Houston Rockets VS Miami Heat
Stuard Scott - Hey everyone this is Stuart Scott and Kenny Smith here at EANews. Were just moments away from the tipoff for the Hurricane Relief Benefit Game between the Miami Heat, and the Houston Rockets. This will be really interesting considering both of these teams are stacked.
Kenny Smith -
Yea Stu, this will be a very enteraining game. The arena is shaking right now.
Scott - Number of players have agreed on donations. From the Miami Heat, Jason Williams, Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade have all agreed for every point they score they will donate $10,000.00. For the Rockets, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, and Stromile Swift have agreed to donate $10,000.00 every point they score. Also from Wade, Wade said if he has a double double, or a triple double, he will donate an additional $40,000.00. And if the Heat win, each player will donate $10,000.00. And Derek Anderson said if he scores more than 20 points, he will donate $20,000.00.
Smith -Its really great to see the players making donations. This will be an intense game.
Scott -
Lets bring you guys down courtside for the player introductions...
PA Announcer wrote:Entering the Arena at guard, Rafer Alston, at the other guard, Derek Anderson. Starting at forward Stromile Swift, Starting at Center, Yao Ming. And starting at the other forward, Tracy McGrady. The Head coach, Jeff Van Gundy
PA Announcer wrote:Entering the arena, at Guard #55 Jason Williams, Starting at forward #1 Dorell Wright. Starting at the other forward #40 Udonis Haslem, Starting at Center #32 Shaqille O'Neal. And Starting at guard, #3 Dwyane Wade. Head Coach Stan Van Gundy"
Marv Albert wrote:Welcome everyone, Im Marv Albert along here with Steve Kerr. Here is the key matchup

Steve Kerr wrote: This will be a really good faceoff. Most of us think these are the 2 most stacked teams in the league. And they have the best shot at the playoffs
Albert wrote:I agree Steve, this will be a really good matchup. Here we go to the Opening Tip.....GAME GOES ON.....
Game Recap
Both teams started off connecting. The shots were falling for both teams. The HEAT hit their first two shots, missed one then hit seven in a row. The Rockets were hitting threes and deep two's, probally because of Shaq and Haslem. Williams started off the quarter pretty good, dishing the ball to Shaq and Wade. But Every player, was having trouble scoring inside or driving inside because of Yao, and Stro. The Heat were up 28-30 at the end of the quarter. Going into the second, Stan Van Gundy put Wade at the Point, Dorell at the 2, Rice at the 3, Warrick at the 4, and Simien at the 5. They played pretty good. Wright hit his first three shots, the first being a trey, the second being a deep two, and the third drawing the fould and hitting the shot. Rice had a nice mid range shot falling. But McGrady was drilling shots in the second. He kept the Rockets in it. At the end of the half, the score was 51-57 Miami.
In the third we are. Derek Anderson started off pretty good. He hit two straight treys. But Wade kept Miami in the Third with 14 points. At the end of the third the score was 73-77 Miami. Now into the Fourth quarter. The lineup for the Heat was, Dahntay at point, Dorell Wright at 2, Rice at the 3, Warrick at the 4, and Simien at center. No stars in the fourth and they were only up by four points. WHAT is Stan thinking you might ask? But Warrick was rebounding like a mad man. He out hustled Yao and Stro about 5 times and got 2nd chance points. Rice also hit two treys that quarter, Dorell had 5 points, and Warrick had 10 points in that quarter. The Rockets couldnt keep up. Miami beat the Rockets 100-110. Miami had a HUGE advantage with the bench. Miamis Bench outscored Houstons bench, 43-6. The biggest suprise was Warrick with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Jones had a good game aswell with 11 points. This is was Coach Stan Van Gundy told us.
"I put the youngsters in because its not a game that counts against us. I really wanted to see what they had in them and I found out. I thought that Warrick put a WOW in me. Rice, I didnt expect to have 5 points, but he had 10. So I think this trade definalty helped us."
Boxscore
Team-------1st-------2nd-------3rd-------4th-------Final
Rockets----28--------23---------22--------27--------100
Heat---------30--------27---------20--------33---------110
Stats
C - Shaquille O'Neal - 14/6/1
PF - Udonis Haslem - 11/6/0
SF - Dahntay Jones - 11/2/3
SG - Dwyane Wade - 21/3/4
PG - Jason Williams - 10/0/6
Key Bench Players
Darius Rice - 10/1/1
Dorell Wright - 13/0/2
Hakim Warrick - 18/8/1
Stats
C - Yao Ming - 17/7/1
PF - Stromile Swift - 9/15/0 + 5 Blocks
SF - Tracy McGrady - 24/4/2
SG - Derek Anderson - 22/1/0
PG - Rafer Alston - 14/0/5
Key Bench Players
Bob Sura - 14/3/4
Yao and Shaq battle it out.
Wade takes it up strong
Stan Van Gundy argues with the Ref
Wade pulls down a rebound
Yao sticks Shaq
Wade splits the Double Team