Rockets 93-86 Mavericks (21 Feb, 2009) Play-by-Play

Dallas Mavericks

32-22, 14-14 away

	1	2	3	4	T
DAL	28	23	13	22	86
HOU	19	25	30	19	93

Houston Rockets

34-21, 21-6 home

Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 8-foot hook shot
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 6-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 12-foot jumper
Ron Artest makes layup
Yao Ming misses 14-foot two point shot
Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Ron Artest misses 6-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot two point shot
Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer misses 16-foot jumper
Von Wafer misses 21-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Von Wafer makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Brent Barry makes 23-foot jumper (Von Wafer assists)
Chuck Hayes misses 6-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 15-foot jumper
Brent Barry misses 24-foot three point jumper
Brent Barry makes 22-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Brent Barry misses driving layup
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Von Wafer misses 15-foot jumper
Von Wafer misses 23-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes dunk (Shane Battier assists)
Aaron Brooks makes layup
Aaron Brooks makes 11-foot two point shot
Luis Scola makes 14-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
Luis Scola misses tip shot
Ron Artest makes 16-foot two point shot
Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 12-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola makes jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Ron Artest misses 26-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Yao Ming makes 13-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 9-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 22-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Ron Artest makes 16-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 15-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses driving layup
Yao Ming makes layup
Yao Ming misses hook shot
Yao Ming makes 7-foot hook shot (Ron Artest assists)
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Dirk Nowitzki blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Ron Artest misses 16-foot two point shot
Ryan Hollins blocks Yao Ming's 6-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 21-foot jumper
Ron Artest misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Luis Scola makes 4-foot jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Yao Ming misses 14-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 10-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 20-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Brandon Bass blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Ron Artest makes 15-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ron Artest assists)
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Luis Scola misses layup
Yao Ming misses tip shot
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper
Erick Dampier makes slam dunk (Antoine Wright assists)
Antoine Wright makes 22-foot jumper
Antoine Wright makes 14-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard misses 12-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses layup
Erick Dampier misses 6-foot hook shot
Antoine Wright makes 21-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 18-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 17-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 11-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 20-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 16-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot two point shot
Antoine Wright makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)
Josh Howard misses 12-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes jumper
Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Josh Howard makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jerry Stackhouse misses three point jumper
Brandon Bass misses 11-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 10-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 17-foot jumper
Jerry Stackhouse misses 10-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 14-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki makes driving layup
Antoine Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)
Jose Juan Barea misses driving layup
Antoine Wright misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Bass misses layup
Jerry Stackhouse misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes 24-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Dirk Nowitzki misses 15-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 23-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 18-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 13-foot jumper
Antoine Wright misses 17-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 12-foot two point shot
Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot two point shot
Shane Battier blocks Dirk Nowitzki's jumper
Josh Howard makes driving layup
Josh Howard misses 15-foot jumper
Antoine Wright misses 25-foot three point jumper
Antoine Wright misses 6-foot running jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 14-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)
Jason Kidd misses three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 15-foot jumper
Jason Kidd misses 16-foot jumper
Josh Howard makes 18-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki makes 15-foot jumper
Josh Howard misses 18-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 9-foot two point shot
Shane Battier blocks Ryan Hollins's layup
Dirk Nowitzki makes jumper (Jason Kidd assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes 20-foot jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 14-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea misses 5-foot running jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot two point shot
Jose Juan Barea makes 25-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Brandon Bass's layup
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dirk Nowitzki misses 13-foot jumper
Brandon Bass makes 18-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)
Brandon Bass misses jumper
Antoine Wright misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes three point jumper (Antoine Wright assists)
Antoine Wright misses 21-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea makes 18-foot jumper
Ron Artest blocks Dirk Nowitzki's layup
Jose Juan Barea makes driving layup
Brandon Bass makes dunk (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Brandon Bass makes 17-foot jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Brandon Bass makes 19-foot jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Brandon Bass misses driving dunk
Brandon Bass misses 17-foot jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brandon Bass misses 15-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Jose Juan Barea's layup
Josh Howard makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jose Juan Barea assists)
Jose Juan Barea makes 6-foot running jumper
Jose Juan Barea misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Howard misses 26-foot three point jumper

