Box Score

 

SAN ANTONIO (80)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
B Bowen             32   3-6   0-0   0-3   1   3    7
T Duncan            38  7-22 12-14  4-18   3   3   26
R Nesterovic        24   1-5   1-2   4-8   1   4    3
E Ginobili          29  4-11   2-2   1-5   2   0   13
T Parker            39   2-9   0-0   0-1   9   0    5
D Brown             26  6-11   8-8   1-4   0   3   20
M Rose              25   0-5   0-0   1-2   2   1    0
B Barry              9   0-3   0-0   0-0   1   0    0
B Udrih              9   2-3   0-0   0-0   0   0    4
T Massenburg         4   0-0   0-0   1-1   0   1    0
R Horry              5   1-2   0-0   0-0   0   1    2
M Wilks            DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                               
  
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TOTALS             240 26-77 23-26 12-42  19  16   80
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Percentages: FG-.338, FT-.885. 3-Point Goals:
5-13, .385 (B Bowen 1-2, E Ginobili 3-6, T 
Parker 1-3, D Brown 0-1, B Barry 0-1). Team 
Rebounds: 12. Blocked Shots:12 (T Duncan 7, R
Nesterovic 4, E Ginobili). Turnovers:15 (T 
Duncan 3, T Parker 2, E Ginobili 2, D Brown 
2, T Massenburg, B Udrih, R Horry, R 
Nesterovic, M Rose, B Bowen). Steals: 6 (T 
Parker 3, B Bowen, E Ginobili, R Nesterovic).


HOUSTON (81)

                          fg    ft    rb             
                   min   m-a   m-a   o-t   a  pf   tp
R Bowen             22   0-2   0-0   1-2   1   4    0
J Howard            20  2-10   1-1   1-4   1   1    5
Y Ming              35  9-15  9-10  6-10   1   4   27
B Sura              36   2-7   0-0   2-8   1   6    4
T McGrady           44 12-29   4-4   1-8   2   1   33
R Gaines             9   0-0   0-0   0-0   1   1    0
D Mutombo           12   0-1   4-4   2-8   0   0    4
A Barrett           30   1-6   0-0   0-2   4   0    2
M Taylor            22  2-10   0-0   1-2   0   4    4
S Padgett           10   1-2   0-0   0-1   0   3    2
C Weatherspoon     DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                               
J Jackson          DNP  - BACK SPASMS                                    
  
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TOTALS             240 29-82 18-19 14-45  11  24   81
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Percentages: FG-.354, FT-.947. 3-Point Goals:
5-14, .357 (B Sura 0-1, T McGrady 5-12, A 
Barrett 0-1). Team Rebounds: 9. Blocked 
Shots:6 (S Padgett 2, R Bowen 2, Y Ming 2). 
Turnovers:15 (Y Ming 5, T McGrady 3, A 
Barrett 3, B Sura 2, R Gaines 2). Steals: 11 
(T McGrady 5, M Taylor 2, A Barrett 2, D 
Mutombo, S Padgett).

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SAN ANTONIO           12  22  24  22  -   80
HOUSTON               18  20  16  27  -   81
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Technical fouls: None.
Flagrant fouls: None. A: 16,170. T: 2:34. 
Officials: Derrick Stafford, Jason Phillips, 
Tom Washington.

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SAN ANTONIO (80) AT HOUSTON (81)

SAN ANTONIO

                                               REBOUNDS                        
PLAYER           POS  MIN  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  OFF-DEF-TOT  AST  PF  ST  TO  PTS
======           ===  ===  =======  =======  ===========  ===  ==  ==  ==  ===
 
B BOWEN           F    32    3-6      0-0      0   3   3    1   3   1   1    7
T DUNCAN          F    38    7-22    12-14     4  14  18    3   3   0   3   26
R NESTEROVIC      C    24    1-5      1-2      4   4   8    1   4   1   1    3
E GINOBILI        G    29    4-11     2-2      1   4   5    2   0   1   2   13
T PARKER          G    39    2-9      0-0      0   1   1    9   0   3   2    5
D BROWN                26    6-11     8-8      1   3   4    0   3   0   2   20
M ROSE                 25    0-5      0-0      1   1   2    2   1   0   1    0
B BARRY                 9    0-3      0-0      0   0   0    1   0   0   0    0
B UDRIH                 9    2-3      0-0      0   0   0    0   0   0   1    4
T MASSENBURG            4    0-0      0-0      1   0   1    0   1   0   1    0
R HORRY                 5    1-2      0-0      0   0   0    0   1   0   1    2
M WILKS               DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                                         
  
TOTALS                240   26-77    23-26    12  30  42   19  16   6  15   80
                            (.338)  (.885)  TEAM REBS: 12 TOTAL TO: 16 (20 PTS)    

HOUSTON

                                               REBOUNDS                         
PLAYER           POS  MIN  FGM-FGA  FTM-FTA  OFF-DEF-TOT  AST  PF  ST  TO  PTS
======           ===  ===  =======  =======  ===========  ===  ==  ==  ==  ===
 
