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Houston Rockets at Phoenix Suns - game 2

1st Quarter:
35-19 Pho.

2nd Quarter:
Elie 2 of 2.  Tisdale misses the hook.  Brown misses twice
inside.  Hou steals.  K Smith misses the 3.  Person nails the 14
foot fall away and is fouled.  Makes the extra.  Olajuwon misses
the hook.  Majerle misses.  Olajuwon's hook rolls out.  38-21 Pho
9:48.  Pho turnover.  Brown travels.  Barkley turns it over.  K
Smith bricks the 3.  Person misses.  Horry to Olajuwon for the
slam.  Barkley drains the turn around jumper.  40-23 Pho 7:54. 
Hou turnover.  Barkley spins under for the layup.  Olajuwon gets
the loose ball and the layup.  Into Majerle for the layup.  Hou
turnover.  Ainge misses the 3.  Drexler misses the 3, Majerle
misses the layup.  Elie nails the 3.  44-28 Pho 5:41.  K Johnson
rattles in the jumper.  Olajuwon swishes the turn around jumper. 
Ainge misses driving.  Cassell misses.  Green 2 of 2.  Drexler
drains the 3.  Barkley 2 of 2.  50-33 Pho 3:43.  K Smith to the
cutting Horry for the lay up.  Barkley 2 of 2.  Drexler drives
for the finger roll.  Pho turnover.  Hou turnover, 3 on 2,
Barkley slams.  Majerle steals.  Barkley drains the fade away
baseliner.  K Smith bricks the 3.  Barkley drives for the reverse
layup.  Olajuwon misses.  Majerle rattles in the 3.  Horry drains
the 3.  Barkley misses.  61-40 Pho.

3rd Quarter:
Chilcutt misses the 3.  Kleine misses.  K Smith 2 of 2.  Barkley
misses.  K Smith takes it all the way for the layup.  K Johnson
nails the jumper.  Olajuwon bricks the hook.  Chilcutt steals.  K
Smith misses.  K Johnson drives for the layup.  65-44 Pho 9:39. 
Olajuwon gets 2 up close.  Barkley misses the layup, Drexler
nails the quick 3.  Kleine bricks the 3.  Olajuwon 1 of 2.  K
Johnson 2 of 2.  Drexler misses the 3.  K Johnson hits the fade
away baseliner.  K Smith misses the 3, Chilcutt misses the
putback.  Green misses the 3.  Olajuwon nails the turn around 12-
footer.  69-52 Pho 6:28.  Person misses the 3.  Loose ball foul
on Olajuwon.  K Johnson drives for th scoop shot.  Olajuwon spins
in for the layup.  Barkley hits the turn around 14-footer. 
Chilcutt 1 of 2.  Person misses the 3.  Horry gets the layup and
the foul.  Makes the extra.  73-58 Pho 4:40.  Barkley rebounds
and gets the putback.  Olajuwon 0 of 2.  Tisdale misses.  Hou
turnover.  Barkley 2 of 2.   Drexler misses driving.  Perry
swishes the long 2 (foot on the line).  Olajuwon works in for 2. 
Drexler steals and takes it all the way for the reverse slam. 
Perry swishes the long jumper.  81-62 Pho 2:17.  Olajuwon's hook
rolls in.  Green misses the 3.  Horry 1 of 2, Horry rebounds. 
Drexler misses the 3.  Barkley 1 of 2.  Cassell rattles in the
jumper.  Barkley backs in for 2.  Chilcutt 2 of 2.  Barkley 2 of
2.  Drexler 1 of 2.  86-70 Pho.

4th Quarter:
Majerle drives for 2.  Jumpball to determine possession - Pho
ball.  Green misses.  Elie 1 of 2.  Schayes hits the 18-footer. 
Olajuwon travels.  Pho turnover.  90-71 Pho 10:17.  Into Drexler
for the layup.  K Johnson drains the 3.  Cassell drains the 3. 
Tisdale hits the jump hook.  Elie misses the 3.  Tisdale misses. 
95-76 Pho 8:16.  Olajuwon drives baseline for 2.  K Johnson
drives for 2 on Pho's 3rd attempt.  Cassell turns it over.  Oh,
Tisdale drains the turn around jumper at the buzzer.  Drexler
misses the 3.  Majerle drains the long 3.  102-78 Pho 6:03.  Into
Olajuwon for the slam.  Perry drive for the layup.  Cassell
misses.  Tisdale nails the baseliner.  Elie 1 of 2.  Tisdale
bricks the hook.  Horry 2 of 2.  106-83 Pho 3:53.  Kleine taps it
in.  Horry 2 of 2.  Ainge misses the 3.  K Smith nails the 3. 
Perry 2 of 2.  Into Horry for the layup.  110-90 Pho 2:21. 
Majerle misses the 3.  Tabak gets the drop in.  Kleine's short
baseliner bounces in.  Elie drives for the layup.  Majerle misses
the 3.  Elie misses the baseliner.  Ainge nails the 3.  Cassell
misses driving.  Ainge rattles in the 3 at the buzzer.  Game
over.



Final: Phoenix 118, Houston 94.
Player of the game: Kevin Johnson with 29 points including 12-18
FG and 12 assists.
Phoenix leads the series 2-0.


patricia