Houston Rockets 109, Dallas Mavericks 102  at Houston  (December 5)

          1st 2nd 3rd 4th - Final   2FG   3FG   FG%   FT%
Houston    31  23  31  24 -  109   .643  .300  .500  .824
Dallas     25  26  25  26 -  102   .475  .444  .468  .870

Halftime: Houston 54-51
3rd Q: Houston 85-76
Technicals: Walt Williams 3:00 2nd, Dallas Illegal D 4:00 3rd, Dallas 
Illegal D 11:25 4th, Steve Francis 0:07 4th (taunting)
Refs: Luis Grillo, Bill Kennedy, Blane Reichelt
Attendance: 11,426  (cap 16,285)
Did not play due to injury: Maurice Taylor (flu), Kenny Thomas (flu),
Jason Collier (right knee surgery), Steve Nash (bruised right calf), 
Eduardo Najera (right groin strain)


Houston Rockets                                        REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Matt Bullard           29   4-9     3-8     1-1    12  1-4   2  0  5   0   0 
Walt Williams          17   1-4     0-1     0-0     2  0-2   0  2  4   0   1 
Hakeem Olajuwon        24   4-8     0-0     2-2    10  3-7   2  1  2   2   1 
Shandon Anderson       43   8-13    1-5     5-6    22  3-10  5  4  5   3   0 
Steve Francis          48  11-16    3-5    11-14   36  5-10  4  3  2   1   1 
Cuttino Mobley         41   4-13    0-6     6-7    14  0-4   5  2  2   1   0 
Carlos Rogers           6   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-1   0  2  2   0   0 
Moochie Norris         32   4-9     2-5     3-4    13  0-2   4  0  3   1   0 
Totals                 48  36-72    9-30   28-34  109 12-40 22 14 25   8   3 

Dallas Mavericks                                       REB
Player                MIN FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA PTS  O-T AST TO PF STL BLK
Michael Finley         47  10-20    2-4     0-0    22  2-7   4  2  5   4   0 
Dirk Nowitzki          42  11-18    2-5    11-13   35  1-12  2  3  4   0   0 
Shawn Bradley          16   0-2     0-0     2-2     2  1-3   0  2  4   0   0 
Hubert Davis           40   2-8     0-2     3-4     7  0-2   3  3  4   1   0 
Howard Eisley          45   9-18    4-7     2-2    24  3-5   7  1  2   1   0 
Mark Bryant             2   0-0     0-0     0-0     0  0-0   0  0  1   0   0 
Christian Laettner      4   0-1     0-0     2-2     2  0-0   0  1  1   0   1 
Greg Buckner           29   3-8     0-0     0-0     6  3-4   0  0  4   0   0 
Courtney Alexander     15   2-4     0-0     0-0     4  0-1   0  2  3   0   0 
Totals                 48  37-79    8-18   20-23  102 10-34 16 14 28   6   1