[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. 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 1st Quarter: Olajuwon with the hook in the paint. Norman nails the 3. K Smith gets doubled and finds the open Thorpe who jams. LA turnover. Hou misses. LA turnover and Olajuwon gets accidently hit in the face and sits down. Pick and roll doesn't work for Hou. LA breaking, Harper gets the finger roll and is fouled. Horry misses the 3, Thorpe rebounds, K Smith misses the 3, foul on LA. K Smith makes the 3. Harper hits the long jumper. Hou turnover. Olajuwon is back in the game. LA misses, but Hou knocks it out of bounds. LA turnover, Hou misses. Norman misses. K Smith throws it away. Roberts sees a hole, takes it, and jams. Thorpe misses the put back, Manning misses. Hou airballs, Hou rebounds. 10-6 LA 6:55. Thorpe misses the turn around. M Jackson drives and shoots the "teardrop" and scores. Thorpe is fouled driving. 2 of 2. M Jackson misses. Olajuwon makes a move and takes it to the hole. Norman hits the long jumper. Olajuwon rattles it in. J Williams misses inside. Nice passing by Hou and Olajuwon nails the jumper. Roberts is fouled, 1 of 2. 15-14 LA 4:14. Thorpe misses. A nice move by Norman in the paint for the toss in. A block by Harper, but it goes out of bounds. Horry forces it as the 24 sec clock runs out. Hou rebounds. Olajuwon gets 2. LA gets 2. Thorpe misses, Olajuwon misses the jam on the put back. Hou turnover, LA turnover, Bullard nails the 3. Norman misses. Maxwell misses the 3. Norman gets 2 in the paint. K Smith hits the 3. 21-22 Hou 1:05. LA misses, Roberts rebounds, Olajuwon blocks. Maxwell is fouled, 1 of 2. LA into Manning who is fouled. He makes both. Herrera is fouled driving. 1 of 2. J Williams misses the 3. Maxwell is fouled and makes both. Wow, in 1.5 sec, a long inbounds pass, a pass to Conner, who lays it in. 26-25 Hou. 2nd Quarter: A nice pass to Manning who puts it in while falling out of bounds and he is fouled. Misses the extra. Olajuwon misses. LA looses it out of bounds under the basket. Quick moving and passing by Hou ends with the easy 2 for Thorpe. Olajuwon gets 2 blocks. Harper steals, Bullard steals, Olajuwon is called for the offensive foul. Conner misses. Maxwell misses the 3. Manning misses. 3 sec violation on Thorpe. 27-28 Hou 9:45. G Grant misses. Brooks misses, Thorpe rebounds and jams. Manning gets 2 facing the basket. Maxwell misses. Conner nails the long jumper. Bullard banks the 3. Harper drains the open 3. Olajuwon is fouled in the paint, but not a shooting foul. Brooks misses the 3. Norman misses. 34-33 LA 6:34. Bullard misses the turn around. Olajuwon blocks. A jump ball under the Hou basket. LA controls. Manning running, drives, and lays it in. Hou turnover and Manning gets 2 more. Olajuwon with the sloppy pass gives LA the ball. Norman misses. Hou throws it away. Norman misses in the paint. K Smith travels. M Jackson misses. 38-33 LA 4:15. K Smith misses the jumper. A block by Horry out of bounds. Harper misses at the 24 sec buzzer. J Williams gets his 3rd foul. K Smith nails the 2 pointer, his foot was on the 3 point line. Harper gets 2. Hou turnover. Harper airballs the baseline jumper. Olajuwon misses. 40-35 LA 2 min. (There have been _very_ few fouls called in this game so far.) Norman gets 2 inside. Horry misses, rebounds, Olajuwon misses. LA turnover, K Smith is all alone under the basket for the easy 2. Manning gets the jumper with 2 Hou players in his face. Hou misses. A charge is called on Roberts. K Smith misses the lay up and Olajuwon jams at the buzzer (it was actually about .1 sec too late, but the refs didn't notice). 