R BOWEN           F    22    0-2      0-0      1   1   2    1   4   0   0    0
J HOWARD          F    20    2-10     1-1      1   3   4    1   1   0   0    5
Y MING            C    35    9-15     9-10     6   4  10    1   4   0   5   27
B SURA            G    36    2-7      0-0      2   6   8    1   6   0   2    4
T MCGRADY         G    44   12-29     4-4      1   7   8    2   1   5   3   33
R GAINES                9    0-0      0-0      0   0   0    1   1   0   2    0
D MUTOMBO              12    0-1      4-4      2   6   8    0   0   1   0    4
A BARRETT              30    1-6      0-0      0   2   2    4   0   2   3    2
M TAYLOR               22    2-10     0-0      1   1   2    0   4   2   0    4
S PADGETT              10    1-2      0-0      0   1   1    0   3   1   0    2
C WEATHERSPOON        DNP  - COACH'S DECISION                                         
J JACKSON             DNP  - BACK SPASMS                                              
  
TOTALS                240   29-82    18-19    14  31  45   11  24  11  15   81
                            (.354)  (.947)  TEAM REBS:  9 TOTAL TO: 17 (11 PTS)    
  
   SAN ANTONIO        12   22   24   22   -   80
   HOUSTON            18   20   16   27   -   81
  
BLOCKED SHOTS: SAN ANTONIO - T DUNCAN 7, R NESTEROVIC 4, E GINOBILI.
HOUSTON - S PADGETT 2, R BOWEN 2, Y MING 2.
3-PT. FIELD GOALS: SAN ANTONIO 5-13 (.385), B BOWEN 1-2, E GINOBILI 3-
6, T PARKER 1-3, D BROWN 0-1, B BARRY 0-1. HOUSTON 5-14 (.357), B SURA 0-
1, T MCGRADY 5-12, A BARRETT 0-1.
TECHNICAL FOULS: NONE.
FLAGRANT FOULS: NONE.
OFFICIALS: DERRICK STAFFORD, JASON PHILLIPS, TOM WASHINGTON.
A - 16,170. T - 2:34.

Game Story

HOUSTON (Ticker) -- With a long losing streak against their 
Texas rivals, Tracy McGrady proved to be the difference for the
Houston Rockets.

McGrady scored 13 of his 33 points in the final 35 seconds,
including a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining as
the Rockets snapped a seven-game slide against the San Antonio
Spurs with an 81-80 triumph at the Toyota Center.

"We got a miracle," Houston coach Jeff Van Gundy said.  "You
need miracles over the course of a season."

"This really hasn't hit me," McGrady added.  "I don't know how
we won.  I don't realize what I did.  I can't tell you how many
(3-pointers) I hit."

Tim Duncan made the second of two free throws with 1:02
remaining to give San Antonio a 74-64 lead, sending a large
number of Rockets fans toward the exits.

"I noticed people leaving," Houston's Andre Barrett said.  "We
played the game for ourselves."

"Those fans that walked out, and there were thousands of them,
they missed a great game," McGrady said.

Yao Ming tipped in a missed shot and Scott Padgett followed with
a dunk to cut the lead to 74-68.  The Rockets tried fouling,
but Devin Brown made four free throws around a 3-pointer by
McGrady to keep San Antonio ahead, 78-71, with 31 seconds to go.

But McGrady answered again, drawing contact from Duncan while
hitting another 3-pointer.  He made the ensuing free throw to
complete a four-point play and reduce Houston's deficit to 78-75
with 24 seconds left.

"I don't know how I got the ball up, Duncan's so tall," the 6-8
McGrady said.  "But it fell for me.  That shot got me going."

"It was a pump play by Tracy and I got up in the air and fouled
him," said Duncan, who was forced to cover McGrady on a switch.
"He just made tough shots."

Duncan widened the Spurs' lead to 80-75 with a pair of free
throws eight seconds later.  But McGrady responded with another
shot from the arc with 11 seconds remaining, making it a
one-possesion game.

After San Antonio's final timeout, Brown received an inbounds
pass in the front court but slipped and turned over the ball
while driving on the baseline.

"We didn't want to foul them when Devin Brown caught it," Van
Gundy said.  "Try to knock the ball free and, somehow, we got
it."

"I was pushed in the lower back, but I can't dwell on that,"
Brown said.

McGrady scooped up the loose ball with seven seconds remaining
and raced to the other end before pulling up at the top of the
arc and burying the winning 3-pointer with just under two
seconds remaining, giving Houston its third straight win and its
first against San Antonio since December 3, 2002.

McGrady, who was acquired by Houston in the offseason, never
considered playing for the tie.

"We were down two and the only thing I could think of was a
3-pointer," McGrady said.  "I felt like anything I threw up was
going in."

"I haven't seen anybody do something like that," Brown said. "He
was just hitting shot after shot.  He was fantastic."

McGrady, who had 17 points in the final quarter, shot 12-of-29
from the floor with eight rebounds and five steals.

"It was a great game and we got sloppy at the end," San Antonio
coach Gregg Popovich said.  "Tracy took advantage of it and was
unbelievable.  He's a great player."

"He's gifted," Van Gundy said.  "He misses makeable ones and
makes unmakeable ones."

Yao added 27 points and 10 boards.

"We're going to struggle to score right now," Van Gundy said.
"We can't shoot.  We're not tricking anybody.  There's two
around Yao and two around Tracy."

Duncan scored 18 of his 26 points in the second half and
collected 18 rebounds for San Antonio.  The two-time MVP also
had seven of the Spurs' season-high 12 blocks.

Brown scored 20 points off the bench, including eight during a
15-2 run in the fourth quarter that gave the Spurs a 73-62 lead
with 2:54 remaining.