Clippers 95-91 Rockets (17 Mar, 2012) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

24-21, 8-15 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	23	24	19	25	91
LAC	19	20	30	26	95

LA Clippers

25-18, 14-8 home

Samuel Dalembert blocks DeAndre Jordan's 11-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
Caron Butler makes dunk (Blake Griffin assists)
Randy Foye makes 4-foot two point shot
Randy Foye misses three point jumper
Randy Foye misses 19-foot jumper
Blake Griffin makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Caron Butler makes 2-foot two point shot
Caron Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Randy Foye misses 4-foot jumper
Blake Griffin makes 18-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 29-foot three point jumper
Caron Butler misses 19-foot jumper
Blake Griffin misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 19-foot two point shot
Bobby Simmons misses 23-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 29-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kenyon Martin misses tip shot
Kenyon Martin makes tip shot
Kenyon Martin makes 28-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)
Mo Williams misses jumper
Mo Williams makes 7-foot running jumper
Mo Williams misses jumper
Randy Foye misses jumper
Kenyon Martin misses 20-foot jumper
Randy Foye makes 10-foot two point shot (Mo Williams assists)
Randy Foye makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kenyon Martin assists)
Randy Foye makes two point shot
Blake Griffin misses 9-foot jumper
Mo Williams makes 5-foot running jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
Caron Butler misses 8-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes 3-foot two point shot
Caron Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper
Randy Foye misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses three point jumper
Chris Paul misses driving layup
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Randy Foye misses jumper
Randy Foye makes layup
Caron Butler misses 4-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses layup
Blake Griffin makes 3-foot two point shot
Blake Griffin makes layup
Blake Griffin misses 20-foot jumper
Caron Butler makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
Randy Foye misses 19-foot jumper
Caron Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Chris Paul makes 7-foot two point shot (Randy Foye assists)
Caron Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Blake Griffin makes 2-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Caron Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Reggie Evans misses layup
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Mo Williams assists)
Mo Williams makes 9-foot running jumper
Chris Paul misses driving layup
Mo Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
Caron Butler misses 19-foot jumper
Caron Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams makes 5-foot two point shot
Mo Williams misses 20-foot jumper
Mo Williams misses jumper
Randy Foye misses 6-foot jumper
Bobby Simmons makes 25-foot three point jumper (Randy Foye assists)
Blake Griffin misses layup
Blake Griffin misses 21-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin makes slam dunk (Mo Williams assists)
Randy Foye makes 18-foot jumper (Blake Griffin assists)
DeAndre Jordan makes dunk (Blake Griffin assists)
Randy Foye misses 24-foot three point jumper
Mo Williams misses 26-foot three point jumper
DeAndre Jordan misses 8-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 16-foot jumper
Blake Griffin misses 5-foot jumper
DeAndre Jordan misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Luis Scola makes 9-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 8-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes driving dunk (Courtney Lee assists)
DeAndre Jordan blocks Luis Scola's 6-foot hook shot
Courtney Lee makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Luis Scola misses 4-foot hook shot
Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot
Courtney Lee makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Courtney Lee makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes driving layup
Marcus Morris makes layup (Courtney Lee assists)
Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot
Chase Budinger makes 24-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger makes driving layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Goran Dragic makes driving layup (Patrick Patterson assists)
Goran Dragic makes driving dunk
Chase Budinger makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 4-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes 4-foot hook shot (Patrick Patterson assists)
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 20-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Marcus Morris misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger misses 23-foot jumper
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses 30-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee makes 13-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson makes 9-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Randy Foye blocks Greg Smith's 4-foot jumper
Kenyon Martin blocks Goran Dragic's 4-foot jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes 6-foot jumper
Luis Scola makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)
Chase Budinger misses three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 27-foot three point jumper
Samuel Dalembert makes dunk (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola misses 16-foot jumper
Courtney Lee makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola misses jumper
Chase Budinger misses 16-foot jumper
Courtney Lee misses 27-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic misses 28-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chase Budinger makes driving layup (Patrick Patterson assists)
Patrick Patterson misses 5-foot two point shot
Courtney Lee makes driving layup
Luis Scola makes 6-foot jumper (Patrick Patterson assists)
Goran Dragic misses 20-foot jumper
Courtney Lee makes 27-foot three point jumper
Goran Dragic makes jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Goran Dragic makes 10-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 6-foot hook shot
Patrick Patterson misses 15-foot jumper
Chase Budinger makes 13-foot running jumper
Chase Budinger makes 22-foot jumper (Goran Dragic assists)
Patrick Patterson makes 11-foot two point shot (Goran Dragic assists)
Courtney Lee makes 14-foot running jumper
Patrick Patterson makes 11-foot two point shot
Chris Paul blocks Patrick Patterson's 7-foot jumper
Goran Dragic misses layup
Luis Scola misses 18-foot jumper
Patrick Patterson misses 14-foot jumper
Chase Budinger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Courtney Lee misses 23-foot three point jumper
Marcus Morris misses 27-foot three point jumper

