GAME THREAD: GAME THREAD: NBA: HOUSTON (6-1) at MEMPHIS (1-4)

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">NBA HOUSTON 97
MEMPHIS 99 0:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">NBA HOUSTON 97
MEMPHIS 99 0:55 LEFT, 4TH QTR</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">NBA HOUSTON 99
MEMPHIS 105 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">NBA FINAL 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL
--- --- --- --- -----
HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 105 FINAL

HIGH SCORERS: HOU - TRACY MCGRADY 41, YAO MING 22, MIKE
JAMES 10
MEM - PAU GASOL 26, DARKO MILICIC 20, MIKE
MILLER 17</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">** CONFIRMED **
NBA
HOUSTON 99
MEMPHIS 105 FINAL</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99) AT MEMPHIS (105)

HOUSTON

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S BATTIER F 32:35 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0
C HAYES F 19:04 3-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 6 4 0 6
Y MING C 34:56 7-12 8-8 2 5 7 1 5 2 1 22
T MCGRADY G 36:28 16-28 6-10 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 41
R ALSTON G 19:30 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 4
L SCOLA 22:24 3-5 0-0 3 1 4 0 4 0 2 6
B WELLS 19:51 2-8 1-2 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 5
M JAMES 28:30 4-12 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 10
D MUTOMBO 12:27 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
L HEAD 14:15 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5

TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9 27 36 17 29 10 9 99
(.470) (.708) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 9 (0 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R GAY F 32:30 6-11 3-4 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 15
P GASOL F 35:52 6-11 14-17 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 26
D MILICIC C 35:23 9-14 2-4 3 3 6 0 5 2 2 20
M MILLER G 35:41 6-11 5-5 1 6 7 6 4 2 4 17
D STOUDAMIRE G 15:34 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0
C JACOBSEN 13:16 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
K LOWRY 32:26 1-4 7-8 0 8 8 3 1 0 0 9
T KINSEY 10:39 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 1 2 2
S SWIFT 14:06 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 8
H WARRICK 3:15 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
J NAVARRO 11:18 3-6 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9 35 44 19 22 6 17 105
(.500) (.829) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17 (0 PTS)

HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - D MUTOMBO, M JAMES, Y MING. MEMPHIS - D MILICIC 2,
S SWIFT, R GAY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 4-19 (.211), S BATTIER 0-4, T MCGRADY 3-
7, R ALSTON 0-4, M JAMES 1-3, L HEAD 0-1. MEMPHIS 1-11 (.091), R GAY 0-
2, M MILLER 0-3, C JACOBSEN 0-1, K LOWRY 0-1, J NAVARRO 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DAVID JONES, ELY ROE, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 12,368. T - 2:20.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99) AT MEMPHIS (105)

HOUSTON

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S BATTIER F 32:35 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0
C HAYES F 19:04 3-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 6 4 0 6
Y MING C 34:56 7-12 8-8 2 5 7 1 5 2 1 22
T MCGRADY G 36:28 16-28 6-10 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 41
R ALSTON G 19:30 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 4
L SCOLA 22:24 3-5 0-0 3 1 4 0 4 0 2 6
B WELLS 19:51 2-8 1-2 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 5
M JAMES 28:30 4-12 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 10
D MUTOMBO 12:27 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
L HEAD 14:15 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5

TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9 27 36 17 29 10 9 99
(.470) (.708) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 9 (0 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R GAY F 32:30 6-11 3-4 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 15
P GASOL F 35:52 6-11 14-17 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 26
D MILICIC C 35:23 9-14 2-4 3 3 6 0 5 2 2 20
M MILLER G 35:41 6-11 5-5 1 6 7 6 4 2 4 17
D STOUDAMIRE G 15:34 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0
C JACOBSEN 13:16 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
K LOWRY 32:26 1-4 7-8 0 8 8 3 1 0 0 9
T KINSEY 10:39 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 1 2 2
S SWIFT 14:06 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 8
H WARRICK 3:15 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
J NAVARRO 11:18 3-6 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9 35 44 19 22 6 17 105
(.500) (.829) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17 (0 PTS)

HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - D MUTOMBO, M JAMES, Y MING. MEMPHIS - D MILICIC 2,
S SWIFT, R GAY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 4-19 (.211), S BATTIER 0-4, T MCGRADY 3-
7, R ALSTON 0-4, M JAMES 1-3, L HEAD 0-1. MEMPHIS 1-11 (.091), R GAY 0-
2, M MILLER 0-3, C JACOBSEN 0-1, K LOWRY 0-1, J NAVARRO 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DAVID JONES, ELY ROE, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 12,368. T - 2:20.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Battier 32:35 0-4 0-0 1-4 3 3 0
C Hayes 19:04 3-3 0-0 1-5 0 6 6
Y Ming 34:56 7-12 8-8 2-7 1 5 22
T McGrady 36:28 16-28 6-10 0-4 4 0 41
R Alston 19:30 2-7 0-0 0-2 6 1 4
L Scola 22:24 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 4 6
B Wells 19:51 2-8 1-2 1-4 1 4 5
M James 28:30 4-12 1-2 0-3 2 3 10
D Mutombo 12:27 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 1 0
L Head 14:15 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 5

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9-36 17 29 99
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.470, FT-.708. 3-Point Goals:
4-19, .211 (S Battier 0-4, T McGrady 3-7, R
Alston 0-4, M James 1-3, L Head 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots:3 (D Mutombo, M
James, Y Ming). Turnovers:9 (L Scola 2, T
McGrady, B Wells, R Alston, Y Ming, S
Battier, M James, L Head). Steals: 10 (C
Hayes 4, T McGrady 2, Y Ming 2, R Alston, S
Battier).


MEMPHIS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Gay 32:30 6-11 3-4 2-3 0 3 15
P Gasol 35:52 6-11 14-17 2-6 3 1 26
D Milicic 35:23 9-14 2-4 3-6 0 5 20
M Miller 35:41 6-11 5-5 1-7 6 4 17
D Stoudamire 15:34 0-4 0-0 0-2 6 1 0
C Jacobsen 13:16 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
K Lowry 32:26 1-4 7-8 0-8 3 1 9
T Kinsey 10:39 1-4 0-0 0-4 1 3 2
S Swift 14:06 3-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 8
H Warrick 3:15 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0
J Navarro 11:18 3-6 1-1 0-1 0 0 8

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9-44 19 22 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.829. 3-Point Goals:
1-11, .091 (R Gay 0-2, M Miller 0-3, C
Jacobsen 0-1, K Lowry 0-1, J Navarro 1-4).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (D Milicic
2, S Swift, R Gay). Turnovers:17 (M Miller 4,
R Gay 3, D Stoudamire 2, P Gasol 2, T Kinsey
2, D Milicic 2, S Swift, C Jacobsen). Steals:
6 (M Miller 2, D Milicic 2, D Stoudamire, T
Kinsey).

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HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 12,368. T: 2:20.
Officials: David Jones, Ely Roe, Scott Foster.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Battier 32:35 0-4 0-0 1-4 3 3 0
C Hayes 19:04 3-3 0-0 1-5 0 6 6
Y Ming 34:56 7-12 8-8 2-7 1 5 22
T McGrady 36:28 16-28 6-10 0-4 4 0 41
R Alston 19:30 2-7 0-0 0-2 6 1 4
L Scola 22:24 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 4 6
B Wells 19:51 2-8 1-2 1-4 1 4 5
M James 28:30 4-12 1-2 0-3 2 3 10
D Mutombo 12:27 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 1 0
L Head 14:15 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 5

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9-36 17 29 99
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.470, FT-.708. 3-Point Goals:
4-19, .211 (S Battier 0-4, T McGrady 3-7, R
Alston 0-4, M James 1-3, L Head 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots:3 (D Mutombo, M
James, Y Ming). Turnovers:9 (L Scola 2, T
McGrady, B Wells, R Alston, Y Ming, S
Battier, M James, L Head). Steals: 10 (C
Hayes 4, T McGrady 2, Y Ming 2, R Alston, S
Battier).


