Grizzlies 109-97 Rockets (9 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

13-8, 7-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	19	28	28	22	97
MEM	32	24	27	26	109

Memphis Grizzlies

6-15, 5-5 home

109

Quinton Ross makes 23-foot three point jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)
Marc Gasol misses 10-foot running jumper
O.J. Mayo makes 16-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Marc Gasol misses 8-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol misses 4-foot two point shot
Quinton Ross misses 18-foot jumper
Marc Gasol makes 18-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Quinton Ross makes driving layup
Kyle Lowry misses 21-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo makes driving layup
Kyle Lowry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Quinton Ross assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Hakim Warrick makes layup
Hakim Warrick misses jumper
Mike Conley makes layup
Marc Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 22-foot jumper
Hakim Warrick misses jumper
Rudy Gay makes 9-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Rudy Gay assists)
Rudy Gay misses 16-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 14-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 20-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo makes jumper (Rudy Gay assists)
Mike Conley misses two point shot
Rudy Gay makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Mike Conley makes layup (Darko Milicic assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 19-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 22-foot jumper
Hakim Warrick misses two point shot
Hakim Warrick makes 4-foot two point shot (Kyle Lowry assists)
Quinton Ross misses 8-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
Hakim Warrick misses 4-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry makes layup (Marc Gasol assists)
Darko Milicic makes 3-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 17-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes dunk
Hakim Warrick misses dunk
Marc Gasol makes jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Rudy Gay misses 21-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo misses 20-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks Marc Gasol's layup
Hakim Warrick misses layup
Hakim Warrick makes tip shot
Marc Gasol misses 19-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes layup
Darrell Arthur makes 4-foot two point shot
Darrell Arthur misses 10-foot jumper
Hakim Warrick makes 3-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 1-foot two point shot
Hakim Warrick makes 2-foot two point shot
Greg Buckner makes layup (Hakim Warrick assists)
Greg Buckner makes 16-foot two point shot
Hakim Warrick makes 17-foot jumper
Darko Milicic makes 8-foot two point shot (Mike Conley assists)
Greg Buckner misses 26-foot three point jumper
Quinton Ross misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay makes 10-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 17-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 27-foot three point jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 13-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks O.J. Mayo's 12-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 24-foot three point jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)
Rudy Gay makes 12-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 6-foot running jumper
Mike Conley misses 25-foot three point jumper
O.J. Mayo makes 9-foot running jumper
Rudy Gay misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper
Marc Gasol blocks Yao Ming's 15-foot jumper
Marc Gasol blocks Luis Scola's layup
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Von Wafer misses layup
Luis Scola makes 6-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Luis Scola makes 5-foot running jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Carl Landry makes jumper
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 10-foot running jumper
Shane Battier misses 46-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 12-foot two point shot
Hakim Warrick blocks Luther Head's 4-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 6-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Carl Landry misses jumper
Hakim Warrick blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 3-foot two point shot
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Von Wafer misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 8-foot running jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Aaron Brooks misses three pointer
Marc Gasol blocks Luis Scola's layup
Von Wafer misses 14-foot jumper
Von Wafer makes dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Carl Landry makes 13-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Von Wafer makes slam dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer makes driving layup
Von Wafer makes 3-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Luis Scola misses 6-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Von Wafer makes two point shot
Luis Scola makes 21-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Luis Scola misses 12-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 2-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Chuck Hayes misses 11-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes 11-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 10-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 11-foot running jumper
Luther Head misses 13-foot running jumper
Carl Landry makes layup
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 19-foot two point shot
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Darko Milicic blocks Yao Ming's layup
Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 29-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer misses 2-foot two point shot
Luis Scola makes layup
Rafer Alston misses 7-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 27-foot three point jumper
Rudy Gay blocks Carl Landry's dunk
Aaron Brooks makes 9-foot two point shot
Von Wafer misses 21-foot jumper
Von Wafer makes slam dunk
Carl Landry makes layup

