New Jersey Nets @ Houston Rockets
24-30, 13-14 Away
88
24-30, 13-14 Away
33-21, 20-6 Home
114
33-21, 20-6 Home
Shot Chart
- Brook Lopez blocks Yao Ming's 9-foot two point shot
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brook Lopez blocks Yao Ming's layup
- Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez blocks Luis Scola's layup
- Shane Battier misses layup
- Yao Ming misses 10-foot hook shot
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest makes two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot
- Rafer Alston misses driving layup
- Yao Ming makes slam dunk
- Yao Ming misses layup
- Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Ron Artest makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Yi Jianlian blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Ron Artest makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses 21-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Brent Barry misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Vince Carter blocks Carl Landry's two point shot
- Von Wafer misses 15-foot jumper
- Von Wafer misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brent Barry misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Brook Lopez blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Von Wafer misses driving layup
- Carl Landry misses tip shot
- Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
- Carl Landry makes driving layup (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Yao Ming makes 13-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 22-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Von Wafer makes driving layup
- Carl Landry makes 6-foot hook shot
- Trenton Hassell blocks Carl Landry's layup
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Ron Artest makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Rafer Alston misses driving layup
- Von Wafer misses 23-foot jumper
- Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest makes driving layup
- Ron Artest makes layup
- Yao Ming misses dunk
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 6-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 11-foot two point shot
- Ron Artest misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Ron Artest misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup (Rafer Alston assists)
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Yao Ming makes dunk (Luis Scola assists)
- Yao Ming makes tip shot (Luis Scola assists)
- Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming misses 8-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
- Yao Ming makes 17-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses 6-foot running jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 7-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
- Ron Artest misses 18-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes two point shot
- Aaron Brooks makes 6-foot two point shot
- Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer makes 23-foot three point jumper (Yao Ming assists)
- Yao Ming makes 7-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Yao Ming makes layup (Von Wafer assists)
- Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Von Wafer misses driving layup
- Brent Barry makes 28-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Luis Scola makes layup (Brent Barry assists)
- Aaron Brooks makes two point shot (Brent Barry assists)
- Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
- Luis Scola misses 13-foot jumper
- Aaron Brooks makes 14-foot two point shot
- Brook Lopez makes 13-foot jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Brook Lopez's layup
- Vince Carter makes 23-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
- Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
- Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
- Ryan Anderson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Vince Carter makes driving layup
- Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Brook Lopez makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
- Yi Jianlian misses 13-foot two point shot
- Devin Harris misses 19-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes driving layup
- Vince Carter misses layup
- Brook Lopez misses jumper
- Josh Boone misses layup
- Josh Boone misses layup
- Trenton Hassell misses jumper
- Jarvis Hayes misses 16-foot two point shot
- Devin Harris misses 15-foot jumper
- Josh Boone misses 17-foot jumper
- Yao Ming blocks Josh Boone's layup
- Devin Harris misses 48-foot three point running jumper
- Vince Carter misses layup
- Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez makes 9-foot two point shot
- Brook Lopez makes 19-foot jumper
- Keyon Dooling misses 20-foot jumper
- Jarvis Hayes misses 21-foot jumper
- Vince Carter misses 16-foot two point shot
- Brook Lopez makes layup (Ryan Anderson assists)
- Vince Carter misses 10-foot two point shot
- Devin Harris misses layup
