Spurs 102-100 Rockets (21 Dec, 2016) Play-by-Play

San Antonio Spurs

23-5, 15-1 away

102

	1	2	3	4	T
SA	26	26	19	31	102
HOU	24	21	33	22	100

Houston Rockets

21-8, 10-3 home

100

James Harden misses 11-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Danny Green blocks James Harden 's 12-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes layup (Nene assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 18-foot step back jumpshot
James Harden makes 9-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot
James Harden makes dunk (Ryan Anderson assists)
Nene makes layup (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes driving dunk (Montrezl Harrell assists)
Montrezl Harrell makes 2-foot layup (James Harden assists)
Ryan Anderson misses 22-foot step back jumpshot
Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
David Lee blocks Eric Gordon's layup
James Harden makes driving layup
Montrezl Harrell misses
Sam Dekker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker makes driving dunk (Eric Gordon assists)
Sam Dekker misses 6-foot jumper
Montrezl Harrell misses 1-foot
Montrezl Harrell makes dunk (Sam Dekker assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot three pointer
Sam Dekker makes tip shot
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker makes dunk (Corey Brewer assists)
Sam Dekker misses 4-foot bank shot
Ryan Anderson misses 1-foot tip in layup
Ryan Anderson makes tip shot
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 23-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes 18-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley makes driving layup
Ryan Anderson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 21-foot jumper
Sam Dekker misses 2-foot tipin layup
LaMarcus Aldridge blocks Nene 's layup
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses driving layup
Eric Gordon misses driving layup
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (James Harden assists)
James Harden makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Eric Gordon makes 25-foot three point jumper (James Harden assists)
Pau Gasol blocks James Harden 's 9-foot shot
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 26-foot
Patrick Beverley makes 8-foot two point shot (Montrezl Harrell assists)
Pau Gasol blocks James Harden 's 4-foot layup
Nene makes layup (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 13-foot two point shot
Nene makes jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Nene makes dunk (James Harden assists)
Patrick Beverley misses two point shot
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes 3-foot layup (Ryan Anderson assists)
James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
Ryan Anderson misses layup
Montrezl Harrell makes dunk (Eric Gordon assists)
Trevor Ariza makes three point jumper (Eric Gordon assists)
James Harden makes driving layup
James Harden misses 25-foot three point jumper
Montrezl Harrell makes 3-foot layup (James Harden assists)
James Harden misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses Driving Floating Jump Shot
Montrezl Harrell misses 19-foot jumper
Eric Gordon makes driving layup
Eric Gordon misses 27-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
Sam Dekker misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon makes layup (Nene assists)
Nene misses 9-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Patrick Beverley assists)
James Harden makes 19-foot two point shot
James Harden misses 16-foot two point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon misses 26-foot three point jumper
James Harden makes driving layup
Trevor Ariza makes 3-foot layup (Eric Gordon assists)
James Harden misses 25-foot
Eric Gordon misses 25-foot three point jumper
James Harden misses 27-foot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
Tony Parker makes 18-foot two point shot
Tony Parker misses 21-foot two point jumper
Kawhi Leonard misses 12-foot Running Jumper
Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Tony Parker assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses 7-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol makes layup
Danny Green misses three point jumper
Pau Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
Kawhi Leonard makes jumper
Tony Parker makes 20-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses two point shot
Eric Gordon blocks Tony Parker 's 4-foot layup
Danny Green misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kawhi Leonard makes 5-foot two point shot
Manu Ginobili misses 25-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes tip shot
Patty Mills makes two point shot (Kawhi Leonard assists)
Patty Mills makes 19-foot two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses driving layup
LaMarcus Aldridge makes layup
Kawhi Leonard misses 6-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Lee assists)
Sam Dekker blocks David Lee 's 3-foot layup
Patty Mills makes 25-foot three pointer
David Lee makes layup (Jonathon Simmons assists)
David Lee makes 7-foot two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes 3-foot layup (Danny Green assists)
Pau Gasol makes jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kawhi Leonard misses 25-foot three point jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses two point shot
Danny Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
LaMarcus Aldridge misses turnaround fadeaway
Danny Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Patty Mills misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 10-foot turnaround fadeaway
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Danny Green misses 26-foot three point pullup jump shot
Pau Gasol misses 20-foot jumper
Kawhi Leonard makes two point shot
LaMarcus Aldridge makes two point shot (Pau Gasol assists)
Kawhi Leonard makes 20-foot two point shot
Pau Gasol misses jumper
Danny Green misses three point jumper
Trevor Ariza blocks LaMarcus Aldridge's layup
David Lee makes two point shot (Danny Green assists)
Kawhi Leonard makes 17-foot two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses 17-foot two point jumper
Kawhi Leonard misses 23-foot three point jumper
David Lee misses layup
Manu Ginobili misses layup
Jonathon Simmons misses 13-foot jumper
Jonathon Simmons makes 2-foot layup (Patty Mills assists)
Manu Ginobili misses 15-foot two point jumper
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot step back jumpshot
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Davis Bertans assists)
Patty Mills makes 26-foot three pointer
Patty Mills misses driving layup
Patty Mills misses three point jumper
Manu Ginobili misses 21-foot two point shot
Patrick Beverley blocks Tony Parker 's 5-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper
LaMarcus Aldridge misses 6-foot jumper
Tony Parker misses 14-foot two point jumper
Tony Parker makes three point jumper (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)
Pau Gasol makes two point shot (Kawhi Leonard assists)
Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists)
Danny Green makes 26-foot three pointer (Manu Ginobili assists)
Patty Mills misses 26-foot three point jumper
Eric Gordon blocks Manu Ginobili 's 10-foot jumper
Danny Green makes 25-foot three point jumper (Manu Ginobili assists)
Kawhi Leonard misses two point shot
Patty Mills makes 25-foot three point jumper (Manu Ginobili assists)

