Game 2 Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets
Game 2 Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets
| Final - 12.26.2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Rockets | 23 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 95 |
| Orlando Magic | 27 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 104 |
Game 2 Preview: San Antonio Spurs vs. Houston Rockets
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| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 23 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 95 |
| Orlando | 27 | 26 | 24 | 27 | 104 |
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chase Budinger | 20 | 1-5 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 |
| Luis Scola | 38 | 8-18 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 7-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 19 |
| Jordan Hill | 19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2-0 | 6 |
| Kevin Martin | 32 | 1-10 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 4 |
| Kyle Lowry | 36 | 5-12 | 1-6 | 9-10 | 7-1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5-0 | 20 |
| Samuel Dalembert | 19 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0-0 | 10 |
| Terrence Williams | 26 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 6-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 13 |
| Jeff Adrien | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 0 |
| Goran Dragic | 11 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 |
| Courtney Lee | 23 | 6-10 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 15 |
| Marcus Morris | 4 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 0 |
| Jonny Flynn | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Patrick Patterson | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Hasheem Thabeet | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Chandler Parsons | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 36-82 | 6-27 | 17-20 | 41-11 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 17-1 | 95 | |
| .439 | .222 | .850 | Team Reb: 6 | Total TO: 1 (14 pts) | |||||||
| Orlando | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hedo Turkoglu | 35 | 10-14 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1-0 | 23 |
| Ryan Anderson | 27 | 3-9 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 8 |
| Dwight Howard | 37 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 7-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2-0 | 21 |
| Jason Richardson | 32 | 5-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3-0 | 10 |
| Jameer Nelson | 30 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| J.J. Redick | 28 | 8-12 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 20 |
| Glen Davis | 21 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3-0 | 13 |
| Von Wafer | 8 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| Chris Duhon | 17 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Justin Harper | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Quentin Richardson | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Larry Hughes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Daniel Orton | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Earl Clark | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| DeAndre Liggins | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 44-83 | 9-22 | 7-10 | 35-6 | 19 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 15-1 | 104 | |
| .530 | .409 | .700 | Team Reb: 9 | Total TO: 0 (12 pts) | |||||||