Rockets 114-91 Nets (23 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

19-9, 10-6 away

114

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	29	32	25	28	114
NJ	13	27	25	26	91

New Jersey Nets

13-14, 5-10 home

Yi Jianlian misses 13-foot two point shot
Brook Lopez misses 16-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming blocks Brook Lopez's layup
Shane Battier blocks Brook Lopez's layup
Vince Carter makes 22-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter misses 14-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes two point shot
Devin Harris misses 17-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses two point shot
Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses 7-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 23-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Yi Jianlian makes tip shot
Shane Battier blocks Vince Carter's 7-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes 10-foot hook shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Yao Ming blocks Vince Carter's layup
Brook Lopez misses 12-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses two point shot
Keyon Dooling misses 13-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell makes 16-foot jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)
Vince Carter makes 22-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Ron Artest blocks Ryan Anderson's layup
Josh Boone misses 21-foot jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes layup (Ryan Anderson assists)
Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eduardo Najera makes driving layup (Devin Harris assists)
Ryan Anderson misses running jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup
Keyon Dooling makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Eduardo Najera makes two point shot
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup
Keyon Dooling misses 19-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 14-foot jumper
Vince Carter makes driving layup
Vince Carter misses 6-foot running jumper
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes two point shot
Trenton Hassell misses 21-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes 13-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Keyon Dooling makes 24-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez misses 20-foot jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell makes 20-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Vince Carter makes 23-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 20-foot jumper
Trenton Hassell makes driving dunk
Yi Jianlian misses jumper
Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper
Brook Lopez misses 8-foot hook shot
Yi Jianlian makes layup
Devin Harris makes 14-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses 12-foot jumper
Devin Harris makes 18-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Brook Lopez makes 8-foot two point shot
Brook Lopez misses 9-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian makes 25-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
Eduardo Najera misses layup
Brook Lopez makes two point shot
Trenton Hassell makes layup
Eduardo Najera makes two point shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Keyon Dooling misses layup
Luis Scola blocks Trenton Hassell's layup
Eduardo Najera misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 42-foot three point jumper
Josh Boone makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes 13-foot two point shot
Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Josh Boone's layup
Keyon Dooling makes driving layup
Keyon Dooling makes 22-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses layup
Yao Ming blocks Josh Boone's two point shot
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Yi Jianlian misses 22-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson makes tip shot
Maurice Ager misses 21-foot jumper
Ryan Anderson misses tip shot
Maurice Ager makes layup (Ryan Anderson assists)
Yi Jianlian makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
Yi Jianlian misses 14-foot jumper
Josh Boone makes two point shot (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
Chris Douglas-Roberts makes 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 10-foot hook shot
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Yao Ming misses two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes 13-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three pointer (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 27-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Aaron Brooks makes layup
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 17-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Ron Artest makes 18-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 29-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Carl Landry misses 13-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses 9-foot hook shot
Yao Ming makes 4-foot jumper
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Yao Ming makes 5-foot hook shot (Carl Landry assists)
Carl Landry makes driving layup
Tracy McGrady misses 13-foot two point shot
Luther Head misses 22-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 9-foot running jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Aaron Brooks's 6-foot two point shot
Ron Artest misses driving layup
Yao Ming makes two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes 27-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 12-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 7-foot two point shot
Brook Lopez blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Yao Ming makes 14-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes 22-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 8-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes layup
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 19-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
Ron Artest misses 22-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot (Ron Artest assists)
Yao Ming makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Brent Barry makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Carl Landry makes 17-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Carl Landry misses 22-foot jumper
Luther Head makes 18-foot jumper
Brent Barry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Von Wafer makes 20-foot jumper (Joey Dorsey assists)
Yi Jianlian blocks Joey Dorsey's layup
Joey Dorsey makes dunk (Luther Head assists)