ROCKETS

CLIPPERS

TIME		HOU	LAC
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Samuel Dalembert vs. DeAndre Jordan (Los Angeles gains possession)	0	0
11:48	Samuel Dalembert shooting foul (DeAndre Jordan draws the foul)	0	0
11:48	DeAndre Jordan misses free throw 1 of 2	0	0
11:48	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	0	0
11:48	DeAndre Jordan makes free throw 2 of 2	0	1
11:26	Luis Scola makes 9-foot jumper (Chase Budinger assists)	2	1
11:07	Samuel Dalembert blocks DeAndre Jordan's 11-foot jumper	2	1
11:04	DeAndre Jordan offensive rebound	2	1
11:00	Caron Butler misses 27-foot three point jumper	2	1
10:59	Randy Foye offensive rebound	2	1
10:57	DeAndre Jordan makes two point shot (Randy Foye assists)	2	3
10:30	Samuel Dalembert offensive goaltending	2	3
10:18	Courtney Lee personal foul (Blake Griffin draws the foul)	2	3
10:11	Caron Butler makes dunk (Blake Griffin assists)	2	5
9:52	Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper	2	5
9:52	Randy Foye defensive rebound	2	5
9:44	Randy Foye makes 4-foot two point shot	2	7
9:36	Houston full timeout	2	7
9:22	Goran Dragic lost ball (Blake Griffin steals)	2	7
9:11	Randy Foye misses three point jumper	2	7
9:07	Blake Griffin offensive rebound	2	7
9:03	Chase Budinger shooting foul (Blake Griffin draws the foul)	2	7
9:03	Blake Griffin makes free throw 1 of 2	2	8
9:03	Blake Griffin makes free throw 2 of 2	2	9
8:48	Samuel Dalembert makes layup (Goran Dragic assists)	4	9
8:29	Randy Foye misses 19-foot jumper	4	9
8:26	Chase Budinger defensive rebound	4	9
8:18	Chase Budinger misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	9
8:18	Randy Foye defensive rebound	4	9
8:03	DeAndre Jordan offensive foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	4	9
8:03	DeAndre Jordan turnover	4	9
7:43	Luis Scola misses 8-foot jumper	4	9
7:41	DeAndre Jordan defensive rebound	4	9
7:37	Blake Griffin makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)	4	11
7:24	Goran Dragic lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	4	11
7:20	Caron Butler makes 2-foot two point shot	4	13
7:03	Blake Griffin shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	4	13
7:03	Luis Scola misses free throw 1 of 2	4	13
7:03	Houston offensive team rebound	5	13
7:03	Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2	5	13
6:52	Goran Dragic personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	5	13
6:41	Caron Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper	5	13
6:39	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	5	13
6:28	Chase Budinger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	8	13
6:07	Blake Griffin makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	8	15
5:54	Courtney Lee misses 27-foot three point jumper	8	15
5:52	Chris Paul defensive rebound	8	15
5:41	Randy Foye misses 4-foot jumper	8	15
5:39	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	8	15
5:37	Chase Budinger makes driving dunk (Courtney Lee assists)	10	15
5:11	Blake Griffin makes 18-foot jumper	10	17
4:50	DeAndre Jordan blocks Luis Scola's 6-foot hook shot	10	17
4:48	Blake Griffin defensive rebound	10	17
4:37	Randy Foye misses 29-foot three point jumper	10	17
4:37	Luis Scola defensive rebound	10	17
4:24	Courtney Lee makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	13	17
4:16	Los Angeles full timeout	13	17
