Rockets 123-112 Hornets (15 Apr, 2007) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

37-43, 13-26 away

112

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	30	20	28	34	112
HOU	32	25	28	38	123

Houston Rockets

51-29, 27-13 home

123

Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Chuck Hayes makes tip shot
Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier makes hook shot
Rafer Alston makes layup (Luther Head assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses layup
David West blocks Luther Head's two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper
Luther Head makes layup
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier makes 8-foot hook shot
Rafer Alston makes 13-foot running jumper
Brandon Bass blocks Juwan Howard's 16-foot two point shot
Luther Head misses 17-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard misses 16-foot jumper
Dikembe Mutombo makes tip shot
Luther Head makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Yao Ming makes layup (Luther Head assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 13-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Juwan Howard makes 17-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 13-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Yao Ming makes 12-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 9-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes jumper
Yao Ming makes dunk (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier makes 6-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier makes 6-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
Yao Ming makes hook shot
Yao Ming makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Juwan Howard makes 9-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes two point shot (Luther Head assists)
Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper (Juwan Howard assists)
Juwan Howard misses 7-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 13-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong blocks Jake Tsakalidis's layup
Shane Battier misses 14-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes two point shot
Juwan Howard makes jumper (Luther Head assists)
Jake Tsakalidis misses two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes layup
Yao Ming makes 6-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Juwan Howard misses jumper
Luther Head misses 23-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Luther Head misses layup
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Marc Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 13-foot two point shot
Devin Brown makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Tracy McGrady blocks David West's 12-foot jumper
Marc Jackson makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
David West makes 16-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes 12-foot jumper
David West makes 13-foot two point shot (Rasual Butler assists)
Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
David West makes 16-foot two point shot
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 15-foot running jumper
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Bobby Jackson misses driving layup
Devin Brown makes 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 22-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Devin Brown's layup
Bobby Jackson misses 28-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses driving layup
Devin Brown misses 6-foot running jumper
Chris Paul misses driving layup
Shane Battier blocks Marc Jackson's layup
Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 29-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Yao Ming blocks David West's layup
David West makes 7-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 11-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
David West makes 7-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 11-foot two point shot
Marc Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
David West makes 12-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
Marc Jackson makes layup
Marc Jackson misses 15-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 8-foot running jumper
Marc Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Hilton Armstrong assists)
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
David West makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 14-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Rasual Butler makes 18-foot jumper
David West makes 9-foot two point shot (Bobby Jackson assists)
Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown misses 61-foot three point running jumper
Bobby Jackson misses driving layup
David West misses two point shot
Devin Brown makes 8-foot running jumper
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes jumper
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes jumper
Devin Brown makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (David West assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Marc Jackson makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 13-foot jumper
Marc Jackson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson makes 19-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
David West makes layup (Marc Jackson assists)
Marc Jackson makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Marc Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marc Jackson makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rasual Butler assists)

HORNETS

ROCKETS

TIME		NO	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: David West vs. Yao Ming (Rafer Alston gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	0	2
11:27	Marc Jackson makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	2	2
11:12	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)	2	4
10:48	David West misses 13-foot two point shot	2	4
10:47	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	2	4
10:33	Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	4
10:32	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	2	4
10:32	Chuck Hayes misses tip shot	2	4
10:30	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	2	6
10:30	Chuck Hayes makes tip shot	2	6
10:21	Devin Brown makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)	4	6
10:04	Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot (Tracy McGrady assists)	4	8
9:51	Marc Jackson misses 20-foot jumper	4	8
9:49	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	4	8
9:37	Marc Jackson shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	4	8
9:37	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	4	9
9:37	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	4	10
9:21	Rasual Butler makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	6	10
9:07	Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot	6	10
9:04	Marc Jackson defensive rebound	6	10
8:48	Tracy McGrady blocks David West's 12-foot jumper	6	10
8:48	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	6	10
8:47	David West bad pass	6	10
8:34	Shane Battier bad pass (Marc Jackson steals)	6	10
8:30	Chris Paul bad pass (Tracy McGrady steals)	6	10
8:21	Tracy McGrady bad pass (David West steals)	6	10
8:18	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Devin Brown draws the foul)	6	10
8:18	Devin Brown makes free throw 1 of 2	7	10
8:18	Devin Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	8	10
8:12	Yao Ming traveling	8	10
7:56	Marc Jackson makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	10	10
7:39	Chuck Hayes makes layup (Yao Ming assists)	10	12
7:26	David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)	12	12
7:07	Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	12	15
6:56	Chris Paul makes two point shot	14	15
6:39	Tracy McGrady makes driving layup	14	17
6:39	Marc Jackson shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	14	17
6:39	Hilton Armstrong enters the game for Marc Jackson	14	17
6:39	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 1	14	18
6:22	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Devin Brown draws the foul)	14	18
6:22	Devin Brown makes free throw 1 of 2	15	18
6:22	Devin Brown makes free throw 2 of 2	16	18
6:09	Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)	16	20
5:56	Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper	18	20
5:35	Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)	18	22
5:18	Yao Ming shooting foul (Hilton Armstrong draws the foul)	18	22
5:18	Houston full timeout	18	22
5:18	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Devin Brown	18	22
5:18	Hilton Armstrong misses free throw 1 of 2	18	22
5:18	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	18	22
5:18	Hilton Armstrong misses free throw 2 of 2	18	22
5:18	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	18	22
5:01	Shane Battier makes hook shot	18	24
4:33	David West makes 16-foot two point shot	20	24
4:16	Hilton Armstrong shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	20	24
4:16	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	20	25
4:16	Luther Head enters the game for Shane Battier	20	25
4:16	Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2	20	25
4:16	Hilton Armstrong defensive rebound	20	25
3:56	David West lost ball (Rafer Alston steals)	20	25
3:51	Rafer Alston makes layup (Luther Head assists)	20	27
3:31	Luther Head personal foul (Bobby Jackson draws the foul)	20	27
3:23	Chris Paul makes 12-foot jumper	22	27
3:11	Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper	22	27
3:09	Chris Paul defensive rebound	22	27
3:03	Rasual Butler turnover	22	27
2:48	Tracy McGrady misses layup	22	27
2:48	Houston defensive rebound	22	27
2:48	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	22	27
2:48	Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Yao Ming	22	27
2:32	David West makes 13-foot two point shot (Rasual Butler assists)	24	27
2:13	Tracy McGrady lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	24	27
2:10	Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	26	27
1:51	David West blocks Luther Head's two point shot	26	27
1:50	Bobby Jackson defensive rebound	26	27
1:43	Bobby Jackson makes driving layup	28	27
1:29	Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper	28	27
1:27	Chris Paul defensive rebound	28	27
1:22	Chris Paul lost ball (Rafer Alston steals)	28	27
1:17	Luther Head makes layup	28	29
1:00	David West makes 16-foot two point shot	30	29
47.9	Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper	30	29
45.9	David West defensive rebound	30	29
36.9	Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot jumper	30	29
33.9	David West offensive rebound	30	29
23.8	Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper	30	29
21.9	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	30	29
2.4	Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	30	32
0.0	Bobby Jackson misses 15-foot running jumper	30	32
0.0	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	30	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	30	32

Regular Season Series

NO wins 3-1

Rockets
90
Hornets
96

Game 1

5/11

Hornets
87
Rockets
74

Game 2

4/2

Rockets
94
Hornets
106

Game 3

26/3

Hornets
112
Rockets
123

Game 4

15/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

12:30 AM, 15 April 2007

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,238

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
Violet Palmer
Bennie Adams

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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