Game 36 Preview: Houston Rockets vs. Utah Jazz
Back to back with the second leg on the road in SLC? Of course the NBA would do that. Of course. Do we play Denver the following night on top of Mt. Everest? Actually, we do play Denver next, it's...
| Final - 2.28.2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Raptors | 15 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 85 |
| Houston Rockets | 27 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 88 |
Back to back with the second leg on the road in SLC? Of course the NBA would do that. Of course. Do we play Denver the following night on top of Mt. Everest? Actually, we do play Denver next, it's...
The Rockets managed to pull out an 88-85 victory over the Raptors on Tuesday night. Boy, was it ugly.
Rapid Recap: Raptors fight and make it close, but come up short. Houston wins 88-85.
Game 35 Preview: Toronto Raptors vs. Houston Rockets
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 15 | 21 | 28 | 21 | 85 |
| Houston | 27 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 88 |
| Toronto | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Johnson | 33 | 6-12 | 0-2 | 4-4 | 8-2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 16 |
| Amir Johnson | 29 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Aaron Gray | 17 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 4 |
| DeMar DeRozan | 27 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1-0 | 17 |
| Jose Calderon | 23 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2-0 | 7 |
| Leandro Barbosa | 25 | 5-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-0 | 11 |
| Ed Davis | 22 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 15-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2-0 | 5 |
| Jerryd Bayless | 11 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3-1 | 4 |
| Linas Kleiza | 20 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Anthony Carter | 12 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1-0 | 2 |
| Rasual Butler | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Andrea Bargnani | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Gary Forbes | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Solomon Alabi | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 35-75 | 2-17 | 13-18 | 47-9 | 18 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 23-2 | 85 | |
| .467 | .118 | .722 | Team Reb: 7 | Total TO: 2 (12 pts) | |||||||
| Houston | |||||||||||
| Player | Min | FG-A | 3PF-A | FT-A | Reb-O | Ast | Stl | TO | Blk | PF-T | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler Parsons | 31 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 4-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 |
| Luis Scola | 33 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 10-1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3-0 | 15 |
| Samuel Dalembert | 27 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2-0 | 10 |
| Kevin Martin | 31 | 3-15 | 1-6 | 7-8 | 5-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2-0 | 14 |
| Kyle Lowry | 38 | 8-12 | 4-4 | 6-7 | 3-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4-0 | 26 |
| Courtney Lee | 23 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 7 |
| Patrick Patterson | 23 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-0 | 8 |
| Goran Dragic | 19 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2-0 | 2 |
| Chase Budinger | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-0 | 0 |
| Greg Smith | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Jonny Flynn | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Hasheem Thabeet | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Terrence Williams | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Jordan Hill | DNP - Injured | ||||||||||
| Marcus Morris | DNP - Coach's Decision | ||||||||||
| Team Totals | 29-75 | 7-20 | 23-28 | 37-8 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 15-0 | 88 | |
| .387 | .350 | .821 | Team Reb: 5 | Total TO: 0 (10 pts) | |||||||