[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse spelling, grammatical, and typing errors. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the quarter, half, game, and/or overtime and the team listed after the score is always the team that is ahead. To save time and typing, I only list players by their last names. If you would like a roster list for the teams in the playoffs, e- mail me asking for a roster list. If you would like to receive the tabs directly via e-mail, send me a note with your correct e- mail address and state that you want to be added to the tabs mailing list. Questions, suggestions, and comments welcomed.] Houston Rockets at New York Knicks - game 5 1st Quarter: Harper drains the long jumper. Maxwell misses, Olajuwon rebounds, Hou turnover. C Smith bricks. Ewing blocks, Olajuwon steals, Ewing steals, offensive foul on Ewing. Horry misses the 3. Starks bricks. Maxwell misses. Harper drives for the lay up. K Smith drains the 3. NY turnover. Thorpe steps under for the lay up inside. C Smith bricks the open 3. Thorpe bricks. Oakley misses. Olajuwon gets the lay up. 7-4 Hou 7:56. Ewing nails the open 18-footer. C Smith intercepts. Starks drives for the lay up. Olajuwon misses, Oakley nails the open jumper. Into Olajuwon for the jam. Harper misses the 3. Olajuwon misses the alley-oop. Goaltending on Thorpe. 12-9 NY 5:24. Oh, Horry gets the 3 at the buzzer. C Smith works in for the jam. Maxwell runs and gets the finger roll. K Smith misses the 3. Oakley nails the jumper. Hou turnover. Starks rattles in the jumper. 20-14 NY 3:18. Hou turnover, Starks misses badly the quick 3. Horry dishes to Thorpe for the soft jam. Starks misses the 3. Offensive foul on Maxwell. Harper nails the long jumper. 22-16 NY 1:27. Olajuwon gets the jump hook over Ewing. Harper misses driving, Hou turnover. Hou steals, runs, Cassell to Herrera who is fouled and gets the lay up. Makes the extra. Ewing misses, Davis rebounds but misses the lay up. Cassell misses the half court heave. 22-21 NY. 2nd Quarter: Ewing blocks Horry. Ewing misses. Horry misses. Ewing gets the rebound and the lay up. Cassell nails the turn around jumper. Oh wow, Anthony misses the baseliner, Ewing skies to one hand slam the rebound in. Elie drains the 3. 26-26 9:50. Mason gets 2 inside. Herrera gets 2 up close. Ewing misses. Herrera gets the lay up. Mason nails the open jumper. Cassell misses. Mason drives for the lay up. Herrera's hook rolls in. Oakley's sweeping hook bounces in. Jent misses the 3. Offensive foul on Mason. 34-32 NY 6:39. [Interruption for NBC news coverage.] 34-33 NY 5:57. Elie makes his 2nd free throw. Herrera steals, Hou misses several times inside, Hou turnover. Mason 1 of 2. 3 second violation on Olajuwon. Ewing nails the 18-footer. Elie misses the 3. Mason nails the knuckle ball 15-footer. Ewing blocks Thorpe, Thorpe misses underneath, NY runs, Harper drives, is fouled, and goaltending on Olajuwon. Misses the extra, Oakley rebounds, NY turnover. Olajuwon flies to power home the miss. Harper bricks the 3. Thorpe's hook rolls out. Ewing puts in Mason's miss. 43-36 NY 2:04. Hou turnover. Mason misses the hook. [Another news break. *] 45-36 NY 49 seconds. There was a minor scuffle. A personnel foul and a T on Mason. K Smith makes the gift. Horry misses, ahead to Mason who is fouled hard by Horry - a flagrant foul, and a double T is called on Starks and Maxwell for jawing. Mason 1 of 2. Harper works in for the scoop shot. Starks steals, Harper's 3 is short at the buzzer. At the half, 48-37 NY. *The news reports - just so you can feel like you are really watching the game, this is what NBC keeps breaking into the game for: O.J. Simpson, former NFL football great who had a warrant for his arrest issued earlier today for the murders of his ex- wife and another man, is in a van being driven by a friend while Simpson has a gun pointed at his own head threatening suicide and requesting to see his mother. The freeway the van is on has been closed to other traffic and there are 9 police cars following the van. The breakage in coverage of the game for news reports will probably continue at various points in the game. For those of you outside of the US who might think that this is a strange thing to interrupt the broadcast for, I just checked the other stations and all of them (ABC, CBS, ESPN, CNN News, CNN Headline News, UNI (Spanish)) are showing live coverage. 