ROCKETS

NETS

TIME		HOU	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Brook Lopez (Devin Harris gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Yi Jianlian misses 13-foot two point shot	0	0
11:41	Yao Ming defensive rebound	0	0
11:25	Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)	2	0
11:11	Brook Lopez misses 16-foot jumper	2	0
11:08	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	2	0
10:55	Devin Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:52	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	2	0
10:48	Yao Ming blocks Brook Lopez's layup	2	0
10:47	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	2	0
10:45	Shane Battier blocks Brook Lopez's layup	2	0
10:42	Yao Ming defensive rebound	2	0
10:38	Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot jumper	4	0
10:26	Vince Carter makes 22-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)	4	2
10:17	Trenton Hassell personal foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	4	2
10:11	Yao Ming misses 10-foot hook shot	4	2
10:10	Devin Harris defensive rebound	4	2
9:59	Vince Carter misses 14-foot jumper	4	2
9:57	New Jersey defensive rebound	4	2
9:44	Devin Harris personal foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	4	2
9:37	Aaron Brooks misses layup	4	2
9:36	Yao Ming offensive rebound	4	2
9:33	Yao Ming misses two point shot	4	2
9:32	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	4	2
9:27	Vince Carter makes two point shot	4	4
9:11	Tracy McGrady makes 13-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists)	6	4
8:55	Devin Harris misses 17-foot jumper	6	4
8:52	Shane Battier defensive rebound	6	4
8:37	Luis Scola makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)	8	4
8:17	Yi Jianlian misses two point shot	8	4
8:15	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	8	4
8:10	Vince Carter misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	4
8:07	Yao Ming defensive rebound	8	4
7:52	Aaron Brooks makes 28-foot three pointer (Tracy McGrady assists)	11	4
7:33	Devin Harris misses 7-foot jumper	11	4
7:31	Trenton Hassell offensive rebound	11	4
7:24	Yi Jianlian misses 23-foot jumper	11	4
7:24	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	11	4
7:16	Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper	11	4
7:13	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	11	4
7:09	Devin Harris misses driving layup	11	4
7:07	Yi Jianlian offensive rebound	11	4
7:05	Yi Jianlian makes tip shot	11	6
6:48	Aaron Brooks makes 27-foot three point jumper	14	6
6:48	Devin Harris shooting foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	14	6
6:48	Keyon Dooling enters the game for Devin Harris	14	6
6:48	Aaron Brooks makes free throw 1 of 1	15	6
6:37	Shane Battier blocks Vince Carter's 7-foot jumper	15	6
6:35	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	15	6
6:28	Trenton Hassell shooting foul (Tracy McGrady draws the foul)	15	6
6:28	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 1 of 2	16	6
6:28	New Jersey full timeout	16	6
6:28	Tracy McGrady makes free throw 2 of 2	17	6
6:09	Luis Scola personal foul (Yi Jianlian draws the foul)	17	6
6:09	Yi Jianlian misses free throw 1 of 2	17	6
6:09	New Jersey offensive rebound	17	6
6:09	Yi Jianlian makes free throw 2 of 2	17	7
5:52	Keyon Dooling personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	17	7
5:52	Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2	17	7
5:52	Houston offensive rebound	17	7
5:52	Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2	17	7
5:52	Yi Jianlian defensive rebound	17	7
5:28	Brook Lopez makes 10-foot hook shot (Keyon Dooling assists)	17	9
5:16	Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	20	9
5:00	Yao Ming blocks Vince Carter's layup	20	9
4:58	New Jersey defensive rebound	20	9
4:46	Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper	20	9
4:43	Houston defensive rebound	20	9
4:43	Tracy McGrady loose ball foul (Trenton Hassell draws the foul)	20	9
4:28	Brook Lopez misses 12-foot jumper	20	9
4:26	Yao Ming defensive rebound	20	9
4:16	Luis Scola misses jumper	20	9
4:13	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	20	9
4:01	Keyon Dooling bad pass (Luis Scola steals)	20	9
4:00	Yi Jianlian personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	20	9
4:00	Ron Artest enters the game for Shane Battier	20	9
4:00	Ryan Anderson enters the game for Yi Jianlian	20	9
4:00	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2	21	9
4:00	Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2	21	9
3:59	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	21	9
3:41	Tracy McGrady personal foul (Vince Carter draws the foul)	21	9
3:31	Vince Carter misses two point shot	21	9
3:31	Ryan Anderson offensive rebound	21	9
3:19	Keyon Dooling misses 13-foot jumper	21	9
3:18	Luis Scola defensive rebound	21	9
3:13	Aaron Brooks makes layup	23	9
2:55	Vince Carter misses 20-foot jumper	23	9
2:54	New Jersey defensive rebound	23	9
2:54	Houston full timeout	23	9
2:54	Shane Battier enters the game for Tracy McGrady	23	9
2:31	Yao Ming lost ball (Ryan Anderson steals)	23	9
2:09	Ryan Anderson misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	9
2:08	Shane Battier defensive rebound	23	9
1:54	Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper	23	9
1:54	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	23	9
1:42	Ryan Anderson lost ball (Aaron Brooks steals)	23	9
1:36	Aaron Brooks makes 17-foot jumper	25	9
1:17	Trenton Hassell makes 16-foot jumper (Ryan Anderson assists)	25	11
1:04	Ron Artest makes driving layup	27	11
44.2	Vince Carter makes 22-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)	27	13
29.9	Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	13
28.3	Vince Carter defensive rebound	27	13
8.2	Vince Carter turnover	27	13
8.2	Carl Landry enters the game for Luis Scola	27	13
8.2	Josh Boone enters the game for Brook Lopez	27	13
8.2	Chris Douglas-Roberts enters the game for Trenton Hassell	27	13
0.8	Carl Landry makes layup (Aaron Brooks assists)	29	13
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	13

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
114
Nets
91

Game 1

23/12

Nets
88
Rockets
114

Game 2

18/2

IZOD Center

12:30 AM, 23 December 2008

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 16,303

Referees:
Tony Brothers
Violet Palmer
Sean Wright

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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