Weekend Recap: Pacers 107 - Rockets 102

Weekend Recap

News on Yao:

X-Rays were negative, Yao is day-to-day.  But damn, this really sucks.

Here are your stats:

Houston
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
R. Alston	G	36:05	7-15	1-6	2-2	+9	1	8	8	6	0	0	0	4	17
V. Wafer	G	32:30	6-15	1-4	1-1	+5	0	4	2	1	2	0	1	1	14
Y. Ming	C	17:15	2-7	0-0	4-4	-1	2	5	0	3	0	0	2	2	8
S. Battier	F	39:41	2-6	2-4	0-0	0	1	12	0	0	1	2	0	3	6
L. Scola	F	38:05	9-16	0-0	7-11	+6	2	7	1	4	0	0	1	6	25
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
C. Landry		22:31	7-12	0-0	3-4	-12	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	3	17
B. Barry		21:13	2-6	2-5	2-2	-9	3	8	2	2	0	1	0	1	8
A. Brooks		20:06	2-7	0-1	3-3	-16	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	3	7
C. Hayes		12:33	0-2	0-0	0-2	-7	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
J. Dorsey		DNP - Coach's Decision
L. Head		DNP - Coach's Decision
D. Mutombo		DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals			37-86	6-20	22-29		11	51	18	19	4	5	4	24	102
Percentages:			.430	.300	.759		Team Rebounds: 13

Indiana
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
J. Jack	G	33:00	4-13	0-4	2-2	+6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	10
M. Dunleavy	G	27:53	4-13	1-6	4-6	-10	2	4	2	3	0	0	0	5	13
J. Foster	C	30:48	4-6	0-0	0-0	-3	4	7	2	2	1	0	0	4	8
D. Granger	F	38:26	5-19	3-5	12-12	+6	0	6	5	2	2	3	2	1	25
T. Murphy	F	33:43	5-10	3-8	1-2	+6	2	16	3	0	1	0	0	5	14
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
T.J. Ford		33:10	4-12	0-2	13-14	+12	0	1	6	1	1	0	0	4	21
R. Nesterovic		15:53	4-5	0-0	1-2	-1	1	2	1	0	1	1	1	3	9
M. Daniels		12:42	2-4	0-0	0-0	+1	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	4
M. Baston		6:17	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
S. Graham		4:31	0-1	0-0	0-0	+2	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
T. Diener		3:35	1-1	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
B. Rush		DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals			33-84	8-26	33-38		9	41	22	11	7	4	5	25	107
Percentages:			.393	.308	.868		Team Rebounds: 7

Some notes:

• While Rafer almost notched a triple-double, he did turn the ball over 6 times.  Still, I can't hate on him too much - he did play a good game.  Seems like he usually steps up when our stars are out.
• Despite out-shooting the Pacers in every category except FT, our 19 turnovers were just killer.  We even out-rebounded Indiana without the services of Shanghai's Finest.  Those FT's and TO's were the difference in the game.
  
• Is Aaron Brooks in another slump, or was he just really good when the season started?  I love Aaron, so I hope it's a slump, but he's going to have to step it up with Yao out for a few days.
  
• Luis Landry was excellent, seeing as they were our only post options.  42/8 is a hell of a night, and now Carl is going to see plenty more minutes.
• Still a tough loss, but we did fight hard without Yao.  We even held Granger to a bad shooting night, but he still got his.  That's what stars do.

Next Game: Sunday @ Detroit.  Can we stop Rodney S-s-s-Stuckey?