44-39 LA. 3rd Quarter: Harper opens with a jumper. Garland misses. Harper's knee is bothering him, but he stays in. Manning misses the turn around. Garland misses. LA misses. Thorpe misses. Bullard blocks. Thorpe gets the lay up. M Jackson misses. Hou misses, misses again, and Harper takes the ball away. Harper cutting, scores, and is fouled. 49-41 LA 9:22. Olajuwon gets the put back. Manning misses. Olajuwon jams the Hou miss. Norman gets the 3. Olajuwon steps out of bounds, refs didn't call, misses, and gets the rebound. K Smith misses. Manning looses control. Offensive foul on Hou. Harper misses. 52-45 LA 6:52. Olajuwon misses, LA knocks it out of bounds. Olajuwon gets 2. Harper is hurting again, this time "whiplash" from a collision. Timeout LA. Hou steals. K Smith drives and scores. Olajuwon gets 2. G Grant misses. Olajuwon misses the fall away. Norman misses. Horry is fouled driving. 2 of 2. Harper is back in. 52-53 Hou 4:18. Manning hits the jumper. Harper blocks Olajuwon. Harper airballs. Maxwell misses and Olajuwon misses. Roberts misses the jam. Maxwell misses the 3, Olajuwon rebounds under the basket, scores, and is fouled by Roberts - his 4th. 54-58 Hou 2:27. LA misses. Maxwell running, drives, and scores. Houston has come alive. Manning to Harper for the long 2, swish. K Smith drains the 3. 3 sec violation on LA. Olajuwon misses the hook in the paint, but is fouled. 2 of 2. 65-56 Hou 1 min. M Jackson misses. Maxwell ahead of the pack for 2. J Williams misses the 3. Olajuwon is blocked by Manning. Harper misses the 3. 56-67 Hou. 4th Quarter: Maxwell drains a 3 from 4 feet behind the line with the shot clock running down. LA misses. Maxwell misses the 3, Olajuwon rebounds and gets the lay up. M Jackson drives, Olajuwon swats. Manning nails the jumper. Hou turnover. Conner misses. Loose ball foul on LA. Hou misses. Conner nails the jumper. 60-72 Hou 9:25. Hou misses the 3. Olajuwon with another block. Brooks drives and looses it. Beauti move by M Jackson with the turn around over the shoulder lay up. Hou turnover. Olajuwon disrupts a pass and LA looses it out of bounds. Maxwell misses. Manning gets the rebound and 2. Harper steals. M Jackson runs and gets the lay up. 66-72 Hou 6:44. Hou steps out of bounds. Harper misses. LA gets the ball back, Harper misses inside. Olajuwon gets the hook. Manning throws it away. K Smith bricks the 3. Sloppy ball handling by LA and a jumpball. 66-74 Hou 5:18. LA controls. Manning misses the turn around, but Hou knocks the ball out of bounds. Roberts misses. LA steals. Harper misses. LA misses, Roberts gets the put back. The ref gets knocked down. A pause in play to check on the ref. An open K Smith drains the 3. 68-77 Hou 3:58. Manning gets the jumper. Olajuwon hits the baseline jumper. Harper hits the baseline jumper. 3 min. Harper ties up K Smith and they throw the ball at each other. Double T on Harper and K Smith. No jump ball, ref called a 10 sec backcourt violation on Hou. Conner nails the long jumper. Harper steals and M Jackson lays it in. 76-79 Hou 2:22. Timeout. Hou misses. Hou gets a 2nd chance. Roberts blocks, LA ball. Manning shots over Olajuwon for 2. 1:35 left, Hou by 1. Olajuwon misses. LA breaks, Harper drives, lays it up, and is fouled. Misses the freebie. 80-79 LA 1:10. Maxwell swishes the 3. Timeout LA. 80-82 Hou 56.6 sec. LA has a foul to give. Brooks strips Conner, but it is LA ball out of bounds. 45.6 sec. M Jackson misses, Olajuwon rebounds, and K Smith is ahead of the pack for the easy 2. LA misses on two 3 attempts. LA ball out of bounds. 16.6 sec. M Jackson misses the 3. 80-84 Hou 12.5 sec. Hou inbounds, K smith is fouled, that was the foul to give. 10.6 sec. M Jackson ties up Brooks. 8.6 sec. Harper misses the 3, Roberts misses the 3. Houston wins and advances to the second round. Final: LA Clippers 80, Houston Rockets 84. patricia