NBA
1/8 Finals Round 1: Houston R. - Dallas M. 118-108
Date: April 18, 2015
James Harden had 24 points and Corey Brewer scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Houston Rockets to a 118-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference series. Brewer made three 3-pointers in about 3 minutes in the fourth to keep the Mavericks at bay. He added another three points when he made a layup and a free throw to give Houston a 109-95 lead with 3 minutes left. Houston won the opener in the best-of-seven series after losing both home games last season in a first-round loss to Portland. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Houston. Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points for the Mavericks. They are in the playoffs for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. Houston outlasted Dallas with a balanced scoring effort that featured seven players in double figures. Dwight Howard had 11 points, five rebounds and five blocks. The Rockets also got a big game from Jason Terry, who spent eight seasons with the Mavericks. The 37-year-old, starting with Patrick Beverley out following wrist surgery, finished with 16 points. It's the third time these in-state rivals have met in the postseason and the first time since Dallas won the first-round series in 2005. Former Rocket Chandler Parsons, who returned after missing the last six regular-season games with a knee injury, had 10 points and six rebounds for Dallas. Nowitzki got Dallas within seven with a basket with about 9 minutes left, but Brewer made a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to make it 93-83. Dallas was down by six a couple of minutes later when Brewer struck again, capping a 5-0 run with another 3-pointer to make it 100-89. The Mavericks scored four quick points before Brewer sunk his third 3-pointer of the quarter to stretch the lead to 103-93. Dallas wrapped up the third quarter with seven points in a row to cut the lead to 84-77 entering the fourth. Ellis made a 3-pointer at the buzzer before falling onto the lap of a fan on the front row to end that run. Houston scored the first six points of the third quarter before a 3-pointer by Nowitzki. He was fouled on the play by Terry and made the free throw to get Dallas within 65-59. A 3-pointer by Ellis cut the lead to five points soon after that, but the Rockets responded with an 11-2 run, with two 3-pointers from Terry, to make it 78-64 midway through the third. The Mavericks trailed by 13 before scoring the first six points of the second quarter to cut the lead to 33-25. Smith's alley-oop dunk left Houston up by nine before the Mavericks used a 14-3 spurt to take a 42-40 lead with about 4 minutes left in the first half. Chandler and Nowitzki made four points apiece in that run and Rajon Rondo capped it with a basket as the Mavericks took advantage of three turnovers by Houston. Rondo didn't score in the first quarter before scoring 11 in the second. The Rockets had regained a two-point lead soon after that, before Rondo scored the first five points of a 7-2 run that gave Dallas a 53-50 lead. Houston closed out the first half with five straight points to lead 59-55 at halftime. Courtesy of: abc13.com
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
1/8 Finals Round 1: Houston R. - Dallas M. 118-108
Date: April 18, 2015
James Harden had 24 points and Corey Brewer scored 13 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Houston Rockets to a 118-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night in Game 1 of their Western Conference series. Brewer made three 3-pointers in about 3 minutes in the fourth to keep the Mavericks at bay. He added another three points when he made a layup and a free throw to give Houston a 109-95 lead with 3 minutes left. Houston won the opener in the best-of-seven series after losing both home games last season in a first-round loss to Portland. Game 2 is Tuesday night in Houston. Dirk Nowitzki had 24 points for the Mavericks. They are in the playoffs for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. Houston outlasted Dallas with a balanced scoring effort that featured seven players in double figures. Dwight Howard had 11 points, five rebounds and five blocks. The Rockets also got a big game from Jason Terry, who spent eight seasons with the Mavericks. The 37-year-old, starting with Patrick Beverley out following wrist surgery, finished with 16 points. It's the third time these in-state rivals have met in the postseason and the first time since Dallas won the first-round series in 2005. Former Rocket Chandler Parsons, who returned after missing the last six regular-season games with a knee injury, had 10 points and six rebounds for Dallas. Nowitzki got Dallas within seven with a basket with about 9 minutes left, but Brewer made a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to make it 93-83. Dallas was down by six a couple of minutes later when Brewer struck again, capping a 5-0 run with another 3-pointer to make it 100-89. The Mavericks scored four quick points before Brewer sunk his third 3-pointer of the quarter to stretch the lead to 103-93. Dallas wrapped up the third