Game 30 Preview: Washington Wizards vs. Houston Rockets
Game 30 Preview: Rockets look to climb back to .500 against injury-riddled Wizards
| Final - 12.22.2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Rockets | 32 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 97 |
| Los Angeles Clippers | 28 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 92 |
Game 30 Preview: Rockets look to climb back to .500 against injury-riddled Wizards
Rockets beat Clippers, win fourth straight.
The Clippers cut double digit Houston lead to one on three separate occasions, but never got over the hump.
Use this thread for commenting during the second half.
The Clippers are looking for their fourth straight win against a sneaky good Rockets team.
The Clippers will reportedly sign former lottery pick Ike Diogu to provide front court depth after Craig Smith was diagnosed with a herniated disc, joining Chris Kaman and Brian Cook on the sidelines.
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 32 | 24 | 18 | 23 | 97 |
| LA Clippers | 28 | 15 | 19 | 30 | 92 |
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Battier | 32 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 10-2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Luis Scola | 36 | 10-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5-0 | 22 |
| Chuck Hayes | 27 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 7-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5-0 | 7 |
| Kevin Martin | 31 | 8-19 | 3-9 | 9-11 | 4-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | 28 |
| Kyle Lowry | 31 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 4-1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Jordan Hill | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 0 |
| Chase Budinger | 15 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 4-1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 7 |
| Brad Miller | 18 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3-1 | 2 |
| Aaron Brooks | 16 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Courtney Lee | 16 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Patrick Patterson | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Jared Jeffries | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Yao Ming | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Ishmael Smith | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Terrence Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-82 | 9-29 | 18-23 | 45-10 | 28 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 24-1 | 97 | |
| .427 | .310 | .783 | Team Reb: 12 | Total TO: 1 (19 pts) | |||||||
| LA Clippers | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Gomes | 23 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Blake Griffin | 38 | 8-20 | 1-2 | 7-10 | 18-5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3-1 | 24 |
| DeAndre Jordan | 33 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 13-6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Eric Gordon | 29 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 1-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3-0 | 18 |
| Baron Davis | 25 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 1-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5-0 | 5 |
| Rasual Butler | 24 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Randy Foye | 12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Eric Bledsoe | 25 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 4 |
| Ike Diogu | 16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 8 |
| Jarron Collins | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Chris Kaman | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Brian Cook | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Craig Smith | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Willie Warren | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-87 | 4-15 | 18-26 | 46-14 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 19-2 | 92 | |
| .402 | .267 | .692 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (20 pts) | |||||||