MEMPHIS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Gay 32:30 6-11 3-4 2-3 0 3 15
P Gasol 35:52 6-11 14-17 2-6 3 1 26
D Milicic 35:23 9-14 2-4 3-6 0 5 20
M Miller 35:41 6-11 5-5 1-7 6 4 17
D Stoudamire 15:34 0-4 0-0 0-2 6 1 0
C Jacobsen 13:16 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
K Lowry 32:26 1-4 7-8 0-8 3 1 9
T Kinsey 10:39 1-4 0-0 0-4 1 3 2
S Swift 14:06 3-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 8
H Warrick 3:15 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0
J Navarro 11:18 3-6 1-1 0-1 0 0 8

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9-44 19 22 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.829. 3-Point Goals:
1-11, .091 (R Gay 0-2, M Miller 0-3, C
Jacobsen 0-1, K Lowry 0-1, J Navarro 1-4).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (D Milicic
2, S Swift, R Gay). Turnovers:17 (M Miller 4,
R Gay 3, D Stoudamire 2, P Gasol 2, T Kinsey
2, D Milicic 2, S Swift, C Jacobsen). Steals:
6 (M Miller 2, D Milicic 2, D Stoudamire, T
Kinsey).

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HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 12,368. T: 2:20.
Officials: David Jones, Ely Roe, Scott Foster.</div>

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Pau Gasol redeemed himself fordisappearing in the second halves of the Memphis Grizzlies'past two games.


Gasol scored 26 points and made some clutch free throws down thestretch to help the Grizzlies overcome a great night by TracyMcGrady and defeat the Houston Rockets, 105-99, on Tuesday.

Darko Milicic added 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting and sixrebounds for Memphis, which avoid a three-game skid by shooting50 percent (35-of-70) from the field and winning the reboundingbattle, 44-36.


McGrady scored 41 points for the Rockets, who have surrendered100-plus points just twice this season, resulting in their onlytwo losses.


With the game tied at 97-97, Memphis went 8-of-8 from thefree-throw line in the final two minutes to take control of thegame. Gasol made four of them en route to going 14-of-16 fromthe line for the contest.


Gasol, who averaged just one shot and no points in the closinghalves of a pair of road losses Friday and Saturday, collectedeight points in the third quarter and connected on a pair offree throws in the last 24 seconds of the period to give Memphisan 80-79 advantage.


The Grizzlies opened the fourth with an 11-4 run, capped by aputback dunk by forward Stromile Swift over Rockets center YaoMing, to go up by eight with under eight minutes to play.

McGrady helped Houston get back into the game, scoring sevenpoints on a 12-3 run, which tied the contest at 97-97 with 2:19.The Rockets, however, put the Grizzlies on the free-throw lineeight times and failed to hit a field goal the rest of the way.

McGrady took little time to heat up, hitting for 15 of histeam's 28 points in the opening quarter as the Rockets led bythree at the end of the first period.


He doubled the scoring output of his fellow starters in thefirst half with 22 points, compared to 10 from the others. Hisreverse layup with 1:16 to go in the third gave Houston afive-point lead that they could not hang on to.


The other half of Houston's All-Star tandem, Yao, finished with20 points and just four rebounds. He was the only other Rocketto score in double figures.


A thunderous dunk by second-year forward Rudy Gay over LuisScola and Dikembe Mutombo ignited the Memphis crowd. Then, a3-pointer by guard Juan Carlos Navarro gave the Grizzlies theirfirst lead since the opening possession of the game.

McGrady, however, responded - tying the game at 42-42 with areverse dunk.


After Gay checked out 1:58 into the game with his second foul,Milicic became the Grizzlies' best scoring option - netting 11points in the opening period.


Memphis connected on just 1-of-11 shots from the arc and turnedthe ball over 17 times, but outscored Houston, 52-38, in thepaint.

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Pau Gasol redeemed himself fordisappearing in the second halves of the Memphis Grizzlies'past two games.


Gasol scored 26 points and made some clutch free throws down thestretch to help the Grizzlies overcome a great night by TracyMcGrady and defeat the Houston Rockets, 105-99, on Tuesday.

