
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Francisco Garcia misses 22-foot jumper
John Salmons misses 12-foot two point shot
John Salmons misses layup
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Tracy McGrady blocks Kevin Martin's two point shot
Ron Artest makes 17-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells blocks Corliss Williamson's layup
Kevin Martin misses three point jumper
Kevin Martin misses 16-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks John Salmons's layup
Ron Artest misses 11-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady blocks Kevin Martin's layup
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Ron Artest makes 23-foot three point jumper
Mike Bibby makes 26-foot three point jumper (John Salmons assists)
Ron Artest misses layup
Mike Bibby misses 18-foot jumper
Kevin Martin makes 19-foot jumper (Mike Bibby assists)
Mike Bibby misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Bibby misses 24-foot three point jumper

KINGS

ROCKETS

TIME		SAC	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Shareef Abdur-Rahim vs. Dikembe Mutombo (Juwan Howard gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	0	2
11:26	Kenny Thomas makes 6-foot two point shot (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)	2	2
11:07	Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper	2	2
11:06	Juwan Howard offensive rebound	2	2
11:03	Rafer Alston misses 6-foot jumper	2	2
11:00	Kenny Thomas defensive rebound	2	2
10:51	Ron Artest makes 19-foot jumper (Kevin Martin assists)	4	2
10:26	Juwan Howard makes 18-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	4	4
10:11	Mike Bibby misses 19-foot jumper	4	4
10:08	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	4	4
9:59	Dikembe Mutombo makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)	4	6
9:38	Dikembe Mutombo blocks Kenny Thomas's layup	4	6
9:37	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	4	6
9:32	Juwan Howard makes 16-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	4	8
9:19	Ron Artest makes three point jumper (Mike Bibby assists)	7	8
9:00	Shane Battier misses 15-foot jumper	7	8
8:59	Shane Battier offensive rebound	7	10
8:59	Shane Battier makes layup	7	10
8:41	Shareef Abdur-Rahim misses 20-foot jumper	7	10
8:38	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	7	10
8:22	Rafer Alston bad pass (Kenny Thomas steals)	7	10
8:06	Mike Bibby misses 27-foot three point jumper	7	10
8:03	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	7	10
7:52	Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper	7	10
7:50	Ron Artest defensive rebound	7	10
7:39	Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	10
7:37	Mike Bibby offensive rebound	7	10
7:30	Ron Artest makes driving layup (Mike Bibby assists)	9	10
7:16	Juwan Howard misses 18-foot jumper	9	10
7:16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim defensive rebound	9	10
7:05	Dikembe Mutombo illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	9	10
7:05	Mike Bibby makes technical free throw	10	10
7:05	John Salmons enters the game for Ron Artest	10	10
6:58	Kevin Martin misses three point jumper	10	10
6:56	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	10	10
6:48	Tracy McGrady makes jumper	10	12
6:26	John Salmons misses 14-foot jumper	10	12
6:26	Sacramento defensive rebound	10	12
6:11	Juwan Howard misses 11-foot two point shot	10	12
6:09	Kenny Thomas defensive rebound	10	12
5:56	Kenny Thomas makes two point shot (Mike Bibby assists)	12	12
5:35	Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper	12	12
5:33	Houston defensive rebound	12	12
5:33	Houston full timeout	12	12
5:16	Kevin Martin makes two point shot	14	12
5:03	Juwan Howard lost ball (Shareef Abdur-Rahim steals)	14	12
4:58	Kevin Martin makes driving layup (Shareef Abdur-Rahim assists)	16	12
4:41	John Salmons shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	16	12
4:41	Ron Artest enters the game for Kevin Martin	16	12
4:41	Tracy McGrady misses free throw 1 of 2	16	12
4:41	Houston offensive rebound	16	12
4:41	Tracy McGrady misses free throw 2 of 2	16	12
4:41	Shareef Abdur-Rahim defensive rebound	16	12
4:28	Dikembe Mutombo shooting foul (Shareef Abdur-Rahim draws the foul)	16	12
4:28	Shareef Abdur-Rahim makes free throw 1 of 2	17	12
4:28	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Dikembe Mutombo	17	12
4:28	Shareef Abdur-Rahim misses free throw 2 of 2	17	12
4:28	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	17	12
4:18	Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	17	15
4:11	Ron Artest offensive foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	17	15
4:11	Ron Artest turnover	17	15
4:00	Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper	17	15
3:59	Shareef Abdur-Rahim defensive rebound	17	15
3:51	Rafer Alston shooting foul (Mike Bibby draws the foul)	17	15
3:51	Mike Bibby makes free throw 1 of 2	18	15
3:51	Mike Bibby makes free throw 2 of 2	19	15
3:42	Chuck Hayes 3 second	19	15
3:42	Corliss Williamson enters the game for Shareef Abdur-Rahim	19	15
3:28	Kenny Thomas makes layup (Ron Artest assists)	21	15
3:09	Rafer Alston misses 7-foot running jumper	21	15
3:08	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	21	17
3:08	Chuck Hayes makes tip shot	21	17
2:51	John Salmons misses 12-foot jumper	21	17
2:49	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	21	17
2:41	Sacramento full timeout	21	17
2:41	Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Juwan Howard	21	17
2:41	Luther Head enters the game for Shane Battier	21	17
2:28	Chuck Hayes misses hook shot	21	17
2:26	Corliss Williamson defensive rebound	21	17
2:00	Kenny Thomas misses 6-foot hook shot	21	17
1:58	John Salmons offensive rebound	21	17
1:55	Corliss Williamson makes layup (John Salmons assists)	23	17
1:29	Luther Head makes 26-foot three point jumper	23	20
1:15	Corliss Williamson misses 20-foot jumper	23	20
1:13	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	23	20
54.0	Rafer Alston makes layup	23	22
36.9	Tracy McGrady blocks Ron Artest's layup	23	22
34.8	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	23	22
28.9	Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper	23	22
26.9	Kenny Thomas defensive rebound	23	22
9.2	Mike Bibby makes 16-foot jumper	25	22
0.9	Tracy McGrady bad pass (John Salmons steals)	25	22
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	25	22

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-0

Rockets
115
Kings
111

Game 1

14/1

Kings
104
Rockets
109

Game 2

14/2

Rockets
112
Kings
106

Game 3

8/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 14 February 2007

Houston, TX

Attendance: 13,185

Referees:
Monty McCutchen
Leroy Richardson
Derrick Collins

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Lakers	16	12	.571	-	W3
Golden State	15	12	.556	0.5	W1
LA Clippers	16	13	.552	0.5	L1
Phoenix	14	13	.519	1.5	L2
Sacramento	13	17	.433	4	L4

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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