Mavericks 107-98 Rockets (6 Nov, 2007) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

3-1, 2-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	29	22	24	23	98
DAL	24	26	27	30	107

Dallas Mavericks

3-1, 2-0 home

107

Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jose Barea assists)
DeSagana Diop makes layup (Eddie Jones assists)
Jose Barea misses 20-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 5-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 13-foot two point shot
Jose Barea makes driving layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses 20-foot jumper
Eddie Jones misses three point jumper
Josh Howard misses 9-foot running jumper
Jose Barea misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeSagana Diop makes slam dunk (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Jose Barea makes layup (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Chuck Hayes blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 17-foot jumper
DeSagana Diop makes dunk (Jason Terry assists)
Luis Scola blocks DeSagana Diop's layup
Jason Terry makes 17-foot jumper (Josh Howard assists)
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Jerry Stackhouse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Jason Terry makes jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Jerry Stackhouse makes 13-foot two point shot (Josh Howard assists)
Jerry Stackhouse misses jumper
Josh Howard misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 9-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse makes 11-foot jumper (Josh Howard assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 18-foot jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses layup
Jason Terry makes 22-foot jumper
Jason Terry misses 6-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes 18-foot jumper (Jose Barea assists)
Eddie Jones misses 24-foot three point jumper
DeSagana Diop misses tip shot
Luis Scola blocks DeSagana Diop's layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses tip shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses tip shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 10-foot two point shot
Jason Terry makes 14-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 15-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses 22-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell misses layup
Eddie Jones makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Josh Howard makes 16-foot two point shot
Jason Terry makes 19-foot two point shot
Josh Howard makes 15-foot two point shot
Jason Terry misses 14-foot two point shot
Yao Ming blocks Josh Howard's 6-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 16-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 4-foot two point shot
Jerry Stackhouse misses three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 24-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell makes 23-foot three point jumper (Josh Howard assists)
Jason Terry makes two point shot
Trenton Hassell misses 11-foot two point shot
Yao Ming blocks Jose Barea's driving layup
Jerry Stackhouse misses 14-foot jumper
Jason Terry makes three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Jason Terry makes 15-foot two point shot
Jason Terry makes 6-foot two point shot
Jason Terry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Jose Barea misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jason Terry misses 11-foot two point shot
Shane Battier blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 6-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 15-foot two point shot
Jason Terry makes 20-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes layup (Jason Terry assists)
Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Howard misses 14-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse misses three point jumper
Josh Howard makes jumper (DeSagana Diop assists)
Trenton Hassell misses 20-foot jumper
Jason Terry misses 28-foot three point running jumper
Jerry Stackhouse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
DeSagana Diop makes slam dunk (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki makes 16-foot jumper (Jason Terry assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses two point shot
DeSagana Diop misses 14-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 8-foot two point shot (Yao Ming assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 11-foot two point shot (Chuck Hayes assists)
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 7-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 5-foot running jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 5-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Chuck Hayes makes driving layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier misses 14-foot two point shot
Mike James makes two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Bonzi Wells makes layup
Josh Howard blocks Luis Scola's 7-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes 13-foot two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
Tracy McGrady makes two point shot
Bonzi Wells misses 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 21-foot two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
Mike James misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells misses layup
Mike James misses layup
Mike James misses 11-foot running jumper
Yao Ming makes tip shot
Mike James makes 8-foot running jumper
Juwan Howard blocks Bonzi Wells's layup
Mike James misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 9-foot running jumper
Bonzi Wells misses layup
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Bonzi Wells misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes driving dunk
Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Tracy McGrady makes two point shot
Shane Battier misses 15-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 5-foot running jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Tracy McGrady's layup
Yao Ming makes 18-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 6-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes 19-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses layup
Chuck Hayes makes layup
Yao Ming misses 15-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
DeSagana Diop blocks Yao Ming's 5-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses jumper
Mike James misses 71-foot three point jumper
Mike James misses 6-foot running jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Luther Head makes 8-foot two point shot
Luther Head makes layup (Bonzi Wells assists)
Bonzi Wells misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Mike James makes 20-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Mike James misses 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Mike James makes 7-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Mike James misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses three point jumper
DeSagana Diop blocks Rafer Alston's driving layup
Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Mike James misses 24-foot three point jumper

