Rockets 101, Suns 90
On a night, Hakeem Olajuwon was honored with a sculpture outside of Toyota Center, the Houston Rockets spotted the Phoenix Suns a 13 to 2 lead Friday night inside Toyota Center and then tied the game at and took a 29 to 28 with 21.3 seconds left in the first quarter.
"I couldn't be prouder of our team," said Rockets head coach Rick Adelman after the game. "The way Phoenix started this game, they really ran at us, had a lot of energy and we withstood that rally; got back in it and from the middle of that first quarter on, we just played a solid game all the way through and kept them in control."
The Rockets never trailed the rest of the ball game and defeated the Suns 101 to 90. The Rockets (54 - 25) led by as many as 18 points during the game as the Suns (53 - 27) simply couldn't defend the rolling Rockets offense whatsoever.
Phoenix made 12 of their first 16 shots in the first quarter; but, the Rockets trailed by just three points (28 to 25) with 1:24 remaining in the period.
The Rockets' bench outscored the Suns 23 to 19 in the second quarter. Rookie guard Aaron Brooks led the reserves with seven points; Bobby Jackson added six points; Carl Landry powered in five points; and Steve Novak (three points) and Chuck Hayes (two points) scored the final five points. The Rockets outscored the Suns 30 to 19 in the second period.
Despite 22 first half points from Suns big man Amare Stoudemire, the Rockets led the Suns 59 to 47 at halftime. Phoenix shot 56.3% (18 for 32) in the first half; but, only 6 for 14 in the second quarter. The Suns turned the ball over 11 times in the opening 24 minutes while the Rockets kept the Suns' from running with just three first half turnovers.
The Suns offense continued cooling off in the third quarter making just six of their 21 shots. Tracy McGrady scored 10 points in the period helping the Rockets outscore the Suns 23 to 19 in the third. Amare Stoudemire scored 13 of the Suns' 19 points.
The Rockets didn't allow the Suns to get closer than 13 points in the fourth quarter.
Suns guard Steve Nash finished the game with only six points (2 for 9 from the field) and nine assists.
"We answered the challenge tonight," McGrady said. "They got out to a 13 to 2 lead; but, once we settled down; ran our offense; and buckled down on the defensive end -- that's what I was most impressed about -- our defense holding that team to 90 points."
"I couldn't be prouder of our team," said Rockets head coach Rick Adelman after the game. "The way Phoenix started this game, they really ran at us, had a lot of energy and we withstood that rally; got back in it and from the middle of that first quarter on, we just played a solid game all the way through and kept them in control."
The Rockets never trailed the rest of the ball game and defeated the Suns 101 to 90. The Rockets (54 - 25) led by as many as 18 points during the game as the Suns (53 - 27) simply couldn't defend the rolling Rockets offense whatsoever.
Phoenix made 12 of their first 16 shots in the first quarter; but, the Rockets trailed by just three points (28 to 25) with 1:24 remaining in the period.
The Rockets' bench outscored the Suns 23 to 19 in the second quarter. Rookie guard Aaron Brooks led the reserves with seven points; Bobby Jackson added six points; Carl Landry powered in five points; and Steve Novak (three points) and Chuck Hayes (two points) scored the final five points. The Rockets outscored the Suns 30 to 19 in the second period.
Despite 22 first half points from Suns big man Amare Stoudemire, the Rockets led the Suns 59 to 47 at halftime. Phoenix shot 56.3% (18 for 32) in the first half; but, only 6 for 14 in the second quarter. The Suns turned the ball over 11 times in the opening 24 minutes while the Rockets kept the Suns' from running with just three first half turnovers.
The Suns offense continued cooling off in the third quarter making just six of their 21 shots. Tracy McGrady scored 10 points in the period helping the Rockets outscore the Suns 23 to 19 in the third. Amare Stoudemire scored 13 of the Suns' 19 points.
The Rockets didn't allow the Suns to get closer than 13 points in the fourth quarter.
Suns guard Steve Nash finished the game with only six points (2 for 9 from the field) and nine assists.
"We answered the challenge tonight," McGrady said. "They got out to a 13 to 2 lead; but, once we settled down; ran our offense; and buckled down on the defensive end -- that's what I was most impressed about -- our defense holding that team to 90 points."
posted by Kris Gardner @ 10:13 PM
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