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On the Rockets second game of the season they faced the Indina Pacers.
"The Pacers a great defensive team, with Artest, Tinsley, O'Neal and Bender can block the shots, but I know, Stro, McGrady, and Yao are good defenders too. It will be an interesting game" GM Shaun Callahan said. Well it was a pretty low scoring game for me I usually score from 95 to about 110. At the end of the 1st the score was 16-14 Rockets winning. But O'Neal was too quick for Yao, O'Neal was running the fast break alot, and whenever Stro guarded him, He would post him up. At the end of the half the Rockets were up 47-45.
The 3rd quarter was awful for both teams. The Rockets shot 195% and the Pacers shot 385%. Rockets only scored 6 points and the Pacers scored 21 points. With the score of 53-66 going into the 4th Coach Jeff Van Gundy was very upset with the Rockets. Tracy McGrady had some words to have his team rally. McGrady with only 12 points started to knock down the J. Sura was feeding Yao, and Anderson knealed a few 3s. With 1:00 the score was 77-76 Rockets up by one. Rookie Luther Head came into the game. He helped the Rockets alot with a 3. Then Tinsley pushed the ball up court went for a 3 and got stripped by Head and hit a layup. With 33 seconds in the game Rockets have a 82-76 Lead. Tinsley found Jackson open and he hit a 3. with 22 seconds the score was 82-79. The Pacers imidatley fouled Stro who got the inbound. Stro missed the first and hit the second. With 16 seconds left Tinsley hit a lay up. The ball went to McGrady who got fouled and hit both freethrows. The score now 85-81. The only chance for Indiana is to hit a 3 and foul. But theres only 3 seconds left. They call a timeout and Tinsley right away goes for a 3......he misses it!! Rockets win another close game!!
Stats
C - Yao Ming - 14/13/6
PF - Stromile Swift - 14/9/2/4
SF - Tracy McGrady - 22/3/8
SG - Derek Anderson - 12/3/3
PG - Bob Sura - 12/3/4
Stats
C - Jermaine O'Neal - 23/7/1/4
PF - Jonathon Bender - 16/9
SF - Ron Artest - 15/4/3
SG - Stephen Jackson - 9/5/4
PG - Jamal Tinsley - 12/4/8
Player of the Game

- 19 points / 13 rebounds / 6 assists.