Rockets 120-115 Jazz (28 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Utah Jazz

18-14, 7-10 away

115

	1	2	3	4	OT	T
UTAH	24	19	27	26	19	115
HOU	34	22	24	16	24	120

Houston Rockets

20-11, 10-3 home

120

Shane Battier misses 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot
Luther Head makes driving layup (Yao Ming assists)
Luther Head makes three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 7-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 5-foot running jumper
Yao Ming makes two point shot
Luther Head makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Kyrylo Fesenko blocks Yao Ming's layup
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot
Shane Battier makes two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Brent Barry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Carl Landry misses 10-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses three point jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Ron Artest makes 27-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 9-foot running jumper
Ron Artest makes 14-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Brent Barry assists)
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes 20-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Andrei Kirilenko blocks Yao Ming's layup
Carl Landry makes dunk
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kosta Koufos blocks Yao Ming's hook shot
Yao Ming makes 3-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Luther Head misses running jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Shane Battier misses hook shot
Shane Battier misses 57-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
Luther Head misses driving layup
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes two point shot
Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Rafer Alston misses three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 7-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 11-foot running jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Yao Ming makes layup
Andrei Kirilenko blocks Yao Ming's layup
Luis Scola misses 9-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston makes running jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Ron Artest makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brent Barry assists)
Rafer Alston misses driving layup
Yao Ming makes slam dunk (Brent Barry assists)
Brent Barry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses layup
Rafer Alston misses layup
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses two point shot
Carl Landry makes 12-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point running jumper
Carl Landry misses 21-foot jumper
Brent Barry makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ronnie Brewer blocks Ron Artest's layup
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 16-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot two point shot
Ron Artest misses 22-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses two point shot
Yao Ming misses 12-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 7-foot hook shot
Kyrylo Fesenko blocks Ron Artest's layup
Yao Ming makes layup
Kyrylo Fesenko blocks Yao Ming's layup
Yao Ming misses two point shot
Luis Scola misses tip shot
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 16-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 11-foot two point shot
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Yao Ming misses layup
Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot
Ron Artest misses layup
Luis Scola makes two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
Ron Artest makes two point shot
Ron Artest misses two point shot
C.J. Miles makes layup (Deron Williams assists)
Ronnie Brewer misses 19-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 19-foot jumper (Kosta Koufos assists)
C.J. Miles misses 16-foot two point shot
Kosta Koufos makes jumper (Ronnie Brewer assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes 23-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
C.J. Miles misses 6-foot running jumper
Kosta Koufos misses 20-foot jumper
Ronnie Brewer misses 16-foot two point shot
Deron Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
Andrei Kirilenko makes 21-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
