Rockets 98-93 Nets (27 Dec, 2009) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

18-12, 10-8 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	27	30	13	28	98
NJ	20	31	18	24	93

New Jersey Nets

2-28, 1-12 home

Courtney Lee makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)
Trenton Hassell misses 20-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses two point shot
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez makes 9-foot jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)
Yi Jianlian misses 15-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes 6-foot jumper
Devin Harris misses 18-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Courtney Lee makes 22-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris misses 13-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper
Brook Lopez makes layup
Devin Harris misses 18-foot jumper
Tony Battie misses 19-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling makes 22-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper
Josh Boone misses two point shot
Terrence Williams misses layup
Tony Battie makes 18-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Terrence Williams makes slam dunk
Josh Boone makes layup (Terrence Williams assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 10-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling makes three point jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 15-foot jumper
Terrence Williams makes 12-foot jumper
Terrence Williams makes 5-foot running jumper
Devin Harris misses two point shot
Yi Jianlian makes 16-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 22-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes two point shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Devin Harris makes 21-foot jumper (Courtney Lee assists)
Brook Lopez makes layup
Yi Jianlian makes driving dunk (Devin Harris assists)
Devin Harris makes two point shot
Devin Harris misses 9-foot running jumper
Brook Lopez misses layup
Devin Harris makes 25-foot three point jumper (Josh Boone assists)
Devin Harris misses 36-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes 9-foot running jumper (Brook Lopez assists)
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian misses 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes two point shot
Brook Lopez misses 18-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses driving layup
Josh Boone makes dunk (Trenton Hassell assists)
Courtney Lee makes 17-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Aaron Brooks blocks Keyon Dooling's 26-foot three point jumper
Trenton Hassell misses layup
Brook Lopez misses layup
Brook Lopez misses layup
Yi Jianlian makes two point shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Terrence Williams makes driving dunk
Keyon Dooling misses 20-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses driving layup
Josh Boone misses tip shot
Keyon Dooling misses three point jumper
Keyon Dooling makes layup
Yi Jianlian makes 9-foot two point shot
Yi Jianlian misses 18-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian makes two point shot (Keyon Dooling assists)
Josh Boone makes 7-foot hook shot (Brook Lopez assists)
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Devin Harris makes 13-foot running jumper (Terrence Williams assists)
Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Josh Boone makes two point shot
Devin Harris misses driving layup
Brook Lopez makes 10-foot two point shot
Brook Lopez makes two point shot (Devin Harris assists)
Shane Battier blocks Devin Harris's driving layup
Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper
Yi Jianlian makes driving dunk (Keyon Dooling assists)
Keyon Dooling makes 24-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)
Yi Jianlian misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 24-foot three point jumper
Devin Harris makes driving layup
Keyon Dooling misses three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trenton Hassell blocks Luis Scola's 8-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Shane Battier makes 22-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 5-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 13-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Carl Landry misses jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 6-foot hook shot
Luis Scola misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes 8-foot running jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 8-foot jumper
David Andersen misses 13-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry makes 23-foot three point jumper (David Andersen assists)
David Andersen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Carl Landry makes layup
Carl Landry makes layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Carl Landry makes driving layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Carl Landry misses two point shot
Kyle Lowry misses jumper
Kyle Lowry misses driving layup
Luis Scola misses 9-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes driving layup (Kyle Lowry assists)
Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 11-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes tip shot
Aaron Brooks makes 18-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 14-foot two point shot
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses layup
Aaron Brooks misses 17-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Brook Lopez blocks Luis Scola's layup
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Aaron Brooks misses driving layup
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses jumper
Chuck Hayes makes two point shot
Aaron Brooks misses 24-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 17-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Josh Boone blocks Carl Landry's 6-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses layup
Trevor Ariza misses 56-foot three point jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 6-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses tip shot
Josh Boone blocks Carl Landry's layup
David Andersen makes 20-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Carl Landry makes layup (David Andersen assists)
David Andersen misses 19-foot jumper
Kyle Lowry misses 17-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Carl Landry makes layup (David Andersen assists)
David Andersen makes 25-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Carl Landry makes driving dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses two point shot
David Andersen misses 25-foot three point jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Kyle Lowry's layup
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Kyle Lowry misses tip shot
Trevor Ariza makes 16-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper
Brook Lopez blocks Aaron Brooks's driving layup
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup (Carl Landry assists)