MAVERICKS

ROCKETS

TIME		DAL	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Erick Dampier vs. Yao Ming (Jason Kidd gains possession)	0	0
11:38	Dirk Nowitzki misses 17-foot jumper	0	0
11:37	Ron Artest defensive rebound	0	0
11:26	Antoine Wright personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	0	0
11:21	Yao Ming makes 9-foot hook shot (Aaron Brooks assists)	0	2
11:11	Erick Dampier makes slam dunk (Antoine Wright assists)	2	2
11:00	Erick Dampier shooting foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	2	2
11:00	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	2	3
11:00	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	2	4
10:52	Antoine Wright makes 22-foot jumper	4	4
10:33	Ron Artest bad pass (Erick Dampier steals)	4	4
10:29	Antoine Wright makes 14-foot two point shot (Jason Kidd assists)	6	4
10:12	Yao Ming misses 11-foot two point shot	6	4
10:11	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	6	4
9:52	Josh Howard misses 12-foot jumper	6	4
9:52	Luis Scola defensive rebound	6	4
9:48	Luis Scola bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	6	4
9:44	Josh Howard misses layup	6	4
9:42	Erick Dampier offensive rebound	6	4
9:42	Luis Scola shooting foul (Erick Dampier draws the foul)	6	4
9:42	Erick Dampier misses free throw 1 of 2	6	4
9:42	Dallas offensive rebound	6	4
9:42	Erick Dampier makes free throw 2 of 2	7	4
9:27	Shane Battier misses 8-foot hook shot	7	4
9:26	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	7	4
9:15	Erick Dampier misses 6-foot hook shot	7	4
9:14	Ron Artest defensive rebound	7	4
9:03	Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	4
9:03	Josh Howard defensive rebound	7	4
8:48	Antoine Wright makes 21-foot two point shot	9	4
8:36	Aaron Brooks misses 6-foot jumper	9	4
8:34	Aaron Brooks offensive rebound	9	4
8:30	Shane Battier misses 12-foot jumper	9	4
8:29	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	9	4
8:29	Luis Scola personal foul (Dirk Nowitzki draws the foul)	9	4
8:29	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Luis Scola	9	4
8:15	Dirk Nowitzki misses 18-foot jumper	9	4
8:15	Yao Ming defensive rebound	9	4
8:00	Jason Kidd personal foul (Ron Artest draws the foul)	9	4
7:50	Ron Artest makes layup	9	6
7:39	Josh Howard makes 17-foot jumper	11	6
7:24	Yao Ming misses 14-foot two point shot	11	6
7:22	Dirk Nowitzki defensive rebound	11	6
7:15	Josh Howard misses 11-foot jumper	11	6
7:13	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	11	6
7:01	Ron Artest makes 25-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	11	9
6:50	Josh Howard makes 20-foot jumper	13	9
6:31	Ron Artest misses 22-foot jumper	13	9
6:30	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	13	9
6:24	Yao Ming makes 9-foot two point shot (Aaron Brooks assists)	13	11
6:09	Josh Howard makes 16-foot jumper (Dirk Nowitzki assists)	15	11
5:56	Aaron Brooks bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	15	11
5:52	Shane Battier shooting foul (Josh Howard draws the foul)	15	11
5:52	Josh Howard makes free throw 1 of 2	16	11
5:52	Josh Howard makes free throw 2 of 2	17	11
5:52	Houston full timeout	24	15
5:30	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	17	13
5:05	Dirk Nowitzki misses 11-foot two point shot	17	13
5:03	Yao Ming defensive rebound	17	13
4:50	Yao Ming bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	17	13
4:45	Antoine Wright makes layup (Jason Kidd assists)	19	13
4:24	Shane Battier bad pass (Jason Kidd steals)	19	13
4:16	Josh Howard misses 12-foot jumper	19	13
4:16	Dallas offensive rebound	19	13
4:16	Aaron Brooks loose ball foul (Antoine Wright draws the foul)	19	13
4:16	Jerry Stackhouse enters the game for Dirk Nowitzki	19	13
4:16	Brandon Bass enters the game for Antoine Wright	19	13
4:05	Brandon Bass bad pass (Ron Artest steals)	19	13
3:57	Ron Artest misses 6-foot jumper	19	13
3:56	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	19	13
3:47	Josh Howard makes jumper	21	13
3:26	Aaron Brooks makes 16-foot two point shot	21	15
3:03	Jason Kidd makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jerry Stackhouse assists)	24	15
2:38	Yao Ming lost ball (Josh Howard steals)	24	15
2:31	Aaron Brooks personal foul (Brandon Bass draws the foul)	24	15
2:31	Dallas full timeout	24	15
2:31	Von Wafer enters the game for Shane Battier	24	15
2:31	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Aaron Brooks	24	15
2:31	Brent Barry enters the game for Chuck Hayes	24	15
2:31	Brandon Bass makes free throw 1 of 2	25	15
2:31	Brandon Bass makes free throw 2 of 2	26	15
2:10	Von Wafer misses 25-foot three point jumper	26	15
2:09	Yao Ming offensive rebound	26	15
2:09	Erick Dampier personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	26	15
2:09	Ryan Hollins enters the game for Erick Dampier	26	15
1:55	Von Wafer misses 16-foot jumper	26	15
1:54	Jason Kidd defensive rebound	26	15
1:49	Josh Howard makes 19-foot jumper (Jason Kidd assists)	28	15
1:35	Jerry Stackhouse personal foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	28	15
1:35	Yao Ming makes free throw 1 of 2	28	16
1:35	Yao Ming makes free throw 2 of 2	28	17
1:15	Jerry Stackhouse misses three point jumper	28	17
1:14	Brandon Bass offensive rebound	28	17
56.9	Brandon Bass misses 11-foot jumper	28	17
55.5	Yao Ming defensive rebound	28	17
35.8	Ryan Hollins shooting foul (Kyle Lowry draws the foul)	28	17
35.8	Kyle Lowry makes free throw 1 of 2	28	18
35.8	Kyle Lowry makes free throw 2 of 2	28	19
19.9	Josh Howard misses 10-foot jumper	28	19
18.5	Von Wafer defensive rebound	28	19
4.6	Kyle Lowry traveling	28	19
4.6	Dirk Nowitzki enters the game for Ryan Hollins	28	19
4.6	Chuck Hayes enters the game for Yao Ming	28	19
0.0	Jason Kidd misses 17-foot jumper	28	19
0.0	Dallas offensive rebound	28	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	28	19

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 2-1

Rockets
112
Mavericks
102

Game 1

31/10

Mavericks
96
Rockets
86

Game 2

20/11

Mavericks
86
Rockets
93

Game 3

21/2

Rockets
84
Mavericks
95

Game 4

16/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 21 February 2009

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,195

Referees:
Steve Javie
Bill Kennedy
Mark Lindsay

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	13	.235	7.5	L4

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