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?