[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse spelling, grammatical, and typing errors as I haven't been getting much sleep and I am trying to type in as many summaries as I can. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the quarter, half, game and/or overtime. I am assuming that you know who plays for which team and I sometime abbreviate teams' names to two or three letters. I'm going to use present tense even though the games are over because I think present tense shows more of the emotion and I don't have to convert my notes. Comments, questions, suggestions, and praise welcomed.] LA Clippers vs Houston Rockets in Houston Ron Harper plays. 1st Quarter: The teams trade misses. Harper gets an easy lay in off a break. Olajuwon is fouled and makes both. Olajuwon spins pass Mourning and hits the short shot. Another Rocket basket. Roberts hits a baseliner. M Jackson to the line. 2 of 2. 6-6 8:29. Olajuwon gets the ball on the baseline, tosses it up, it goes, and is fouled. A swat by Olajuwon. A block by Harper. LA misses, Rockets drive and scores. Teams trade misses. Harper has a nice drive to the hole and lays it in. 11-8 Hou 6:18. LA plays tough D and Hou misses. Olajuwon gets a steal. And - guess who - Olajuwon hits a jumper and at the other end of the court, Olajuwon has a block. T on Garland. Norman scores. Garland hits the outside jumper. Roberts slams one in. Olajuwon gets an offensive rebound. Thorpe hits a one-hander in the paint. A pretty drive from K Smith leads to a basket. 19-13 Hou 3:23. Wow, nice move by Roberts on Olajuwon for the jam. Olajuwon buries a turn around outside jumper. Grant hits a jumper. K Smith 1 of 2 at the line. 17-22 Hou 1:22. Nice penetration by Harper and the foul. Hou called for a moving pick. LA holds for the final shot. Harper sees a hole, drives, and scores. 22-22 at the end of the quarter. (What is it about the close games on Saturday?) 2nd Quarter: Herrera gets a nice feed and lays it in. A couple of possessions later, Herrera goes to the line. 1 of 2. Nice work by Harper for a near steal. Floyd cans the 3 at the 24 sec buzzer. Grant scores. 28-24 Hou 9:49. Harper 1 of 2 at the line. Floyd airballs, Olajuwon saves it to the Clippers. Olajuwon swats, but LA gets a basket anyways. Herrera makes a turn around jumper. Offensive foul on Horry. Teams trade misses. M Jackson hits a short jumper. And Floyd runs and ends up at the line. 1 of 2. Another foul sends Roberts to the line. 31-29 Hou 6:50. Timeout. Roberts makes both. Hou gets a lucky tip in off a missed shot. Roberts spins in a crowd and dunks it. Roberts gets his 3rd foul sending Olajuwon to the line where he makes both. 33-34 Hou 5:34. Manning makes 2 free throws. The teams trade misses. LA breaks and Norman slams, but he gets a T. Norman to the line. 1 of 2. 38-35 LA 4 min. Olajuwon gets a turn around jumper. Norman again at the line and again 1 of 2. Trade misses. Olajuwon 2 of 2 at the line. 39-39 2:55. Teams trade offensive fouls. Olajuwon gets 2 from the line. 39-41 Hou 2:00. Norman hits a jumper. Lots of misses and free throws throughout the quarter. Norman 1 of 2. 42-41 LA 50 sec. Vaught gets a defensive rebound and is reward at the other end with the pass and a slam. Norman again at the line. Hits both. 46-41 Clippers at the end of the half. 3rd Quarter: A bit into the quarter, Roberts takes it strong to the hole and is fouled by Olajuwon - his 3rd. Jackson has a nice pass on a break and LA gets 2. LA gets the ball again and Harper takes it in on a break. Timeout Hou. 13-0 LA run. 52-41 LA. Horry 1 of 2 at the line. Nice pass from Jackson through traffic to Norman who scores. Garland has a high arcing short jumper. Teams trade misses. Manning hits for 2. A charge is called on Thorpe - his 4th. Harper drains the 3. Smith hits the jump shot. 59-47 LA 6:58. Harper drives through the lane for the lay up. Hou misses and Harper scores. Hou timeout. The crowd is dead. Again Hou misses and Harper goes to the line. 1 of 2. LA steals the ball, but Olajuwon gets the rebound. Herrera 1 of 2 at the line. Manning picks up his 4th foul. Olajuwon with a bucket in the paint. Grant gets a T for contact with the ref and a foul. 64- 51 LA 4:07. Brooks 2 of 2. Crowd comes alive and is cheering. Olajuwon gets the ball, is open, and is quickly fouled to prevent the easy 2, but he hits the freebies anyways. 64-55 LA 3:55. A tip in by Roberts. A 3 by Bullard. Olajuwon rebounds and Herrera is fouled. 1 of 2. 66-59 LA 2 min. Harper misses a jumper. A loose ball foul sends Roberts to the line. 1 of 2. A loose ball foul sends Bullard to the line. 2 of 2. 67-61 LA 1:08. M Jackson at the line - 2 of 2. Nice penetration by Floyd for the 2. Harper swishes the 2. And Bullard for 3. At the end of the quarter: 72-66 LA. 4th Quarter: Manning gets the first 2 of the quarter. Vaught is stripped, but LA doesn't convert. Bullard hits a turn around from the outside. Norman is fouled driving. 2 of 2. Bullard is fouled by Manning - his 5th. 2 of 2. 76-70 LA. M Jackson penetrates and scores even though Olajuwon is there. Teams trade misses. Williams gets his 5th foul. Williams hits a jumper from a behind-the-back pass by M Jackson. Olajuwon gets 2 at the line. Vaught nails the jumper. 82-72 LA 7:32. Garland hits for 2. Goaltending by Olajuwon. A lob to Olajuwon who is stripped, but the ball goes out of bounds. Olajuwon is fouled and makes both. Harper stripped, Houston stripped, LA misses, Brook misses, Olajuwon misses. A lob pass to Harper on a 3 on 2 break gives it 86-76 LA 5:01. Hou misses and Harper hits the jumper. Roberts gets his 5th foul. Olajuwon 2 of 2. LA passes to Olajuwon. Roberts fouls out. Olajuwon 2 of 2. 88-80 LA 3:50. Grant is open and drains the shot. Olajuwon is fouled by Williams - and he fouls out. Olajuwon 1 of 2. 90-81 LA 3:17. Herrera steals the ball, but doesn't convert. Harper draws the foul and gets the basket and the freebie. Herrera has 5 fouls. Olajuwon slams. M Jackson drives and misses. 93-83 LA 1:55. Harper misses a jam, but LA rebounds. M Jackson passes to the open Norman, who misses, but again, LA rebounds. Hou gets the ball. The 3 doesn't fall and time is running out for Houston. One more basket by LA and the game is over. Final: LA Clippers 95, Houston Rockets 83. patricia