- Yi Jianlian misses 22-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes 8-foot jumper
- Yi Jianlian misses layup
- Devin Harris misses 20-foot jumper
- Ryan Anderson makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
- Vince Carter makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)
- Jarvis Hayes makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)
- Vince Carter makes 17-foot two point shot
- Shane Battier blocks Devin Harris's layup
- Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper
- Jarvis Hayes misses 45-foot three point running jumper
- Trenton Hassell misses 10-foot jumper
- Trenton Hassell misses 20-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez makes 21-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez misses 8-foot jumper
- Devin Harris makes driving layup
- Devin Harris misses layup
- Vince Carter makes driving dunk
- Devin Harris misses layup
- Vince Carter makes 6-foot two point shot
- Vince Carter misses 23-foot jumper
- Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Brook Lopez misses 20-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez misses 13-foot jumper
- Vince Carter makes three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
- Vince Carter makes driving layup
- Vince Carter makes two point shot (Brook Lopez assists)
- Brook Lopez makes driving layup
- Keyon Dooling misses 11-foot jumper
- Devin Harris makes 13-foot jumper
- Josh Boone misses 19-foot two point shot
- Jarvis Hayes misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Devin Harris makes driving layup
- Bobby Simmons makes 26-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
- Jarvis Hayes misses 22-foot jumper
- Brook Lopez makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
- Brook Lopez makes 20-foot jumper (Vince Carter assists)
- Vince Carter misses 8-foot running jumper
- Shane Battier blocks Vince Carter's layup
- Keyon Dooling misses 22-foot jumper
- Keyon Dooling misses 21-foot jumper
- Bobby Simmons makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
- Chris Douglas-Roberts misses 11-foot two point shot
- Bobby Simmons makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
- Yi Jianlian makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
- Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Sean Williams misses 10-foot two point shot
- Yi Jianlian makes driving dunk (Chris Douglas-Roberts assists)
NETS
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | NJ | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Brook Lopez vs. Yao Ming (Luis Scola gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:41 | | Brook Lopez blocks Yao Ming's 9-foot two point shot | 0 | 0 |
| 11:38 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:21 | | Brook Lopez makes 13-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:07 | | Brook Lopez personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul) | 2 | 0 |
| 11:03 | | Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:00 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 10:42 | | Yao Ming blocks Brook Lopez's layup | 2 | 0 |
| 10:41 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 2 | 0 |
| 10:37 | | Ron Artest makes layup (Rafer Alston assists) | 2 | 2 |
| 10:15 | | Vince Carter makes 23-foot jumper (Brook Lopez assists) | 4 | 2 |
| 9:57 | | Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper | 4 | 2 |
| 9:56 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Vince Carter misses 18-foot jumper | 4 | 2 |
| 9:48 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:30 | | Ryan Anderson shooting foul (Shane Battier draws the foul) | 4 | 2 |
| 9:30 | | Shane Battier misses free throw 1 of 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 9:30 | | Houston offensive rebound | 4 | 2 |
| 9:30 | | Shane Battier makes free throw 2 of 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 9:12 | | Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists) | 7 | 3 |
| 9:00 | | Brook Lopez blocks Yao Ming's layup | 7 | 3 |
| 8:57 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 7 | 3 |
| 8:51 | | Ryan Anderson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Vince Carter assists) | 10 | 3 |
| 8:29 | | Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists) | 10 | 6 |
| 8:10 | | Vince Carter makes driving layup | 12 | 6 |
| 7:52 | | Ryan Anderson shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul) | 12 | 6 |
| 7:52 | | Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2 | 12 | 7 |
| 7:52 | | Yi Jianlian enters the game for Ryan Anderson | 12 | 7 |
| 7:52 | | Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2 | 12 | 8 |
| 7:37 | | Devin Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper | 12 | 8 |
| 7:35 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 12 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper | 12 | 8 |
| 7:26 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 12 | 8 |
| 7:24 | | Brook Lopez blocks Luis Scola's layup | 12 | 8 |
