109______96
Utah Jazz (23-9) @ (17-14) Houston Rockets
Rockets Finding the Injury Bug, Lowry Goes Down With Strained Achilles
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1st
|
2nd
|
3rd
|
4th
|
OT
|
Final
29
|
32
|
22
|
26
|
0
|
109
22
|
21
|
31
|
22
|
0
|
96
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Von Wafer didn't disappoint in his debut as the back-up point. He played a majority of his minutes at SG though.
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UTA
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HOU
48/94
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Field Goals
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41/83
51%
|
Field Goal %
|
49%
5/21
|
3 Pointers
|
7/18
23%
|
3 Pointer %
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38%
8/12
|
Free Throws
|
7/8
66%
|
Free Throw %
|
87%
38
|
Assists
|
28
11
|
Turnovers
|
17
12
|
Team Fouls
|
9
46
|
Total Rebounds
|
33
13
|
Offensive Rebounds
|
3
13
|
Steals
|
10
4
|
Blocks
|
3
62
|
Point in the Paint
|
36
20
|
Bench Points
|
25
16
|
2nd Chance Points
|
8
8
|
Fast Break Points
|
3
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[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=38em"]PLAYER|MIN|PTS|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|FG|3PT|FT|OFF|PF|+-
Carlos Boozer|39|22|20|9|3|1|1|10-17|0-0|2-2|8|1|+10
Mehmet Okur|36|21|9|2|3|0|0|10-14|1-2|0-0|3|1|+12
Andrei Kirilenko|36|19|9|4|2|1|3|9-15|1-5|0-0|0|1|+18
Deron Williams|36|18|3|10|0|0|3|7-25|1-7|3-6|1|1|0
Ronnie Brewer|37|9|2|4|2|1|0|4-7|1-3|0-0|0|3|+22
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[table="head;autonumtitle=rank;width=38em"]PLAYER|MIN|PTS|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|FG|3PT|FT|OFF|PF|+-
Yao Ming|37|23|13|4|2|2|2|11-16|0-1|1-1|2|0|-8
Tracy McGrady|39|22|5|5|0|0|4|8-18|3-8|3-3|0|3|-7
Aaron Brooks|33|12|4|5|1|0|1|5-11|2-3|0-0|0|2|-22
Ron Artest|38|10|3|2|2|1|1|5-11|0-2|0-0|0|2|-7
Von Wafer|18|10|2|1|1|0|2|4-8|1-1|1-1|0|2|+2
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Player of the Game:
Carlos Boozer
Quote of the Night:
"We were down from the start but we never stopped fighting. We had a great 3rd quarter and a lot of momentum going into the final 12 minutes. The ball just didn't bounce our way tonight. Carlos (Boozer) seemed like he was just in the right place at the right time every time there was an offensive rebound to be had. We need to focus on boxing out a little better so things like this doesn't happen anymore. Overall, I'm proud of the guys tonight especially after losing Lowry early. We were short handed and our guys never once asked for a breather. We've got a few days off, and we've got the Wizards at home. Hopefully we can get some wins strung together before the all star break." - Rick Adelman
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