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Saturday Night Recap: Rockets 93 - Heat 86

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Yao Ming (12-12 FG) shoots over multiple Miami Heat defenders.  Chances are, it went in.

(AP Photo)

I only saw part of this game, so I thought it better to just let the statistics speak for themselves.  Good win for the Rockets against a potentially dangerous team.  Here are your game stats:

Wait...Yao went 12-12?  That's incredible, but why not give a 12-12 guy even more shots?  Now, here are your stats:

 Miami
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  D. Wade G 39:00 11-25 4-7 3-6 -10 2 4 9 3 5 0 0 3 29 
  M. Chalmers G 33:41 0-4 0-1 0-0 -10 0 2 5 0 2 0 1 4
  J. Anthony C 17:15 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0
  S. Marion F 35:16 10-15 0-0 0-1 -7 3 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 20 
  U. Haslem F 34:00 4-10 0-0 1-2 -9 2 6 1 2 0 0 0 0
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  D. Cook 28:45 3-12 1-7 0-0 -6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2
  M. Beasley 19:34 5-16 1-1 1-2 -4 3 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 
  J. Magloire 14:37 2-2 0-0 2-2 +2 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 4
  C. Quinn 10:49 1-4 1-2 0-0 +4 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1
  Y. Diawara 7:03 0-1 0-0 0-0 +5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
  M. Blount DNP - Coach's Decision
  J. Jones DNP - Coach's Decision
 Totals 36-90 7-18 7-13 11 34 20 8 10 2 4 16 86 
 Percentages:   .400 .389 .538   Team Rebounds: 13
 Houston
 Starters Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  R. Alston G 37:20 9-17 2-6 2-2 +3 0 4 2 5 1 1 1 2 22 
  V. Wafer G 27:51 7-18 0-5 3-4 +2 1 6 3 3 1 0 1 1 17 
  Y. Ming C 34:36 12-12 0-0 2-3 +1 2 10 2 5 0 0 0 2 26 
  S. Battier F 29:23 1-1 0-0 0-0 +7 0 6 6 2 0 1 0 2
  L. Scola F 26:56 3-5 0-0 3-5 +1 1 5 1 2 0 0 0 3
 Bench Min FG 3Pt FT +/- Off Reb Ast TO Stl BS BA PF Pts 
  C. Landry 21:03 4-6 0-0 1-2 +6 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 2
  B. Barry 19:07 1-2 1-2 1-1 +6 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0
  A. Brooks 18:19 1-7 0-2 0-0 +3 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 2
  C. Hayes 13:24 1-1 0-0 0-0 +6 1 6 1 0 1 1 0 0
  L. Head DNP - Coach's Decision
  D. Mutombo DNP - Coach's Decision
 Totals 39-69 3-15 12-17 7 43 24 18 4 4 2 14 93 
 Percentages:   .565 .200 .706   Team Rebounds: 5

Kudos to us for holding Chalmers to zero points.  And what the hell happened to Rafer?  9-17 behind my back?  Sneaky bastard.

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Alston didn’t realize Yao didn’t miss and criticized himself for not getting him even more looks.

"That’s a bad job by myself. I took too many shots," said Alston, who went 9-for-17 from the field. "But that’s tremendous. I wish I could have a day like that."

Don’t we all?

by misterterrific on Jan 17, 2009 11:40 PM CST reply actions  

Ehh

I’ll be in a Rockets uniform before Rafer has a perfect night consisting of more than one shot attempt. But if he only takes one shot, I’d be overjoyed.

"I think girls are probably just better shooters." - Steve Novak

by Tom Martin on Jan 17, 2009 11:55 PM CST up reply actions  

I wish I was a baller...

Rafer wishes he was a baller…
a little bit taller…

by grungedave on Jan 18, 2009 10:07 AM CST up reply actions  

This quote bothers me.

Alston should be looking for Yao first every play. Especially when the opposing C is 6’ -9" and Yao is having a perfect game. I was gonna post this in the fan post section and get a discussion going there.

Your a ten, but I'm on eleven!

by JakedaSnake on Jan 18, 2009 12:35 AM CST reply actions  

Fail

He’s a point guard for crying out loud…taking more shots than your star player?? RAFER SUCKS!!

by Daniel C on Jan 18, 2009 1:06 AM CST reply actions  

the sad thing

This was Rafer’s best game of the season BY FAR… and yet 9-17 is a bad night by Yao’s standards.

by grungedave on Jan 18, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions  

Rafer

Watched the game last night on my computer here in Nebraska. Rafer played well – got the team into the offense, took care of the ball, got it to Yao so he could do his thing.

Just gotta take em one at a time. next up the Nugs.

Nebraska Football: Five National Championships, 3 Heismans, 46 conference championships, the nation's leader in Academic All-Americans. Quite simply, a winning tradition.

by HuskersTexansRocketsStros on Jan 18, 2009 11:07 PM CST up reply actions  

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