| 7:22 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 12 | 8 |
| 7:11 | | Luis Scola lost ball (Devin Harris steals) | 12 | 8 |
| 7:07 | | Devin Harris bad pass (Shane Battier steals) | 12 | 8 |
| 7:01 | | Shane Battier misses layup | 12 | 8 |
| 7:01 | | Vince Carter defensive rebound | 12 | 8 |
| 6:58 | | Brook Lopez makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists) | 14 | 8 |
| 6:37 | | Yao Ming misses 10-foot hook shot | 14 | 8 |
| 6:35 | | Yi Jianlian defensive rebound | 14 | 8 |
| 6:24 | | Yi Jianlian misses 13-foot two point shot | 14 | 8 |
| 6:22 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 14 | 8 |
| 6:13 | | Trenton Hassell shooting foul (Ron Artest draws the foul) | 14 | 8 |
| 6:13 | | Ron Artest makes free throw 1 of 2 | 14 | 9 |
| 6:13 | | Ron Artest makes free throw 2 of 2 | 14 | 10 |
| 6:03 | | Devin Harris misses 19-foot jumper | 14 | 10 |
| 6:01 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 14 | 10 |
| 5:47 | | Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper | 14 | 10 |
| 5:46 | | Brook Lopez defensive rebound | 14 | 10 |
| 5:37 | | Vince Carter makes driving layup | 16 | 10 |
| 5:20 | | Ron Artest makes two point shot | 16 | 12 |
| 5:01 | | Vince Carter misses layup | 16 | 12 |
| 5:01 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 16 | 12 |
| 4:47 | | Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper | 16 | 12 |
| 4:45 | | Yi Jianlian defensive rebound | 16 | 12 |
| 4:33 | | Brook Lopez misses jumper | 16 | 12 |
| 4:33 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 16 | 12 |
| 4:20 | | Shane Battier makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 16 | 15 |
| 4:16 | | New Jersey full timeout | 16 | 15 |
| 4:16 | | Jarvis Hayes enters the game for Brook Lopez | 16 | 15 |
| 4:16 | | Josh Boone enters the game for Vince Carter | 16 | 15 |
| 4:01 | | Josh Boone misses layup | 16 | 15 |
| 3:59 | | Josh Boone offensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 3:58 | | Josh Boone misses layup | 16 | 15 |
| 3:57 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 3:46 | | Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot | 16 | 15 |
| 3:44 | | Yi Jianlian defensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 3:24 | | Trenton Hassell misses jumper | 16 | 15 |
| 3:23 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 3:13 | | Yao Ming bad pass | 16 | 15 |
| 3:13 | | Von Wafer enters the game for Shane Battier | 16 | 15 |
| 3:00 | | Jarvis Hayes misses 16-foot two point shot | 16 | 15 |
| 2:59 | | Yao Ming defensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 2:47 | | Rafer Alston misses driving layup | 16 | 15 |
| 2:46 | | Yao Ming offensive rebound | 16 | 15 |
| 2:45 | | Yao Ming makes slam dunk | 16 | 17 |
| 2:25 | | Devin Harris misses 15-foot jumper | 16 | 17 |
| 2:24 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 16 | 17 |
| 2:08 | | Yao Ming misses layup | 16 | 17 |
| 2:04 | | Rafer Alston offensive rebound | 16 | 17 |
| 2:00 | | Von Wafer makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 16 | 20 |
| 1:46 | | Rafer Alston personal foul (Devin Harris draws the foul) | 16 | 20 |
| 1:46 | | Houston full timeout | 16 | 20 |
| 1:46 | | Carl Landry enters the game for Luis Scola | 16 | 20 |
| 1:46 | | Keyon Dooling enters the game for Trenton Hassell | 16 | 20 |
| 1:39 | | Keyon Dooling lost ball (Rafer Alston steals) | 16 | 20 |
| 1:34 | | Ron Artest makes layup (Rafer Alston assists) | 16 | 22 |
| 1:14 | | Josh Boone misses 17-foot jumper | 16 | 22 |
| 1:13 | | Ron Artest defensive rebound | 16 | 22 |
| 1:00 | | Yi Jianlian blocks Carl Landry's layup | 16 | 22 |
| 58.6 | | Houston defensive rebound | 16 | 22 |
| 58.6 | | Carl Landry loose ball foul (Jarvis Hayes draws the foul) | 16 | 22 |
| 58.6 | | Jarvis Hayes misses free throw 1 of 2 | 16 | 22 |
| 58.6 | | New Jersey offensive rebound | 16 | 22 |
| 58.6 | | Jarvis Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 22 |
| 42.2 | | Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists) | 17 | 24 |
| 21.9 | | Yao Ming blocks Josh Boone's layup | 17 | 24 |
| 19.8 | | Yi Jianlian offensive rebound | 17 | 24 |
| 18.2 | | shot clock violation | 17 | 24 |
| 2.0 | | Ron Artest makes 24-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists) | 17 | 27 |
| 0.0 | | Devin Harris misses 48-foot three point running jumper | 17 | 27 |
| 0.0 | | New Jersey offensive rebound | 17 | 27 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 17 | 27 | |
Regular Season Series
HOU wins 2-0
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
1:30 AM, 18 February 2009
Houston, TX
Attendance: 14,921
- Referees:
- Dan Crawford
- Pat Fraher
- Olandis Poole
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 8 | .742 | - | L1 |
| Houston | 19 | 10 | .655 | 3 | W2 |
| Memphis | 15 | 16 | .484 | 8 | W2 |
| Dallas | 12 | 21 | .364 | 12 | L2 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 25 | .242 | 16 | L3 |
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