Darko Milicic added 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting and sixrebounds for Memphis, which avoid a three-game skid by shooting50 percent (35-of-70) from the field and winning the reboundingbattle, 44-36.


McGrady scored 41 points for the Rockets, who have surrendered100-plus points just twice this season, resulting in their onlytwo losses.


With the game tied at 97-97, Memphis went 8-of-8 from thefree-throw line in the final two minutes to take control of thegame. Gasol made four of them en route to going 14-of-16 fromthe line for the contest.


Gasol, who averaged just one shot and no points in the closinghalves of a pair of road losses Friday and Saturday, collectedeight points in the third quarter and connected on a pair offree throws in the last 24 seconds of the period to give Memphisan 80-79 advantage.


The Grizzlies opened the fourth with an 11-4 run, capped by aputback dunk by forward Stromile Swift over Rockets center YaoMing, to go up by eight with under eight minutes to play.

McGrady helped Houston get back into the game, scoring sevenpoints on a 12-3 run, which tied the contest at 97-97 with 2:19.The Rockets, however, put the Grizzlies on the free-throw lineeight times and failed to hit a field goal the rest of the way.

McGrady took little time to heat up, hitting for 15 of histeam's 28 points in the opening quarter as the Rockets led bythree at the end of the first period.


He doubled the scoring output of his fellow starters in thefirst half with 22 points, compared to 10 from the others. Hisreverse layup with 1:16 to go in the third gave Houston afive-point lead that they could not hang on to.


The other half of Houston's All-Star tandem, Yao, finished with20 points and just four rebounds. He was the only other Rocketto score in double figures.


A thunderous dunk by second-year forward Rudy Gay over LuisScola and Dikembe Mutombo ignited the Memphis crowd. Then, a3-pointer by guard Juan Carlos Navarro gave the Grizzlies theirfirst lead since the opening possession of the game.

McGrady, however, responded - tying the game at 42-42 with areverse dunk.


After Gay checked out 1:58 into the game with his second foul,Milicic became the Grizzlies' best scoring option - netting 11points in the opening period.


Memphis connected on just 1-of-11 shots from the arc and turnedthe ball over 17 times, but outscored Houston, 52-38, in thepaint.

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99) AT MEMPHIS (105)

HOUSTON

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S BATTIER F 32:35 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0
C HAYES F 19:04 3-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 6 4 0 6
Y MING C 34:56 7-12 8-8 2 5 7 1 5 2 1 22
T MCGRADY G 36:28 16-28 6-10 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 41
R ALSTON G 19:30 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 4
L SCOLA 22:24 3-5 0-0 3 1 4 0 4 0 2 6
B WELLS 19:51 2-8 1-2 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 5
M JAMES 28:30 4-12 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 10
D MUTOMBO 12:27 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
L HEAD 14:15 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
S FRANCIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
K SNYDER DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9 27 36 17 29 10 9 99
(.470) (.708) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 9 (8 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R GAY F 32:30 6-11 3-4 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 15
P GASOL F 35:52 6-11 14-17 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 26
D MILICIC C 35:23 9-14 2-4 3 3 6 0 5 2 2 20
M MILLER G 35:41 6-11 5-5 1 6 7 6 4 2 4 17
D STOUDAMIRE G 15:34 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0
C JACOBSEN 13:16 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
K LOWRY 32:26 1-4 7-8 0 8 8 3 1 0 0 9
T KINSEY 10:39 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 1 2 2
S SWIFT 14:06 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 8
H WARRICK 3:15 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
J NAVARRO 11:18 3-6 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
M CONLEY JR. DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9 35 44 19 22 6 17 105
(.500) (.829) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17 (20 PTS)

HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - D MUTOMBO, M JAMES, Y MING. MEMPHIS - D MILICIC 2,
S SWIFT, R GAY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 4-19 (.211), S BATTIER 0-4, T MCGRADY 3-
7, R ALSTON 0-4, M JAMES 1-3, L HEAD 0-1. MEMPHIS 1-11 (.091), R GAY 0-
2, M MILLER 0-3, C JACOBSEN 0-1, K LOWRY 0-1, J NAVARRO 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DAVID JONES, ELY ROE, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 12,368. T - 2:20.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99) AT MEMPHIS (105)