3rd Quarter: Thorpe airballs, 24 second violation Hou. C Smith misses. Maxwell nails the 3. Starks drives for the reverse lay up as the clock runs down. Maxwell misses the 3, C Smith is fouled on the break. 1 of 2. 51-40 NY 9:50. C Smith blocks Olajuwon. C Smith is fouled driving. 1 of 2. Thorpe gets the drop in inside. C Smith misses. Lob into Thorpe who is fouled. 1 of 2. Oakley misses the open baseliner. Olajuwon misses. Harper drains the fade away jumper despite K Smith's presence. Hou turnover, NY runs, oh man, Oakley bounce passes to Ewing for the power one hand slam. Thorpe 1 of 2, Horry rebounds, Horry nails the 3. 56-47 NY 6:18. Oh, Ewing drains the high arcing fade away 3-pointer over Olajuwon as the clock runs out. Horry misses driving, Olajuwon steals and gets the lay up. C Smith misses. Starks steals. Harper misses the 3, ahead to K Smith for the uncontested lay up. Oakley misses. Ewing blocks Thorpe, NY turnover. Olajuwon nails the short fade away. 59-53 NY 3:53. [News breakage - Simpson arrived at his house, it is going to be a while.] Got the radio on now. Olajuwon blocks. Olajuwon gets 2. 61-59 NY 49 seconds. Hou steals. Olajuwon gets the fade away 20-footer. Anthony misses at the buzzer. 61-61. 4th Quarter: [Still radio.] Starks airballs the 3, 24 seconds violation on NY. Horry gets the jumper. Thorpe blocks. Cassell misses the 3. Thorpe slam dunks. 65-61 Hou 10 minutes. Starks misses, Thorpe loses control, Cassell fouls C Smith. Makes both. Thorpe drives for the lay up. Ewing gets the jumper. Olajuwon misses the hook. Ewing gets the turn around 10-footer. Thorpe gets the lay up. Ewing is fouled driving. Makes both. 69-69 8:00. Hou turnover, Starks is fouled on the break - Cassell's 5th. 1 of 2. [Back to TV.] Olajuwon misses, NY turnover. 72-71 NY 6:49. Olajuwon gets the baseline hook. Mason misses, Ewing misses, jumpball on the rebound. NY controls. Olajuwon steals. Olajuwon nails the turn around fade away 12-footer. Oakley is fouled in the paint. Makes both. Olajuwon is fouled shooting. Makes both. 77-74 Hou 4:54. Starks to Oakley who is fouled. Makes both. Olajuwon gets the turn around fade away jumper over Ewing. Starks drives for the one hand push shot. Ewing blocks Olajuwon. Harper misses. 79-78 Hou 3:22. Maxwell 1 of 2. Ewing misses. Harper strips K Smith, NY ball out of bounds. Oh, Starks buries the 3. Maxwell misses the 3, loose ball foul on Ewing. K Smith misses, Ewing blocks Herrera from behind, ahead to Harper who is fouled. Makes both. 83-80 NY 1:50. Horry bricks the open 3, ahead to the open Mason all alone for the jam. Maxwell misses driving, Ewing rebounds and Olajuwon takes the ball away from Ewing, Horry drives and is fouled. 1 of 2. Starks is fouled driving. Makes both. 87-81 NY 55 seconds. Olajuwon misses, Hou misses on 3 more attempts, jumpball. NY controls. Cassell almost immediately fouls Mason - his 6th foul. Mason makes both. Olajuwon gets the 3. Mason throws the inbounds pass away. 22.2 seconds. Ewing swats away the inbounds pass, Mason is fouled. 1 of 2. Horry misses the 3, Olajuwon over shoots the long baseliner, Starks is fouled. 1 of 2. Hou turnover. NY runs the clock out. Game over. Final: New York Knicks 91, Houston Rockets 84. Player of the game: Patrick Ewing with 25 points, 13 rebounds, and an NBA playoff finals record tying 8 blocks. New York leads the series 3-2. *News update (in case you're interested): Simpson has turned himself over to the police and has been arrested. patricia