C.J. Miles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deron Williams assists)
Andrei Kirilenko makes 22-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
Deron Williams misses 18-foot two point shot
Yao Ming blocks Andrei Kirilenko's 5-foot jumper
C.J. Miles makes three point jumper (Kyle Korver assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 24-foot jumper
Brevin Knight misses 19-foot jumper
Kyle Korver makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyrylo Fesenko assists)
Kyrylo Fesenko makes layup (Kyle Korver assists)
Brevin Knight misses 22-foot jumper
Kyrylo Fesenko misses 9-foot hook shot
Matt Harpring misses 9-foot two point shot
Ronnie Brewer makes slam dunk (Brevin Knight assists)
Matt Harpring makes 17-foot jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes slam dunk (Kyle Korver assists)
Kyle Korver misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brevin Knight misses 22-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes 18-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Kosta Koufos misses layup
Deron Williams makes 13-foot jumper (Kyle Korver assists)
Deron Williams misses driving layup
Kosta Koufos misses 8-foot jumper
Kyle Korver misses jumper
Deron Williams makes 17-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes 19-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
Carl Landry blocks Ronnie Brewer's layup
Ronnie Brewer misses layup
Andrei Kirilenko misses tip shot
Andrei Kirilenko makes tip shot
C.J. Miles makes layup (Deron Williams assists)
Deron Williams misses jumper
Kosta Koufos makes 21-foot jumper (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Ronnie Brewer misses 7-foot hook shot
Andrei Kirilenko makes 22-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)
Kosta Koufos makes slam dunk (Ronnie Brewer assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes 20-foot jumper
C.J. Miles makes 15-foot two point shot
Deron Williams makes driving layup
C.J. Miles misses jumper
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Yao Ming blocks Andrei Kirilenko's layup
Deron Williams misses driving layup
Kyrylo Fesenko makes 20-foot two point shot
Andrei Kirilenko makes dunk (Ronnie Brewer assists)
Ronnie Brewer misses layup
C.J. Miles misses running jumper
Kyrylo Fesenko makes two point shot (Brevin Knight assists)
C.J. Miles makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes 22-foot jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes two point shot
Brevin Knight misses 19-foot jumper
Matt Harpring misses 17-foot jumper
Kosta Koufos makes layup (Kyle Korver assists)
Matt Harpring makes layup (Brevin Knight assists)
Ronnie Brewer makes driving layup
Andrei Kirilenko misses 9-foot jumper
Kyle Korver makes 13-foot jumper
Deron Williams misses 18-foot jumper
Ronnie Brewer makes layup (Deron Williams assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses layup
Yao Ming blocks Kyrylo Fesenko's layup
Kyle Korver makes 18-foot two point shot (Deron Williams assists)
Deron Williams makes two point shot
Andrei Kirilenko misses dunk
Deron Williams makes 20-foot jumper
Kyle Korver makes driving layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Deron Williams makes driving layup (Andrei Kirilenko assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 10-foot two point shot
Deron Williams makes 22-foot jumper
Andrei Kirilenko misses driving layup
Deron Williams misses 11-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Deron Williams's driving layup
Kyrylo Fesenko makes slam dunk (Ronnie Brewer assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 25-foot three point jumper
Deron Williams misses 17-foot two point shot
Kyle Korver misses 21-foot jumper
Kyle Korver makes 23-foot three point jumper (Deron Williams assists)
Kosta Koufos makes driving layup
Deron Williams misses driving layup
Deron Williams misses driving layup
Kyrylo Fesenko makes slam dunk (Kyle Korver assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver misses 27-foot three point jumper
Kyrylo Fesenko makes two point shot
Ronnie Brewer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Korver misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ronnie Brewer makes slam dunk (Kyrylo Fesenko assists)
Andrei Kirilenko misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ronnie Brewer makes 17-foot jumper