HOUSTON

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

S BATTIER F 32:35 0-4 0-0 1 3 4 3 3 1 1 0
C HAYES F 19:04 3-3 0-0 1 4 5 0 6 4 0 6
Y MING C 34:56 7-12 8-8 2 5 7 1 5 2 1 22
T MCGRADY G 36:28 16-28 6-10 0 4 4 4 0 2 1 41
R ALSTON G 19:30 2-7 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 4
L SCOLA 22:24 3-5 0-0 3 1 4 0 4 0 2 6
B WELLS 19:51 2-8 1-2 1 3 4 1 4 0 1 5
M JAMES 28:30 4-12 1-2 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 10
D MUTOMBO 12:27 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0
L HEAD 14:15 2-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
S FRANCIS DNP - COACH'S DECISION
K SNYDER DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9 27 36 17 29 10 9 99
(.470) (.708) TEAM REBS: 5 TOTAL TO: 9 (8 PTS)

MEMPHIS

REBOUNDS
PLAYER POS MIN FGM-FGA FTM-FTA OFF-DEF-TOT AST PF ST TO PTS
====== === === ======= ======= =========== === == == == ===

R GAY F 32:30 6-11 3-4 2 1 3 0 3 0 3 15
P GASOL F 35:52 6-11 14-17 2 4 6 3 1 0 2 26
D MILICIC C 35:23 9-14 2-4 3 3 6 0 5 2 2 20
M MILLER G 35:41 6-11 5-5 1 6 7 6 4 2 4 17
D STOUDAMIRE G 15:34 0-4 0-0 0 2 2 6 1 1 2 0
C JACOBSEN 13:16 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
K LOWRY 32:26 1-4 7-8 0 8 8 3 1 0 0 9
T KINSEY 10:39 1-4 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 1 2 2
S SWIFT 14:06 3-4 2-2 1 2 3 0 3 0 1 8
H WARRICK 3:15 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0
J NAVARRO 11:18 3-6 1-1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 8
M CONLEY JR. DNP - COACH'S DECISION

TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9 35 44 19 22 6 17 105
(.500) (.829) TEAM REBS: 8 TOTAL TO: 17 (20 PTS)

HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105

BLOCKED SHOTS: HOUSTON - D MUTOMBO, M JAMES, Y MING. MEMPHIS - D MILICIC 2,
S SWIFT, R GAY.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: HOUSTON 4-19 (.211), S BATTIER 0-4, T MCGRADY 3-
7, R ALSTON 0-4, M JAMES 1-3, L HEAD 0-1. MEMPHIS 1-11 (.091), R GAY 0-
2, M MILLER 0-3, C JACOBSEN 0-1, K LOWRY 0-1, J NAVARRO 1-4.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DAVID JONES, ELY ROE, SCOTT FOSTER.
A - 12,368. T - 2:20.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Battier 32:35 0-4 0-0 1-4 3 3 0
C Hayes 19:04 3-3 0-0 1-5 0 6 6
Y Ming 34:56 7-12 8-8 2-7 1 5 22
T McGrady 36:28 16-28 6-10 0-4 4 0 41
R Alston 19:30 2-7 0-0 0-2 6 1 4
L Scola 22:24 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 4 6
B Wells 19:51 2-8 1-2 1-4 1 4 5
M James 28:30 4-12 1-2 0-3 2 3 10
D Mutombo 12:27 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 1 0
L Head 14:15 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 5
S Francis DNP - COACH'S DECISION
K Snyder DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9-36 17 29 99
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.470, FT-.708. 3-Point Goals:
4-19, .211 (S Battier 0-4, T McGrady 3-7, R
Alston 0-4, M James 1-3, L Head 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots:3 (D Mutombo, M
James, Y Ming). Turnovers:9 (L Scola 2, T
McGrady, B Wells, R Alston, Y Ming, S
Battier, M James, L Head). Steals: 10 (C
Hayes 4, T McGrady 2, Y Ming 2, R Alston, S
Battier).