quarter with seven points in a row to cut the lead to 84-77 entering the fourth. Ellis made a 3-pointer at the buzzer before falling onto the lap of a fan on the front row to end that run. Houston scored the first six points of the third quarter before a 3-pointer by Nowitzki. He was fouled on the play by Terry and made the free throw to get Dallas within 65-59. A 3-pointer by Ellis cut the lead to five points soon after that, but the Rockets responded with an 11-2 run, with two 3-pointers from Terry, to make it 78-64 midway through the third. The Mavericks trailed by 13 before scoring the first six points of the second quarter to cut the lead to 33-25. Smith's alley-oop dunk left Houston up by nine before the Mavericks used a 14-3 spurt to take a 42-40 lead with about 4 minutes left in the first half. Chandler and Nowitzki made four points apiece in that run and Rajon Rondo capped it with a basket as the Mavericks took advantage of three turnovers by Houston. Rondo didn't score in the first quarter before scoring 11 in the second. The Rockets had regained a two-point lead soon after that, before Rondo scored the first five points of a 7-2 run that gave Dallas a 53-50 lead. Houston closed out the first half with five straight points to lead 59-55 at halftime. Courtesy of: abc13.com
 DALLAS M. (coach: Jason Kidd)108 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 66 | qllas, bIjUi | 42 | 4-63 (86.3%) | 8-8 (655%) | 3-1 (11.9%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 5 |
| 80 | OiQsIjs, ChijdlRQ | 41 | 0-60 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 1 | 5 |
| 36 | XITaUJVa, gaQV | 43 | 7-64 (17.8%) | 6-6 (655%) | 4-4 (655%) | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| 1 | ChijdlRQ, wFsIj | 46 | 0-2 (18.0%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 2 | 65 | 62 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 80 | 5 |
| 7 | eIjdI, einIj | 89 | 1-60 (35%) | 6-6 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 2 | 5 |
| 0 | miQRi, zIsR zuij | 86 | 1-7 (11.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 68 | 5 |
| 9 | SBaju, Sl-yiQIuE | 62 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| AUIudRBaQR, SBiQR | 60 | 8-68 (61.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 1-1 (655%) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 65 | -6 | 5 | |
| 85 | HiQQas, gRLaj | 7 | 6-4 (44.4%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| 83 | zRffRQsIj, eaZhiQd | 3 | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | kallijuRLi, ChiQlaR | 6 | 5-6 (5%) | 8-8 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | yRlUIj, eiFBIjd | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| ziBRs, mRQjiQd | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 42-74 (35.7%) | 1-1 (655.5%) | 63-69 (28.3%) | 63 | 40 | 37 | 67 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 652 | 75 | |||
 HOUSTON R. (coach: Ime Udoka)118 |
| FIELD GOALS | REBOUNDS | FOULS | BLOCKS | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | NAME | MIN | 2PM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OFF | DEF | RB | AS | F | RV | ST | FV | AG | TO | PT | RNK | +/- |
| 64 | HiQdRj, ziBRs | 42 | 4-65 (45%) | 6-6 (655%) | 60-69 (22.8%) | 5 | 8 | 8 | 66 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 82 | 5 |
| 6 | SQaJi, wQRLIQ | 49 | 6-3 (80%) | 8-8 (655%) | 3-3 (655%) | 6 | 65 | 66 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 87 | 5 |
| 1 | zIjRs, wRQQRjZR | 44 | 1-60 (35%) | 5-5 (5%) | 9-66 (14.1%) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 67 | 62 | 5 |
| 46 | wRQQF, zisIj | 80 | 8-1 (44.4%) | 3-3 (655%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 61 | 69 | 5 |
| 68 | HITiQd, gTaDhU | 69 | 0-7 (00.1%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-8 (05%) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 66 | 66 | 5 |
| ABaUh, zIsh | 80 | 0-63 (40.9%) | 5-5 (5%) | 6-3 (80%) | 8 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 7 | 5 | |
| mQRTRQ, CIQRF | 84 | 8-2 (80%) | 4-4 (655%) | 8-4 (11.9%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 60 | 3 | 5 | |
| OQaDaIja, OiMlI | 86 | 6-3 (80%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5-5 (5%) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 5 | |
| CipRli, ClajU | 61 | 4-0 (15%) | 5-5 (5%) | 8-3 (05%) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | |
| zIhjsIj, XaZV | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| bZgijaRls, K.z. | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | gIQsRF, zIRF | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| 61 | OipijaVIliIu, KIsUis | gXO - CIiZh's gRZasaIj | ||||||||||||||||
| wIUil | 82-90 (49.4%) | 65-65 (655.5%) | 48-30 (96.6%) | 2 | 41 | 33 | 81 | 88 | 5 | 66 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 662 | 688 | |||
Terms:
Field Goals : 2PM-A (2 point Field Goal made-attempts) 3PM-A (3 point Field Goal made-attempts) FTM-A (free throws made-attempt)
Rebounds : OFF (Offensive) DEF (Defensive) TOT (total)
Fouls : CM (Committed) RV (received)
Blocks : FV (In Favor) AG (Against)
Other terms : MIN (minutes) AST (assists) ST (steals) TO (Turnovers) PTS (points) RNK (ranking)