SPURS

ROCKETS

TIME		SA	HOU
12:00	Pau Gasol vs. Nene (Kawhi Leonard gains possession)	0	0
11:41	LaMarcus Aldridge misses 20-foot jumper	0	0
11:41	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	0	0
11:27	James Harden misses 11-foot two point shot	0	0
11:26	Nene offensive rebound	0	0
11:21	Patrick Beverley misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:19	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	0	0
11:07	Tony Parker makes 18-foot two point shot	2	0
10:52	Trevor Ariza misses driving layup	2	0
10:52	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	2	0
10:44	Tony Parker misses 21-foot two point jumper	2	0
10:42	Nene defensive rebound	2	0
10:34	Danny Green blocks James Harden 's 12-foot jumper	2	0
10:33	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	2	0
10:22	Trevor Ariza personal foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	2	0
10:08	Kawhi Leonard misses 12-foot Running Jumper	2	0
10:07	Ryan Anderson defensive rebound	2	0
10:00	Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper	2	0
10:00	Nene offensive rebound	2	0
9:56	Trevor Ariza makes layup (Nene assists)	2	2
9:37	Pau Gasol makes 19-foot jumper (Tony Parker assists)	4	2
9:26	Ryan Anderson misses 18-foot step back jumpshot	4	2
9:25	LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound	4	2
9:06	Kawhi Leonard misses 7-foot two point shot	4	2
9:04	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	4	2
9:03	Pau Gasol makes layup	6	2
8:48	James Harden makes 9-foot Driving Floating Jump Shot	6	4
8:30	Danny Green misses three point jumper	6	4
8:29	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	6	4
8:18	James Harden makes dunk (Ryan Anderson assists)	6	6
7:58	Pau Gasol misses 20-foot jumper	6	6
7:56	Patrick Beverley defensive rebound	6	6
7:48	Nene makes layup (James Harden assists)	6	8
7:35	Nene personal block (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	6	8
7:22	Kawhi Leonard makes jumper	8	8
7:16	LaMarcus Aldridge shooting foul (Trevor Ariza draws the foul)	8	8
7:16	Trevor Ariza makes free throw 1 of 2	8	9
7:16	Montrezl Harrell enters the game for Nene	8	9
7:16	Trevor Ariza misses free throw 2 of 2	8	9
7:16	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	8	9
7:01	Patrick Beverley defensive 3-seconds (Technical Foul)	8	9
7:01	Kawhi Leonard makes technical free throw	9	9
6:50	Danny Green offensive Charge (Montrezl Harrell draws the foul)	9	9
6:50	Danny Green turnover	9	9
6:39	James Harden makes driving dunk (Montrezl Harrell assists)	9	11
6:39	Spurs Full timeout	9	11
6:39	Eric Gordon enters the game for Patrick Beverley	9	11
6:28	Pau Gasol bad pass (Montrezl Harrell steals)	9	11
6:24	Montrezl Harrell makes 2-foot layup (James Harden assists)	9	13
6:05	Tony Parker makes 20-foot two point shot	11	13
5:43	Eric Gordon bad pass (Kawhi Leonard steals)	11	13
5:33	LaMarcus Aldridge makes layup (Pau Gasol assists)	13	13
5:13	Ryan Anderson misses 22-foot step back jumpshot	13	13
5:13	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	13	13
4:58	LaMarcus Aldridge misses two point shot	13	13
4:56	James Harden defensive rebound	13	13
4:48	Ryan Anderson misses 27-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:48	Danny Green defensive rebound	13	13