MEMPHIS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Gay 32:30 6-11 3-4 2-3 0 3 15
P Gasol 35:52 6-11 14-17 2-6 3 1 26
D Milicic 35:23 9-14 2-4 3-6 0 5 20
M Miller 35:41 6-11 5-5 1-7 6 4 17
D Stoudamire 15:34 0-4 0-0 0-2 6 1 0
C Jacobsen 13:16 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
K Lowry 32:26 1-4 7-8 0-8 3 1 9
T Kinsey 10:39 1-4 0-0 0-4 1 3 2
S Swift 14:06 3-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 8
H Warrick 3:15 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0
J Navarro 11:18 3-6 1-1 0-1 0 0 8
M Conley Jr. DNP - COACH'S DECISION

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TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9-44 19 22 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.829. 3-Point Goals:
1-11, .091 (R Gay 0-2, M Miller 0-3, C
Jacobsen 0-1, K Lowry 0-1, J Navarro 1-4).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (D Milicic
2, S Swift, R Gay). Turnovers:17 (M Miller 4,
R Gay 3, D Stoudamire 2, P Gasol 2, T Kinsey
2, D Milicic 2, S Swift, C Jacobsen). Steals:
6 (M Miller 2, D Milicic 2, D Stoudamire, T
Kinsey).

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HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 12,368. T: 2:20.
Officials: David Jones, Ely Roe, Scott Foster.</div>

 

NBA: HOUSTON at MEMPHIS

<div class="pre">HOUSTON (99)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
S Battier 32:35 0-4 0-0 1-4 3 3 0
C Hayes 19:04 3-3 0-0 1-5 0 6 6
Y Ming 34:56 7-12 8-8 2-7 1 5 22
T McGrady 36:28 16-28 6-10 0-4 4 0 41
R Alston 19:30 2-7 0-0 0-2 6 1 4
L Scola 22:24 3-5 0-0 3-4 0 4 6
B Wells 19:51 2-8 1-2 1-4 1 4 5
M James 28:30 4-12 1-2 0-3 2 3 10
D Mutombo 12:27 0-0 0-0 1-3 0 1 0
L Head 14:15 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 2 5
S Francis DNP - COACH'S DECISION
K Snyder DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 39-83 17-24 9-36 17 29 99
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.470, FT-.708. 3-Point Goals:
4-19, .211 (S Battier 0-4, T McGrady 3-7, R
Alston 0-4, M James 1-3, L Head 0-1). Team
Rebounds: 5. Blocked Shots:3 (D Mutombo, M
James, Y Ming). Turnovers:9 (L Scola 2, T
McGrady, B Wells, R Alston, Y Ming, S
Battier, M James, L Head). Steals: 10 (C
Hayes 4, T McGrady 2, Y Ming 2, R Alston, S
Battier).


MEMPHIS (105)

fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
R Gay 32:30 6-11 3-4 2-3 0 3 15
P Gasol 35:52 6-11 14-17 2-6 3 1 26
D Milicic 35:23 9-14 2-4 3-6 0 5 20
M Miller 35:41 6-11 5-5 1-7 6 4 17
D Stoudamire 15:34 0-4 0-0 0-2 6 1 0
C Jacobsen 13:16 0-1 0-0 0-1 0 1 0
K Lowry 32:26 1-4 7-8 0-8 3 1 9
T Kinsey 10:39 1-4 0-0 0-4 1 3 2
S Swift 14:06 3-4 2-2 1-3 0 3 8
H Warrick 3:15 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 0 0
J Navarro 11:18 3-6 1-1 0-1 0 0 8
M Conley Jr. DNP - COACH'S DECISION

______________________________________________________
TOTALS 240:00 35-70 34-41 9-44 19 22 105
______________________________________________________

Percentages: FG-.500, FT-.829. 3-Point Goals:
1-11, .091 (R Gay 0-2, M Miller 0-3, C
Jacobsen 0-1, K Lowry 0-1, J Navarro 1-4).
Team Rebounds: 8. Blocked Shots:4 (D Milicic
2, S Swift, R Gay). Turnovers:17 (M Miller 4,
R Gay 3, D Stoudamire 2, P Gasol 2, T Kinsey
2, D Milicic 2, S Swift, C Jacobsen). Steals:
6 (M Miller 2, D Milicic 2, D Stoudamire, T
Kinsey).