ROCKETS

NETS

TIME		HOU	NJ
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Luis Scola vs. Brook Lopez (Yi Jianlian gains possession)	0	0
11:44	Courtney Lee makes layup (Brook Lopez assists)	0	2
11:22	Chuck Hayes misses layup	0	2
11:19	Trevor Ariza offensive rebound	0	2
11:15	Trevor Ariza misses three point jumper	0	2
11:14	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	0	2
11:11	Brook Lopez turnover	0	2
10:55	Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	2	2
10:30	Trenton Hassell misses 20-foot jumper	2	2
10:29	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	2	2
10:15	Trenton Hassell blocks Luis Scola's 8-foot jumper	2	2
10:12	Trevor Ariza offensive rebound	2	2
10:08	Shane Battier makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	4	2
9:48	Yi Jianlian misses two point shot	4	2
9:47	Aaron Brooks defensive rebound	4	2
9:37	Shane Battier makes 22-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	7	2
9:17	Devin Harris misses 25-foot three point jumper	7	2
9:15	New Jersey defensive rebound	7	2
8:57	Trevor Ariza makes two point shot	9	2
8:52	New Jersey full timeout	9	2
8:33	Brook Lopez makes 9-foot jumper (Trenton Hassell assists)	9	4
8:14	Trevor Ariza bad pass (Brook Lopez steals)	9	4
7:58	Yi Jianlian misses 15-foot jumper	9	4
7:58	Brook Lopez offensive rebound	9	4
7:56	Brook Lopez makes 6-foot jumper	9	6
7:31	Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	11	6
7:18	Devin Harris misses 18-foot jumper	11	6
7:16	Shane Battier defensive rebound	11	6
7:05	Aaron Brooks misses 16-foot jumper	11	6
7:03	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	11	6
6:56	Brook Lopez offensive foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	11	6
6:56	Brook Lopez turnover	11	6
6:43	Luis Scola makes 5-foot jumper	13	6
6:20	Yi Jianlian lost ball (Chuck Hayes steals)	13	6
6:05	Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper	16	6
5:58	New Jersey 20 Sec. timeout	16	6
5:39	Courtney Lee misses 18-foot jumper	16	6
5:37	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	16	6
5:24	Luis Scola misses 13-foot jumper	16	6
5:22	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	16	6
5:07	Brook Lopez makes layup (Devin Harris assists)	16	8
5:07	Chuck Hayes shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	16	8
5:07	Keyon Dooling enters the game for Trenton Hassell	16	8
5:07	Brook Lopez makes free throw 1 of 1	16	9
4:54	Chuck Hayes misses layup	16	9
4:52	Brook Lopez defensive rebound	16	9
4:47	Devin Harris misses driving layup	16	9
4:43	Keyon Dooling offensive rebound	16	9
4:39	Courtney Lee makes 22-foot three point jumper (Devin Harris assists)	16	12
4:16	Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	19	12
3:59	Devin Harris misses 13-foot jumper	19	12
3:58	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	19	12
3:42	Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	21	12
3:20	Yi Jianlian misses 19-foot jumper	21	12
3:19	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	21	12
3:08	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	23	12
2:47	Shane Battier shooting foul (Courtney Lee draws the foul)	23	12
2:47	Houston full timeout	23	12
2:47	Carl Landry enters the game for Chuck Hayes	23	12
2:47	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Shane Battier	23	12
2:47	Josh Boone enters the game for Yi Jianlian	23	12
2:47	Courtney Lee makes free throw 1 of 2	23	13
2:47	Courtney Lee makes free throw 2 of 2	23	14
2:31	Carl Landry misses jumper	23	14
2:30	Keyon Dooling defensive rebound	23	14
2:16	Brook Lopez makes layup	23	16
2:16	Carl Landry shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	23	16
2:16	Terrence Williams enters the game for Courtney Lee	23	16
2:16	Brook Lopez misses free throw 1 of 1	23	16
2:15	Carl Landry defensive rebound	23	16
1:57	Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper	23	16
1:55	Houston offensive rebound	23	16
1:39	Luis Scola misses 6-foot hook shot	23	16
1:39	Aaron Brooks offensive rebound	23	16
1:36	Luis Scola misses layup	23	16
1:34	Josh Boone defensive rebound	23	16
1:31	Kyle Lowry shooting foul (Brook Lopez draws the foul)	23	16
1:31	Brook Lopez makes free throw 1 of 2	23	17
1:31	Brook Lopez makes free throw 2 of 2	23	18
1:19	Brook Lopez shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	23	18
1:19	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2	24	18
1:19	Tony Battie enters the game for Brook Lopez	24	18
1:19	Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2	25	18
1:06	Devin Harris misses 18-foot jumper	25	18
1:05	New Jersey offensive rebound	25	18
56.9	Tony Battie misses 19-foot jumper	25	18
55.9	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	25	18
50.3	Trevor Ariza makes 8-foot running jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)	27	18
26.9	Keyon Dooling makes 22-foot jumper (Devin Harris assists)	27	20
3.9	Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	20
2.8	Devin Harris defensive rebound	27	20
0.9	Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper	27	20
0.0	New Jersey offensive rebound	27	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	27	20

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Rockets
98
Nets
93

Game 1

27/12

Nets
108
Rockets
116

Game 2

14/3

IZOD Center

12:30 AM, 27 December 2009

East Rutherford, NJ

Attendance: 13,374

Referees:
Sean Wright
John Goble
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Memphis	20	9	.690	-	W2
Houston	19	9	.679	0.5	W2
Dallas	18	10	.643	1.5	W1
San Antonio	15	13	.536	4.5	W2
New Orleans	5	25	.167	15.5	L7

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