Grizzlies 104-93 Rockets (5 Feb, 2009) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

30-20, 13-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	31	24	19	19	93
MEM	31	27	30	16	104

Memphis Grizzlies

13-35, 10-17 home

104

Rudy Gay misses two point shot
O.J. Mayo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)
Rudy Gay makes 14-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo misses layup
Rudy Gay makes 9-foot running jumper
O.J. Mayo makes 21-foot jumper (Mike Conley assists)
Rudy Gay misses 18-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo makes 14-foot two point shot
Shane Battier blocks Darrell Arthur's dunk
O.J. Mayo misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming blocks Rudy Gay's 6-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 21-foot jumper (Mike Conley assists)
O.J. Mayo misses 14-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay makes 25-foot three point jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)
Darko Milicic makes 13-foot jumper
Rafer Alston blocks Rudy Gay's layup
Darko Milicic makes dunk (O.J. Mayo assists)
Darko Milicic makes 9-foot two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)
Darko Milicic makes dunk (Marko Jaric assists)
Hakim Warrick makes two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 6-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol makes 7-foot two point shot (Hakim Warrick assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 27-foot three point jumper (Marko Jaric assists)
Hakim Warrick makes slam dunk (Mike Conley assists)
Hakim Warrick misses 12-foot jumper
Mike Conley misses 21-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol makes layup
O.J. Mayo misses 27-foot three point jumper
Mike Conley misses 16-foot jumper
Rudy Gay makes 5-foot two point shot (O.J. Mayo assists)
O.J. Mayo makes 5-foot running jumper
Darrell Arthur misses 4-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay misses 25-foot three point jumper
Marc Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Rudy Gay's 7-foot jumper
O.J. Mayo misses 17-foot two point shot
Yao Ming blocks Marc Gasol's layup
Rudy Gay makes 22-foot two point shot
Hakim Warrick makes 17-foot jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)
Mike Conley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Hakim Warrick makes two point shot
Marc Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 5-foot two point shot
Mike Conley makes 18-foot jumper
Hakim Warrick makes slam dunk (Mike Conley assists)
Marc Gasol makes 8-foot two point shot
Marc Gasol misses two point shot
Rudy Gay makes driving layup
O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
Mike Conley makes 27-foot three point jumper (Darko Milicic assists)
Tracy McGrady blocks Rudy Gay's layup
O.J. Mayo makes layup
O.J. Mayo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Hakim Warrick makes 6-foot two point shot
Rudy Gay makes 27-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
Mike Conley misses 27-foot three point jumper
Hakim Warrick misses 6-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 16-foot jumper
Marko Jaric makes two point shot
Marko Jaric misses 15-foot jumper
Dikembe Mutombo blocks Greg Buckner's layup
O.J. Mayo makes layup (Marc Gasol assists)
O.J. Mayo misses layup
Hakim Warrick misses tip shot
O.J. Mayo makes 15-foot two point shot
Mike Conley misses 15-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo misses two point shot
O.J. Mayo makes driving layup
Rudy Gay misses 20-foot jumper
Rudy Gay misses 27-foot three point jumper
O.J. Mayo makes driving layup
Mike Conley misses three point jumper
O.J. Mayo makes 25-foot three point jumper (Mike Conley assists)
O.J. Mayo misses 18-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 6-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Tracy McGrady misses 8-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)
Marc Gasol blocks Luis Scola's layup
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Shane Battier misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Darko Milicic blocks Yao Ming's layup
Luis Scola misses layup
Tracy McGrady makes 7-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Yao Ming makes 7-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Ron Artest makes 21-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Ron Artest misses 7-foot two point shot
Brent Barry makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 18-foot two point shot
O.J. Mayo blocks Brent Barry's layup
Carl Landry misses two point shot
Ron Artest misses layup
Von Wafer misses two point shot
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Von Wafer assists)
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Von Wafer assists)
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses layup
Luis Scola misses layup
Luis Scola makes layup
Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady makes 10-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes running jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot two point shot
Luis Scola makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three pointer
Rudy Gay blocks Yao Ming's 7-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston misses 20-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 27-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes layup
Tracy McGrady misses 19-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes layup
Carl Landry misses 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 11-foot jumper
Dikembe Mutombo misses layup
Marc Gasol blocks Tracy McGrady's driving layup
Dikembe Mutombo misses layup
Marc Gasol blocks Dikembe Mutombo's layup
Marc Gasol blocks Tracy McGrady's 29-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Marc Gasol blocks Von Wafer's driving layup
Ron Artest misses jumper
Brent Barry misses three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 11-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Von Wafer makes 27-foot three point jumper (Brent Barry assists)
Brent Barry makes layup (Von Wafer assists)
Shane Battier makes 27-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Yao Ming makes 4-foot two point shot (Ron Artest assists)
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 8-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Brent Barry misses three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper

ROCKETS

GRIZZLIES

TIME		HOU	MEM
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Marc Gasol (Luis Scola gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Shane Battier bad pass (Marc Gasol steals)	0	0
11:29	Rudy Gay misses two point shot	0	0
11:29	Memphis defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Shane Battier misses 16-foot jumper	0	0
11:11	Tracy McGrady offensive rebound	0	0
11:10	Tracy McGrady makes 6-foot two point shot	2	0
10:49	O.J. Mayo makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)	2	3
10:33	Tracy McGrady misses driving layup	2	3
10:30	Tracy McGrady offensive rebound	2	3
10:27	Tracy McGrady misses 8-foot two point shot	2	3
10:26	O.J. Mayo defensive rebound	2	3
10:17	Mike Conley makes 25-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)	2	6
9:56	Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot (Tracy McGrady assists)	4	6
9:45	Rudy Gay makes 14-foot two point shot	4	8
9:30	Rafer Alston bad pass (O.J. Mayo steals)	4	8
9:26	O.J. Mayo misses layup	4	8
9:23	Mike Conley offensive rebound	4	8
9:18	Rudy Gay makes 9-foot running jumper	4	10
9:03	Darrell Arthur shooting foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	4	10
9:03	Shane Battier makes free throw 1 of 2	5	10
9:03	Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2	6	10
8:52	O.J. Mayo makes 21-foot jumper (Mike Conley assists)	6	12
8:34	Marc Gasol blocks Luis Scola's layup	6	12
8:33	Marc Gasol defensive rebound	6	12
8:27	Darrell Arthur turnover	6	12
8:12	Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	9	12
7:56	Rudy Gay misses 18-foot two point shot	9	12
7:54	Shane Battier defensive rebound	9	12
7:35	Shane Battier misses 28-foot three point jumper	9	12
7:35	Darrell Arthur defensive rebound	9	12
7:26	O.J. Mayo makes 14-foot two point shot	9	14
7:09	Rafer Alston makes driving layup	11	14
6:54	Shane Battier blocks Darrell Arthur's dunk	11	14
6:52	Shane Battier defensive rebound	11	14
6:47	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	14
6:46	Rudy Gay defensive rebound	11	14
6:28	O.J. Mayo misses 26-foot three point jumper	11	14
6:28	Yao Ming defensive rebound	11	14
6:18	Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	14	14
6:11	Memphis full timeout	14	14
6:11	Darko Milicic enters the game for Marc Gasol	14	14
6:00	Luis Scola shooting foul (Darrell Arthur draws the foul)	14	14
6:00	Darrell Arthur misses free throw 1 of 2	14	14
6:00	Memphis offensive rebound	14	14
6:00	Darrell Arthur misses free throw 2 of 2	14	14
5:58	Yao Ming defensive rebound	14	14
5:43	Tracy McGrady misses layup	14	14
5:41	Yao Ming offensive rebound	14	14
5:41	Darko Milicic blocks Yao Ming's layup	14	14
5:39	Mike Conley defensive rebound	14	14
5:33	Yao Ming blocks Rudy Gay's 6-foot jumper	14	14
5:33	Memphis offensive rebound	14	14
5:22	Rudy Gay makes 21-foot jumper (Mike Conley assists)	14	16
5:05	Luis Scola misses layup	14	16
5:05	O.J. Mayo defensive rebound	14	16
4:56	O.J. Mayo misses 14-foot two point shot	14	16
4:54	Shane Battier defensive rebound	14	16
4:46	Hakim Warrick enters the game for Darrell Arthur	14	16
4:43	Tracy McGrady makes 7-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	16	16
4:24	Rudy Gay makes 25-foot three point jumper (O.J. Mayo assists)	16	19
4:03	Yao Ming makes 7-foot jumper	18	19
3:55	Yao Ming personal foul (Darko Milicic draws the foul)	18	19
3:42	Darko Milicic makes 13-foot jumper	18	21
3:30	Darko Milicic personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	18	21
3:25	Yao Ming lost ball (O.J. Mayo steals)	18	21
3:20	Rafer Alston blocks Rudy Gay's layup	18	21
3:18	Shane Battier defensive rebound	18	21
3:12	Yao Ming makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)	20	21
3:00	Mike Conley lost ball (Rafer Alston steals)	20	21
2:56	Rafer Alston makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	22	21
2:42	Darko Milicic makes dunk (O.J. Mayo assists)	22	23
2:30	Rudy Gay shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	22	23
2:30	Houston full timeout	22	23
2:30	Ron Artest enters the game for Shane Battier	22	23
2:30	Carl Landry enters the game for Luis Scola	22	23
2:30	Marko Jaric enters the game for Mike Conley	22	23
2:30	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	23	23
2:30	Brent Barry enters the game for Rafer Alston	23	23
2:30	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	24	23
2:17	Carl Landry shooting foul (Rudy Gay draws the foul)	24	23
2:17	Rudy Gay misses free throw 1 of 2	24	23
2:17	Memphis offensive rebound	24	23
2:17	Greg Buckner enters the game for O.J. Mayo	24	23
2:17	Rudy Gay misses free throw 2 of 2	24	23
2:15	Carl Landry defensive rebound	24	23
2:00	Marko Jaric personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	24	23
1:54	Ron Artest makes 21-foot jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	26	23
1:39	Darko Milicic makes 9-foot two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)	26	25
1:24	Ron Artest misses 7-foot two point shot	26	25
1:23	Rudy Gay defensive rebound	26	25
1:04	Darko Milicic makes dunk (Marko Jaric assists)	26	27
49.5	Brent Barry makes 27-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	29	27
45.1	Hakim Warrick makes two point shot (Marko Jaric assists)	29	29
29.5	Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper	31	29
9.3	Yao Ming shooting foul (Marko Jaric draws the foul)	31	29
9.3	Marko Jaric makes free throw 1 of 2	31	30
9.3	Luis Scola enters the game for Yao Ming	31	30
9.3	Marko Jaric makes free throw 2 of 2	31	31
0.8	Ron Artest misses 18-foot two point shot	31	31
0.0	Hakim Warrick defensive rebound	31	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	31	31

Regular Season Series

MEM leads 2-1

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, 5 February 2009

Memphis, TN

Attendance: 10,109

Referees:
Ron Garretson
Courtney Kirkland
Ron Olesiak

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
New Orleans	.000	-	-
Dallas	.000	-	-
Houston	.000	-	-
San Antonio	.000	-	-
Memphis	.000	-	-

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