ROCKETS

MAVERICKS

TIME		HOU	DAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. DeSagana Diop (Chuck Hayes gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Josh Howard shooting foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	0	0
11:48	Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2	1	0
11:48	Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2	2	0
11:26	Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jose Barea assists)	2	3
11:11	Shane Battier makes 8-foot two point shot (Yao Ming assists)	4	3
10:45	DeSagana Diop makes layup (Eddie Jones assists)	4	5
10:22	Tracy McGrady makes 11-foot two point shot (Chuck Hayes assists)	6	5
10:11	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)	6	5
10:11	Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 1 of 2	6	6
10:11	Dirk Nowitzki makes free throw 2 of 2	6	7
10:00	Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	9	7
9:45	Jose Barea misses 20-foot jumper	9	7
9:45	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	9	7
9:32	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	7
9:30	DeSagana Diop defensive rebound	9	7
9:14	Shane Battier blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 5-foot jumper	9	7
9:12	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	9	7
9:07	Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper	9	7
9:07	Jose Barea defensive rebound	9	7
8:55	Josh Howard makes 13-foot two point shot	9	9
8:41	Chuck Hayes misses 7-foot two point shot	9	9
8:40	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	9	9
8:33	Jose Barea bad pass (Tracy McGrady steals)	9	9
8:23	Tracy McGrady misses 5-foot running jumper	9	9
8:22	Josh Howard defensive rebound	9	9
8:07	Yao Ming shooting foul (Josh Howard draws the foul)	9	9
8:07	Josh Howard makes free throw 1 of 2	9	10
8:07	Josh Howard makes free throw 2 of 2	9	11
7:46	Tracy McGrady misses 5-foot jumper	9	11
7:45	DeSagana Diop defensive rebound	9	11
7:22	Jose Barea makes driving layup	9	13
7:09	Yao Ming bad pass (Eddie Jones steals)	9	13
7:00	Dirk Nowitzki misses 20-foot jumper	9	13
6:58	Yao Ming defensive rebound	9	13
6:52	Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper	11	13
6:35	Eddie Jones misses three point jumper	11	13
6:33	Yao Ming defensive rebound	11	13
6:22	Yao Ming misses 21-foot jumper	11	13
6:20	Josh Howard defensive rebound	11	13
6:11	Josh Howard misses 9-foot running jumper	11	13
6:09	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	11	13
5:58	Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	13
5:56	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	11	13
5:33	Jose Barea misses 24-foot three point jumper	11	13
5:31	Yao Ming defensive rebound	11	13
5:24	Tracy McGrady makes driving layup	13	13
5:09	Shane Battier personal foul (Josh Howard draws the foul)	13	13
5:09	Dallas full timeout	13	13
5:09	Luis Scola enters the game for Yao Ming	13	13
5:03	DeSagana Diop makes slam dunk (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	13	15
4:47	Chuck Hayes makes driving layup (Tracy McGrady assists)	15	15
4:28	Jose Barea makes layup (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	15	17
4:18	Shane Battier misses three point jumper	15	17
4:16	Josh Howard defensive rebound	15	17
4:01	Jose Barea bad pass (Luis Scola steals)	15	17
3:59	Dirk Nowitzki shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	15	17
3:59	Jason Terry enters the game for Jose Barea	15	17
3:59	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2	16	17
3:59	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2	17	17
3:43	Chuck Hayes blocks Dirk Nowitzki's 17-foot jumper	17	17
3:40	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	17	17
3:38	Tracy McGrady makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	19	17
3:21	DeSagana Diop makes dunk (Jason Terry assists)	19	19
2:56	Shane Battier misses 14-foot two point shot	19	19
2:55	Houston defensive rebound	19	19
2:53	Jerry Stackhouse enters the game for Eddie Jones	19	19
2:53	Trenton Hassell enters the game for Josh Howard	19	19
2:53	Yao Ming enters the game for Shane Battier	19	19
2:53	Mike James enters the game for Chuck Hayes	19	19
2:53	Bonzi Wells enters the game for Rafer Alston	19	19
2:53	Houston full timeout	19	19
2:38	Dirk Nowitzki bad pass (Bonzi Wells steals)	19	19
2:32	Mike James makes two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)	21	19
2:15	Luis Scola blocks DeSagana Diop's layup	21	19
2:14	Mike James defensive rebound	21	19
2:11	Tracy McGrady misses layup	21	19
2:09	Bonzi Wells offensive rebound	21	19
2:08	Bonzi Wells makes layup	23	19
1:54	Bonzi Wells personal foul (Jerry Stackhouse draws the foul)	23	19
1:54	Josh Howard enters the game for DeSagana Diop	23	19
1:40	Jason Terry makes 17-foot jumper (Josh Howard assists)	23	21
1:25	Josh Howard blocks Luis Scola's 7-foot two point shot	23	21
1:25	Houston offensive rebound	23	21
1:23	Tracy McGrady makes 13-foot two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)	25	21
1:07	Trenton Hassell lost ball (Mike James steals)	25	21
55.2	Tracy McGrady makes two point shot	27	21
45.9	Jason Terry misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	21
44.5	Bonzi Wells defensive rebound	27	21
31.9	Bonzi Wells misses 18-foot jumper	27	21
30.8	Jason Terry defensive rebound	27	21
18.2	Jerry Stackhouse makes 25-foot three point jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	27	24
3.6	Trenton Hassell personal foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	27	24
3.6	DeSagana Diop enters the game for Dirk Nowitzki	27	24
3.6	Juwan Howard enters the game for Josh Howard	27	24
0.9	Yao Ming makes 21-foot two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)	29	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	24

Regular Season Series

DAL leads 1-0

Rockets
98
Mavericks
107

Game 1

6/11

Mavericks
100
Rockets
94

Game 2

21/11

Mavericks
96
Rockets
83

Game 3

16/12

Rockets
113
Mavericks
98

Game 4

7/3

American Airlines Center

12:30 AM, 6 November 2007

Dallas, TX

Attendance: 20,389

Referees:
Jim Clark
Eric Lewis
Rodney Mott

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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