Rockets 107-90 Timberwolves (8 Feb, 2009) Play-by-Play

Minnesota Timberwolves

17-32, 9-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
MIN	27	23	21	19	90
HOU	20	30	28	29	107

Houston Rockets

31-20, 18-6 home

107

Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Al Jefferson blocks Yao Ming's two point shot
Yao Ming misses hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 11-foot hook shot
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 19-foot jumper
Kevin Love blocks Luis Scola's layup
Tracy McGrady misses 7-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot two point shot
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Ron Artest makes two point shot
Ron Artest misses layup
Ron Artest misses layup
Rafer Alston makes 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Ron Artest assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot two point shot
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes 5-foot running jumper
Carl Landry misses jumper
Rafer Alston makes 18-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes dunk
Yao Ming makes dunk (Ron Artest assists)
Yao Ming makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Ron Artest makes driving layup
Tracy McGrady makes three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses layup
Rafer Alston makes 27-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
Ron Artest makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 28-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 6-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Al Jefferson blocks Yao Ming's layup
Chuck Hayes misses 8-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
Luis Scola makes dunk (Rafer Alston assists)
Kevin Love blocks Luis Scola's layup
Tracy McGrady misses 11-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes 7-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses hook shot
Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Yao Ming makes layup
Carl Landry misses 9-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 20-foot two point shot
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Carl Landry misses layup
Yao Ming misses layup
Yao Ming makes tip shot
Shane Battier makes 28-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Yao Ming makes layup (Ron Artest assists)
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes driving dunk (Shane Battier assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 12-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot two point shot
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Tracy McGrady makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Ron Artest makes layup
Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot
Randy Foye blocks Tracy McGrady's driving layup
Tracy McGrady misses 14-foot two point shot
Ron Artest makes layup
Tracy McGrady misses two point shot
Von Wafer makes two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Carl Landry misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses jumper
Tracy McGrady blocks Randy Foye's layup
Al Jefferson misses layup
Ryan Gomes misses 11-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Tracy McGrady blocks Randy Foye's layup
Sebastian Telfair makes 12-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes makes 17-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson makes layup (Randy Foye assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes layup
Randy Foye misses 23-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Al Jefferson makes driving layup
Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Al Jefferson makes layup (Kevin Love assists)
Al Jefferson misses 11-foot two point shot
Ryan Gomes misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 9-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson misses layup
Sebastian Telfair misses 26-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson misses 10-foot jumper
Sebastian Telfair misses layup
Mike Miller makes 8-foot two point shot
Rashad McCants makes 24-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Mike Miller makes 21-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 22-foot jumper
Kevin Love misses 17-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brian Cardinal makes layup (Mike Miller assists)
Mike Miller makes 27-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes misses layup
Al Jefferson makes layup
Sebastian Telfair misses jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mike Miller misses driving layup
Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Sebastian Telfair misses 23-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses driving layup
Sebastian Telfair makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson makes 12-foot two point shot
Kevin Love misses 22-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 16-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 11-foot running jumper
Al Jefferson misses 11-foot two point shot
Randy Foye misses 21-foot jumper
Kevin Love makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Ryan Gomes makes 18-foot jumper (Al Jefferson assists)
Al Jefferson misses 10-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes layup
Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's 7-foot jumper
Al Jefferson makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ryan Gomes makes driving layup (Al Jefferson assists)
Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Randy Foye misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes two point shot (Mike Miller assists)
Ryan Gomes misses 51-foot three point running jumper
Shane Battier blocks Kevin Love's layup
Randy Foye misses layup
Kevin Love misses 17-foot jumper
Mike Miller misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brian Cardinal misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry blocks Rashad McCants's 8-foot running jumper
Rashad McCants misses 25-foot three point jumper
Al Jefferson makes 12-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
Al Jefferson misses 14-foot jumper
Ryan Gomes misses 11-foot two point shot
Al Jefferson makes slam dunk
Randy Foye misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sebastian Telfair makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Ron Artest blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's layup
Al Jefferson misses 9-foot hook shot
Ryan Gomes makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)
Kevin Love misses 7-foot hook shot
Sebastian Telfair makes 23-foot three point jumper (Mike Miller assists)
Rashad McCants misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brian Cardinal makes layup (Sebastian Telfair assists)