ROCKETS

GRIZZLIES

TIME		HOU	MEM
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Darko Milicic (Marc Gasol gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Quinton Ross makes 23-foot three point jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)	0	3
11:29	Darko Milicic personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	0	3
11:17	Yao Ming misses layup	0	3
11:15	Marc Gasol defensive rebound	0	3
10:57	Marc Gasol misses 10-foot running jumper	0	3
10:56	Luis Scola defensive rebound	0	3
10:48	Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper	0	3
10:47	Darko Milicic defensive rebound	0	3
10:36	Darko Milicic offensive foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	0	3
10:36	Darko Milicic turnover	0	3
10:36	Darrell Arthur enters the game for Darko Milicic	0	3
10:22	Luis Scola misses 15-foot jumper	0	3
10:21	Darrell Arthur defensive rebound	0	3
10:03	Luis Scola shooting foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	0	3
10:03	Marc Gasol makes free throw 1 of 2	0	4
10:03	Marc Gasol makes free throw 2 of 2	0	5
9:40	Marc Gasol blocks Yao Ming's 15-foot jumper	0	5
9:38	Luis Scola offensive rebound	0	5
9:37	Marc Gasol blocks Luis Scola's layup	0	5
9:37	Houston offensive rebound	0	5
9:37	shot clock violation	0	5
9:22	O.J. Mayo makes 16-foot jumper	0	7
9:08	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	7
9:07	Marc Gasol defensive rebound	0	7
8:45	Kyle Lowry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)	0	10
8:38	Houston full timeout	0	10
8:27	Luis Scola makes layup	2	10
8:27	Darrell Arthur shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	2	10
8:27	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 1	3	10
8:07	Marc Gasol misses 8-foot two point shot	3	10
8:02	Darrell Arthur offensive rebound	3	10
7:52	Marc Gasol misses 4-foot two point shot	3	10
7:50	Marc Gasol offensive rebound	3	10
7:39	Quinton Ross bad pass (Rafer Alston steals)	3	10
7:33	Von Wafer misses layup	3	10
7:31	Luis Scola offensive rebound	3	10
7:28	Luis Scola makes 6-foot jumper	5	10
7:13	Quinton Ross misses 18-foot jumper	5	10
7:13	Luis Scola defensive rebound	5	10
7:03	Yao Ming bad pass	5	10
7:03	Luther Head enters the game for Shane Battier	5	10
6:50	Marc Gasol makes 18-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	5	12
6:28	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	8	12
6:05	Quinton Ross makes driving layup	8	14
5:43	Rafer Alston bad pass (Marc Gasol steals)	8	14
5:41	Quinton Ross traveling	8	14
5:37	Rafer Alston offensive foul (Marc Gasol draws the foul)	8	14
5:37	Rafer Alston turnover	8	14
5:26	Kyle Lowry misses 21-foot two point shot	8	14
5:22	Luis Scola defensive rebound	8	14
5:11	Luis Scola makes 5-foot running jumper	10	14
4:52	O.J. Mayo makes driving layup	10	16
4:37	Quinton Ross personal foul (Von Wafer draws the foul)	10	16
4:35	Luis Scola offensive foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	10	16
4:35	Luis Scola turnover	10	16
4:16	Kyle Lowry makes 24-foot three point jumper (Quinton Ross assists)	10	19
4:00	Von Wafer bad pass (Kyle Lowry steals)	10	19
3:54	O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	10	22
3:36	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)	13	22
3:19	O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	13	25
3:02	Darrell Arthur shooting foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	13	25
3:02	Carl Landry enters the game for Yao Ming	13	25
3:02	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Luis Scola	13	25
3:02	Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2	14	25
3:02	Greg Buckner enters the game for Quinton Ross	14	25
3:02	Hakim Warrick enters the game for Marc Gasol	14	25
3:02	Rafer Alston makes free throw 2 of 2	15	25
2:44	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Hakim Warrick draws the foul)	15	25
2:44	Memphis full timeout	15	25
2:44	Rudy Gay enters the game for O.J. Mayo	15	25
2:44	Hakim Warrick makes free throw 1 of 2	15	26
2:44	Hakim Warrick makes free throw 2 of 2	15	27
2:23	Carl Landry makes jumper	17	27
2:10	Kyle Lowry traveling	17	27
2:01	Rafer Alston bad pass (Greg Buckner steals)	17	27
1:49	Hakim Warrick makes layup	17	29
1:25	Carl Landry offensive foul (Hakim Warrick draws the foul)	17	29
1:25	Carl Landry turnover	17	29
1:25	Mike Conley enters the game for Kyle Lowry	17	29
1:07	Shane Battier enters the game for Von Wafer	17	29
1:00	Hakim Warrick misses jumper	17	29
1:00	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	17	29
49.9	Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper	17	29
49.4	Darrell Arthur defensive rebound	17	29
45.5	Mike Conley makes layup	17	31
45.5	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Mike Conley draws the foul)	17	31
45.5	Yao Ming enters the game for Chuck Hayes	17	31
45.5	Marc Gasol enters the game for Darrell Arthur	17	31
45.5	Mike Conley makes free throw 1 of 1	17	32
28.0	Rafer Alston makes 10-foot running jumper	19	32
5.9	Marc Gasol misses 20-foot jumper	19	32
4.9	Carl Landry defensive rebound	19	32
0.0	Shane Battier misses 46-foot three point jumper	19	32
0.0	Houston offensive rebound	19	32
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	19	32

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Grizzlies
71
Rockets
82

Game 1

30/10

Rockets
97
Grizzlies
109

Game 2

9/12

Rockets
93
Grizzlies
104

Game 3

5/2

Grizzlies
83
Rockets
93

Game 4

8/3

FedExForum

1:00 AM, 9 December 2008

Memphis, TN

Attendance: 10,691

Referees:
Greg Willard
Luis Grillo
Violet Palmer

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	11	5	.688	-	W1
Memphis	9	7	.563	2	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	2.5	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3	W2
New Orleans	4	12	.250	7	L3

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