4:16	Reggie Evans enters the game for DeAndre Jordan	13	17
4:16	Mo Williams enters the game for Randy Foye	13	17
4:05	Caron Butler misses 19-foot jumper	13	17
4:05	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	13	17
3:53	Luis Scola misses 4-foot hook shot	13	17
3:49	Samuel Dalembert offensive rebound	13	17
3:49	Samuel Dalembert misses tip shot	13	17
3:47	Blake Griffin defensive rebound	13	17
3:31	Blake Griffin misses 18-foot jumper	13	17
3:30	Samuel Dalembert defensive rebound	13	17
3:18	Courtney Lee makes layup (Luis Scola assists)	15	17
2:58	Mo Williams bad pass (Chase Budinger steals)	15	17
2:51	Courtney Lee makes three point jumper (Goran Dragic assists)	18	17
2:24	Chris Paul misses 19-foot two point shot	18	17
2:24	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	18	17
2:24	shot clock turnover	18	17
2:24	Kenyon Martin enters the game for Blake Griffin	18	17
2:24	Marcus Morris enters the game for Chase Budinger	18	17
2:24	Patrick Patterson enters the game for Samuel Dalembert	18	17
2:15	Goran Dragic bad pass	18	17
2:15	Bobby Simmons enters the game for Caron Butler	18	17
2:00	Bobby Simmons misses 23-foot three point jumper	18	17
1:57	Courtney Lee defensive rebound	18	17
1:50	Courtney Lee makes driving layup	20	17
1:36	Mo Williams misses 29-foot three point jumper	20	17
1:35	Luis Scola defensive rebound	20	17
1:21	Marcus Morris makes layup (Courtney Lee assists)	22	17
1:04	Chris Paul misses layup	22	17
1:04	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	22	17
1:04	Patrick Patterson loose ball foul (Reggie Evans draws the foul)	22	17
1:04	Reggie Evans misses free throw 1 of 2	22	17
1:04	Los Angeles offensive team rebound	22	17
1:04	Courtney Fortson enters the game for Goran Dragic	22	17
1:04	Reggie Evans misses free throw 2 of 2	22	17
1:02	Luis Scola defensive rebound	22	17
54.9	Courtney Fortson bad pass (Mo Williams steals)	22	17
52.3	Mo Williams traveling	22	17
35.9	Luis Scola misses 7-foot hook shot	22	17
34.1	Houston defensive team rebound	22	17
29.4	Chris Paul out of bounds lost ball turnover	22	17
29.4	Courtney Lee makes technical free throw	23	17
18.6	Jumpball: Courtney Fortson vs. Chris Paul (Mo Williams gains possession)	23	17
18.6	Courtney Fortson lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	23	17
2.9	Bobby Simmons misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	17
0.2	Kenyon Martin offensive rebound	23	17
0.2	Kenyon Martin misses tip shot	23	17
0.2	Kenyon Martin offensive rebound	23	19
0.2	Kenyon Martin makes tip shot	23	19
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	19

Regular Season Series

LAC win 3-0

Rockets
89
Clippers
117

Game 1

5/1

Clippers
105
Rockets
103

Game 2

5/3

Rockets
91
Clippers
95

Game 3

17/3

crypto.com Arena

7:30 PM, 17 March 2012

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 19,060

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Leon Wood
Tre Maddox

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	4	3	.571	-	W1
Dallas	4	3	.571	-	L1
Memphis	4	4	.500	0.5	L1
San Antonio	3	4	.429	1	L1
New Orleans	3	5	.375	1.5	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Phoenix	6	1	.857	-	W5
Golden State	6	1	.857	-	W4
LA Lakers	4	3	.571	2	L1
Sacramento	4	3	.571	2	W1
LA Clippers	3	4	.429	3	W1

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