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HOUSTON 28 25 26 20 - 99
MEMPHIS 25 24 31 25 - 105
-------------------------------------------

Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 12,368. T: 2:20.
Officials: David Jones, Ely Roe, Scott Foster.</div>

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Pau Gasol redeemed himself fordisappearing in the second halves of the Memphis Grizzlies'past two games.


Gasol scored 26 points and made some clutch free throws down thestretch to help the Grizzlies overcome a great night by TracyMcGrady and defeat the Houston Rockets, 105-99, on Tuesday.

Darko Milicic added 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting and sixrebounds for Memphis, which avoid a three-game skid by shooting50 percent (35-of-70) from the field and winning the reboundingbattle, 44-36.


McGrady scored 41 points for the Rockets (6-2), who havesurrendered 100-plus points just twice this season, resulting intheir only two losses.


With the game tied at 97-97, Memphis went 8-of-8 from thefree-throw line in the final two minutes to take control of thegame. Gasol made four of them en route to going 14-of-16 fromthe line for the contest.


"The key was to stay aggressive," said Gasol, who netted14-of-17 free throws and notched his 64th consecutivedouble-digit scoring effort. "They made a run back at us, butwe kept going at them hard and were able to hit the shots weneeded to win."


Gasol, who averaged just one shot and no points in the closinghalves of a pair of road losses Friday and Saturday, collected11 points from the line over the third and fourth quarters -including six in the final 3:37 of the third that gave Memphisan 80-79 advantage heading to last quarter.


The Grizzlies opened the fourth with an 11-4 run, capped by aputback dunk by forward Stromile Swift over Rockets center YaoMing, to go up by eight with under eight minutes to play.

"I thought the guys re-asserted themselves when it looked likewe might dribble this one away," said Grizzlies coach MarkIavaroni, who earned his first home victory. "We got goodshots, we went inside and we came up with some big finishingstops at the end."


McGrady helped Houston get back into the game, scoring sevenpoints on a 12-3 run, which tied the contest at 97-97 with 2:19.The Rockets, however, put the Grizzlies on the free-throw lineeight times and failed to hit a field goal the rest of the way.

"I just don't think we played well enough at the other end,"Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "Defensively in the secondhalf, they got it going, and we missed a lot of shots thatseemed like they were there for us. This is just a game wherewe didn't play well enough."


"We had some problems clicking offensively as a unit tonight,"said McGrady, who topped the 40-point mark for the second timethis season. "When we're not there defensively, we have tofigure out how to answer with more shots. Tonight, we didn'tseem to have it on either end in the second half. We got to fixthat."


McGrady took little time to heat up, hitting for 15 of histeam's 28 points in the opening quarter as the Rockets led bythree at the end of the first period.


He doubled the scoring output of his fellow starters in thefirst half with 22 points, compared to 10 from the others. Hisreverse lay-up with 1:16 to go in the third gave Houston afive-point lead that they could not hang on to.


The other half of Houston's All-Star tandem, Yao, finished with20 points and seven rebounds. The only other Rocket to score indouble figures was forward Chuck Hayes with 10 points.

"We tried to make it tough on guys tonight," said Milicic, who<div class="pre">was the Grizzlies' best scoring option early on netting 11</div>points in the opening period. "We looked like a team tonight.We played really tough on defense and really smart on offense."

A thunderous dunk by second-year forward Rudy Gay over LuisScola and Dikembe Mutombo ignited the Memphis crowd late in thesecond quarter. Then, a 3-pointer by guard Juan Carlos Navarrogave the Grizzlies their first lead since the opening possessionof the game.


McGrady, however, responded - tying the game at 42-42 with areverse dunk.