JAZZ

ROCKETS

TIME		UTAH	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Kosta Koufos vs. Yao Ming (Ronnie Brewer gains possession)	0	0
11:36	C.J. Miles makes layup (Deron Williams assists)	2	0
11:25	Shane Battier misses 21-foot jumper	2	0
11:22	Yao Ming offensive rebound	2	0
11:22	Kosta Koufos shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	2	0
11:22	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	2	1
11:22	Yao Ming misses free throw 2 of 2	2	1
11:22	Kosta Koufos defensive rebound	2	1
11:07	Ronnie Brewer misses 19-foot jumper	2	1
11:06	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	2	1
10:51	Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot	2	3
10:34	Andrei Kirilenko makes 19-foot jumper (Kosta Koufos assists)	4	3
10:18	Luther Head makes driving layup (Yao Ming assists)	4	5
10:11	C.J. Miles misses 16-foot two point shot	4	5
10:08	Luis Scola defensive rebound	4	5
10:00	Luther Head makes three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	4	8
9:40	Kosta Koufos makes jumper (Ronnie Brewer assists)	6	8
9:21	Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	8
9:19	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	6	8
9:11	Luis Scola personal foul (Deron Williams draws the foul)	6	8
8:55	Andrei Kirilenko makes 23-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)	8	8
8:33	Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper	8	8
8:32	Luther Head offensive rebound	8	8
8:21	Luis Scola makes 7-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)	8	10
8:02	C.J. Miles misses 6-foot running jumper	8	10
8:00	Yao Ming defensive rebound	8	10
7:56	Andrei Kirilenko personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	8	10
7:52	C.J. Miles shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	8	10
7:52	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	8	11
7:52	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	8	12
7:33	Kosta Koufos misses 20-foot jumper	8	12
7:31	Luis Scola defensive rebound	8	12
7:18	Kosta Koufos shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	8	12
7:18	Kyrylo Fesenko enters the game for Kosta Koufos	8	12
7:18	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2	8	13
7:18	Luis Scola misses free throw 2 of 2	8	13
7:18	Luther Head offensive rebound	8	13
7:00	Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)	8	16
6:46	Rafer Alston personal foul (Deron Williams draws the foul)	8	16
6:39	Ronnie Brewer misses 16-foot two point shot	8	16
6:37	Luis Scola defensive rebound	8	16
6:35	Luis Scola lost ball (Andrei Kirilenko steals)	8	16
6:31	Deron Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	16
6:31	Luis Scola defensive rebound	8	16
6:24	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	8	16
6:22	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	8	16
6:01	Andrei Kirilenko makes 21-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)	10	16
5:48	Rafer Alston misses 5-foot running jumper	10	16
5:47	Yao Ming offensive rebound	10	18
5:47	Yao Ming makes two point shot	10	18
5:22	Deron Williams bad pass (Yao Ming steals)	10	18
5:16	Luther Head makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	10	20
5:09	Utah full timeout	10	20
4:58	C.J. Miles makes 25-foot three point jumper (Deron Williams assists)	13	20
4:39	Kyrylo Fesenko blocks Yao Ming's layup	13	20
4:39	Kyrylo Fesenko defensive rebound	13	20
4:33	Andrei Kirilenko makes 22-foot jumper (Deron Williams assists)	15	20
4:18	Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	15	23
3:57	Yao Ming shooting foul (Andrei Kirilenko draws the foul)	15	23
3:57	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 1 of 2	16	23
3:57	Ron Artest enters the game for Luther Head	16	23
3:57	Kyle Korver enters the game for Ronnie Brewer	16	23
3:57	Andrei Kirilenko makes free throw 2 of 2	17	23
3:33	Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot	17	25
3:13	Deron Williams misses 18-foot two point shot	17	25
3:11	Ron Artest defensive rebound	17	25
3:00	Shane Battier makes two point shot	17	27
2:35	Yao Ming blocks Andrei Kirilenko's 5-foot jumper	17	27
2:34	Yao Ming defensive rebound	17	27
2:25	Luis Scola lost ball (C.J. Miles steals)	17	27
2:13	C.J. Miles makes three point jumper (Kyle Korver assists)	20	27
1:58	Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper	20	27
1:57	Andrei Kirilenko defensive rebound	20	27
1:35	Andrei Kirilenko misses 24-foot jumper	20	27
1:32	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	20	27
1:20	Ron Artest makes driving layup	20	29
1:20	C.J. Miles shooting foul (Ron Artest draws the foul)	20	29
1:20	Houston full timeout	20	29
1:20	Ronnie Brewer enters the game for C.J. Miles	20	29
1:20	Matt Harpring enters the game for Andrei Kirilenko	20	29
1:20	Brevin Knight enters the game for Deron Williams	20	29
1:20	Carl Landry enters the game for Shane Battier	20	29
1:20	Aaron Brooks enters the game for Luis Scola	20	29
1:20	Brent Barry enters the game for Rafer Alston	20	29
1:20	Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 1	20	30
1:04	Brevin Knight misses 19-foot jumper	20	30
1:01	Kyrylo Fesenko offensive rebound	20	30
59.0	Kyle Korver makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kyrylo Fesenko assists)	23	30
45.3	Matt Harpring illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	23	30
45.3	Yao Ming makes technical free throw	23	31
33.9	Yao Ming lost ball (Brevin Knight steals)	23	31
29.5	Brent Barry shooting foul (Ronnie Brewer draws the foul)	23	31
29.5	Ronnie Brewer misses free throw 1 of 2	23	31
29.5	Utah offensive rebound	23	31
29.5	Ronnie Brewer makes free throw 2 of 2	24	31
8.7	Brent Barry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)	24	34
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	34

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Jazz
115
Rockets
120

Game 1

28/12

Jazz
99
Rockets
108

Game 2

22/1

Rockets
94
Jazz
101

Game 3

5/3

Rockets
86
Jazz
99

Game 4

25/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 28 December 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,245

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Pat Fraher
Courtney Kirkland

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	12	4	.750	-	W1
Denver	8	5	.615	2.5	W1
Minnesota	8	7	.533	3.5	L1
Portland	6	9	.400	5.5	L1
Utah	3	12	.200	8.5	L4

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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