TIMBERWOLVES

ROCKETS

TIME		MIN	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Al Jefferson vs. Yao Ming (Luis Scola gains possession)	0	0
11:42	Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)	0	3
11:26	Kevin Love misses 21-foot jumper	0	3
11:26	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	0	3
11:18	Tracy McGrady misses driving layup	0	3
11:15	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	0	3
11:10	Ryan Gomes misses jumper	0	3
11:08	Shane Battier defensive rebound	0	3
10:56	Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper	0	3
10:53	Yao Ming offensive rebound	0	3
10:49	Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)	0	6
10:37	Tracy McGrady blocks Randy Foye's layup	0	6
10:34	Yao Ming defensive rebound	0	6
10:22	Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper	0	6
10:22	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	0	6
10:03	Al Jefferson misses layup	0	6
10:00	Luis Scola defensive rebound	0	6
9:56	Ryan Gomes shooting foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	0	6
9:56	Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2	0	7
9:56	Rafer Alston makes free throw 2 of 2	0	8
9:42	Ryan Gomes misses 11-foot jumper	0	8
9:41	Luis Scola defensive rebound	0	8
9:33	Al Jefferson blocks Yao Ming's two point shot	0	8
9:32	Luis Scola offensive rebound	0	8
9:25	Tracy McGrady bad pass (Al Jefferson steals)	0	8
9:22	Al Jefferson double dribble	0	8
9:07	Yao Ming misses hook shot	0	8
9:04	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	0	8
8:49	Al Jefferson makes 19-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	2	8
8:33	Shane Battier bad pass (Randy Foye steals)	2	8
8:30	Tracy McGrady blocks Randy Foye's layup	2	8
8:29	Minnesota defensive rebound	2	8
8:07	Tracy McGrady misses 17-foot jumper	2	8
8:06	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	2	8
7:56	Sebastian Telfair makes 12-foot two point shot	4	8
7:41	Yao Ming misses 11-foot hook shot	4	8
7:39	Kevin Love defensive rebound	4	8
7:33	Ryan Gomes makes 17-foot jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	6	8
7:16	Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper	6	8
7:15	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	6	8
6:58	Al Jefferson makes layup (Randy Foye assists)	8	8
6:41	Yao Ming misses 19-foot jumper	8	8
6:39	Sebastian Telfair defensive rebound	8	8
6:33	Rafer Alston personal foul (Sebastian Telfair draws the foul)	8	8
6:20	Sebastian Telfair misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	8
6:18	Kevin Love offensive rebound	8	8
6:11	Al Jefferson makes layup	10	8
5:54	Kevin Love blocks Luis Scola's layup	10	8
5:52	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	10	8
5:46	Randy Foye misses 23-foot three point jumper	10	8
5:43	Luis Scola defensive rebound	10	8
5:30	Tracy McGrady misses 7-foot jumper	10	8
5:28	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	10	8
5:09	Randy Foye makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)	13	8
4:54	Yao Ming lost ball (Al Jefferson steals)	13	8
4:47	Randy Foye makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sebastian Telfair assists)	16	8
4:47	Houston full timeout	16	8
4:47	Ron Artest enters the game for Shane Battier	16	8
4:35	Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot two point shot	16	10
4:16	Al Jefferson makes driving layup	18	10
4:00	Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper	18	10
3:59	Ryan Gomes defensive rebound	18	10
3:44	Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper	20	10
3:27	Al Jefferson shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	20	10
3:27	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	20	11
3:27	Carl Landry enters the game for Luis Scola	20	11
3:27	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	20	12
3:11	Al Jefferson makes 16-foot jumper	22	12
2:48	Carl Landry makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)	22	14
2:25	Yao Ming blocks Al Jefferson's layup	24	14
2:24	Al Jefferson makes layup (Kevin Love assists)	24	14
2:24	Ron Artest shooting foul (Al Jefferson draws the foul)	24	14
2:24	Minnesota full timeout	24	14
2:24	Mike Miller enters the game for Randy Foye	24	14
2:24	Kevin Love offensive rebound	24	14
2:24	Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Yao Ming	24	14
2:24	Al Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 1	25	14
2:06	Ron Artest makes two point shot	25	16
1:40	Al Jefferson misses 11-foot two point shot	25	16
1:39	Ron Artest defensive rebound	25	16
1:25	Ron Artest misses layup	25	16
1:24	Ron Artest offensive rebound	25	16
1:22	Ron Artest misses layup	25	16
1:21	Al Jefferson defensive rebound	25	16
1:04	Ryan Gomes misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	16
1:02	Al Jefferson offensive rebound	25	16
59.8	Al Jefferson makes 9-foot two point shot	27	16
48.0	Rafer Alston makes 16-foot jumper	27	18
33.9	Al Jefferson misses layup	27	18
31.7	Carl Landry defensive rebound	27	18
17.5	Carl Landry makes slam dunk (Ron Artest assists)	27	20
0.0	Sebastian Telfair misses 26-foot three point jumper	27	20
0.0	Minnesota offensive rebound	27	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	20

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-0

Rockets
109
Timberwolves
102

Game 1

21/12

Timberwolves
90
Rockets
107

Game 2

8/2

Rockets
105
Timberwolves
94

Game 3

2/3

Timberwolves
88
Rockets
107

Game 4

21/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 8 February 2009

Houston, TX

Attendance: 16,815

Referees:
Tom Washington
Rodney Mott
Phil Robinson

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Oklahoma City	57	25	.695	-	W5
Denver	57	25	.695	-	W1
Minnesota	56	26	.683	1	L1
Utah	31	51	.378	26	L1
Portland	21	61	.256	36	L5

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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