4:39	Eric Gordon blocks Tony Parker 's 4-foot layup	13	13
4:37	Tony Parker offensive rebound	13	13
4:22	Danny Green misses 26-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:20	James Harden defensive rebound	13	13
4:13	Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	13
4:11	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	13	13
4:09	Sam Dekker enters the game for Ryan Anderson	13	13
4:09	Patty Mills enters the game for Pau Gasol	13	13
4:09	David Lee enters the game for Danny Green	13	13
4:09	Manu Ginobili enters the game for Tony Parker	13	13
4:01	Montrezl Harrell shooting foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul)	13	13
4:01	LaMarcus Aldridge misses free throw 1 of 2	13	13
4:01	Spurs offensive team rebound	13	13
4:01	LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 2 of 2	14	13
3:46	David Lee blocks Eric Gordon's layup	14	13
3:45	David Lee defensive rebound	14	13
3:40	Kawhi Leonard makes 5-foot two point shot	16	13
3:29	James Harden makes driving layup	16	15
3:16	Manu Ginobili misses 25-foot three point jumper	16	15
3:16	James Harden defensive rebound	16	15
3:10	Manu Ginobili shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul)	16	15
3:10	James Harden makes free throw 1 of 3	16	16
3:10	James Harden makes free throw 2 of 3	16	17
3:10	James Harden makes free throw 3 of 3	16	18
2:47	LaMarcus Aldridge misses layup	16	18
2:47	LaMarcus Aldridge makes tip shot	18	18
2:47	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	16	18
2:31	Montrezl Harrell misses	18	18
2:31	James Harden offensive rebound	18	18
2:28	Sam Dekker misses 25-foot three point jumper	18	18
2:27	Kawhi Leonard defensive rebound	18	18
2:20	Patty Mills makes two point shot (Kawhi Leonard assists)	20	18
2:00	Sam Dekker makes driving dunk (Eric Gordon assists)	20	20
1:35	Patty Mills makes 19-foot two point shot (LaMarcus Aldridge assists)	22	20
1:21	Sam Dekker misses 6-foot jumper	22	20
1:20	Montrezl Harrell misses 1-foot	22	20
1:20	Montrezl Harrell offensive rebound	22	20
1:19	Sam Dekker offensive rebound	22	20
1:15	Montrezl Harrell makes dunk (Sam Dekker assists)	22	22
48.0	Kawhi Leonard misses driving layup	22	22
47.0	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	22	22
46.0	LaMarcus Aldridge makes layup	24	22
28.0	James Harden misses 26-foot three pointer	24	22
27.0	Sam Dekker makes tip shot	24	24
27.0	Sam Dekker offensive rebound	24	22
6.0	Kawhi Leonard misses 6-foot jumper	24	24
5.0	LaMarcus Aldridge offensive rebound	24	24
3.0	LaMarcus Aldridge makes 20-foot jumper	26	24
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	24

Regular Season Series

SA leads 2-1

Rockets
101
Spurs
99

Game 1

10/11

Spurs
106
Rockets
100

Game 2

13/11

Spurs
102
Rockets
100

Game 3

21/12

Rockets
110
Spurs
112

Game 4

7/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:00 AM, 21 December 2016

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,055

Referees:
Matt Boland
Gary Zielinski
Tony Brothers

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	4	2	.667	-	W1
Memphis	4	3	.571	0.5	W2
San Antonio	3	3	.500	1	W2
Houston	3	3	.500	1	L1
New Orleans	3	4	.429	1.5	L1

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