Memphis connected on just 1-of-11 shots from the arc and turnedthe ball over 17 times, but outscored Houston, 52-38, in thepaint.


After lighting up the first half, the Rockets missed 25-of-42attempts from the field in the second to finish at 47 percent(39-of-83) on the night, and just 4-of-19 from the arc.

 

By Shawn Pachucki
PA Sportsticker Contributing Writer


MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Pau Gasol redeemed himself fordisappearing in the second halves of the Memphis Grizzlies'past two games.


Gasol scored 26 points and made some clutch free throws down thestretch to help the Grizzlies overcome a great night by TracyMcGrady and defeat the Houston Rockets, 105-99, on Tuesday.

Darko Milicic added 20 points on 9-of-14 shooting and sixrebounds for Memphis, which avoid a three-game skid by shooting50 percent (35-of-70) from the field and winning the reboundingbattle, 44-36.


McGrady scored 41 points for the Rockets (6-2), who havesurrendered 100-plus points just twice this season, resulting intheir only two losses.


With the game tied at 97-97, Memphis went 8-of-8 from thefree-throw line in the final two minutes to take control of thegame. Gasol made four of them en route to going 14-of-16 fromthe line for the contest.


"The key was to stay aggressive," said Gasol, who netted14-of-17 free throws and notched his 64th consecutivedouble-digit scoring effort. "They made a run back at us, butwe kept going at them hard and were able to hit the shots weneeded to win."


Gasol, who averaged just one shot and no points in the closinghalves of a pair of road losses Friday and Saturday, collected11 points from the line over the third and fourth quarters -including six in the final 3:37 of the third that gave Memphisan 80-79 advantage heading to last quarter.


The Grizzlies opened the fourth with an 11-4 run, capped by aputback dunk by forward Stromile Swift over Rockets center YaoMing, to go up by eight with under eight minutes to play.

"I thought the guys re-asserted themselves when it looked likewe might dribble this one away," said Grizzlies coach MarkIavaroni, who earned his first home victory. "We got goodshots, we went inside and we came up with some big finishingstops at the end."


McGrady helped Houston get back into the game, scoring sevenpoints on a 12-3 run, which tied the contest at 97-97 with 2:19.The Rockets, however, put the Grizzlies on the free-throw lineeight times and failed to hit a field goal the rest of the way.

"I just don't think we played well enough at the other end,"Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. "Defensively in the secondhalf, they got it going, and we missed a lot of shots thatseemed like they were there for us. This is just a game wherewe didn't play well enough."


"We had some problems clicking offensively as a unit tonight,"said McGrady, who topped the 40-point mark for the second timethis season. "When we're not there defensively, we have tofigure out how to answer with more shots. Tonight, we didn'tseem to have it on either end in the second half. We got to fixthat."


McGrady took little time to heat up, hitting for 15 of histeam's 28 points in the opening quarter as the Rockets led bythree at the end of the first period.


He doubled the scoring output of his fellow starters in thefirst half with 22 points, compared to 10 from the others. Hisreverse lay-up with 1:16 to go in the third gave Houston afive-point lead that they could not hang on to.


The other half of Houston's All-Star tandem, Yao, finished with20 points and seven rebounds. The only other Rocket to score indouble figures was forward Chuck Hayes with 10 points.

"We tried to make it tough on guys tonight," said Milicic, who<div class="pre">was the Grizzlies' best scoring option early on netting 11</div>points in the opening period. "We looked like a team tonight.We played really tough on defense and really smart on offense."

A thunderous dunk by second-year forward Rudy Gay over LuisScola and Dikembe Mutombo ignited the Memphis crowd late in thesecond quarter. Then, a 3-pointer by guard Juan Carlos Navarrogave the Grizzlies their first lead since the opening possessionof the game.


McGrady, however, responded - tying the game at 42-42 with areverse dunk.


Memphis connected on just 1-of-11 shots from the arc and turnedthe ball over 17 times, but outscored Houston, 52-38, in thepaint.


After lighting up the first half, the Rockets missed 25-of-42attempts from the field in the second to finish at 47 percent(39-of-83) on the night, and just 4-of-19 from the arc.