[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.  Thanks
to Douglas Norris, Tony Minkoff, and Phil for the players and
numbers of the Sonics, Suns, and Bulls.  Comments, questions,
suggestions, and praise welcomed.]

Houston Rockets vs Seattle Supersonics in Seattle

1st Quarter:
Horry nails the long jumper.  Payton misses.  K Smith misses. 
Payton drains the jumper.  Olajuwon misses.  Pierce hits the long
jumper.  Hou misses.  A block by Horry.  Thorpe misses.  Thorpe
steals.  Hou misses.  Pierce gets the fall away.  Maxwell misses
the lay up, Olajuwon rebounds and gets the put back.  Olajuwon
blocks.  Pierce misses.  Olajuwon gets the hook in the paint. 
Kemp gets the jumper.  Horry misses, Olajuwon rebounds but steps
out of bounds.  Sea turnover.  Maxwell running, drives, and
scores.  Perkins misses the 3.  Perkins steals .  Kemp misses,
McKey rebounds.  Sea turnover.  8-8 6:51.  Olajuwon misses. 
McKey gets 2 off the good pass.  Payton steals.  McKey drives the
baseline and jams.  Maxwell misses.  Kemp misses, rebounds and
gets 2.  Thorpe misses, Olajuwon rebounds, Hou gets 2 off the
long jumper.  Perkins misses.  Horry misses.  Perkins travels in
the open court. Horry drives, misses, but is fouled.  2 of 2. 
12-14 Sea 3:50.  Kemp misses everything.  Horry forces it, and
the banker rattles in.  Sea misses.  Thorpe to Horry who is
fouled.  2 of 2.  Sea misses on 5 attempts (including one block
by Olajuwon).  Thorpe gets 2 inside.  Perkins hits the turn
around jumper on the baseline.  Olajuwon is fouled in the paint. 
2 of 2.  16-20 Hou 1:08.  Perkins misses, but a loose ball foul
on Bullard.  Cage 1 of 2.  A swat by Perkins out of bounds.  Wow
- Olajuwon with the long spin and hook.  Sea turnover.  Brooks
misses.  E Johnson buries the long 2 at the buzzer.  22-19 Hou.

2nd Quarter:
Perkins nails the face up.  Garland misses.  E Johnson misses. 
Herrera misses.  Barros drives and gets the "teardrop".  Brooks
drains the long jumper.  Perkins misses.  Bullard misses,
Olajuwon rebounds, Hou misses, Olajuwon rebounds and scores.  E
Johnson gets 2 on the break.  Garland misses, Hou rebounds. 
McMillan steals and is fouled driving.  26-25 Hou 8:39.  McMillan
2 of 2.  Horry misses.  Perkins gets the turn around jumper. 
Garland drains the jumper.  E Johnson misses.  Hou misses and
someone got the lucky tip.  Offensive foul on E Johnson.  Maxwell
misses.  Beauti pass inside to Kemp for the easy 2.  Herrera gets
the jump hook.  McKey nails the jumper.  Kemp blocks Herrera. 
33-32 Sea 5:43.  E Johnson nails the baseliner.  Inside to the
open Thorpe and the easy 2.  Sea turnover.  K Smith drains the 3. 
Kemp misses from outside.  K Smith drives, tosses it up, scores,
and is fouled.  Woo - Kemp spins, shoots, _high_ off the glass
and down through the hoop.  Teams trade misses.  Olajuwon is
stripped.  McKey gets the baseline hook.  A nice pass from Horry
to the open Thorpe for the easy 2.  42-39 Hou 2:34.  Olajuwon
blocks, Sea called for 3 sec violation.  Maxwell misses.  Payton
buries the shot from the corner.  Olajuwon misses.  Payton with
the spin pass to Perkins under the basket for 2.  K Smith drains
the 3.  Perkins drains the 3.  Olajuwon misses the hook.  K Smith
steals the inbounds and lays it in. E Johnson nails the leaning 3
at the buzzer (okay, there was .5 left).  47-49 Sea.

3rd Quarter:
Pierce is fouled driving and Olajuwon is down.  His left hip is
hurting, but he stays in.  Pierce drains the long jumper.  Thorpe
misses and a 24 sec violation on Hou.  Pierce misses, McKey
rebounds.  Perkins misses the 3.  Olajuwon steps out of bounds
and Rudy T gets a T.  Pierce makes the gift.  An open Payton
misses.  Horry drives through the hole and jams.  Pierce drives
and scores.  Thorpe leans in and scores off the glass.  Kemp is
fouled on the offensive rebound.  2 of 2.  51-56 Sea 8:46. 
Thorpe misses, Olajuwon rebounds and is fouled under the basket. 
1 of 2.  Kemp rattles in the long jumper.  Olajuwon gets the
hook.  McKey misses.  Olajuwon misses.  Pierce drains the jumper. 
Olajuwon with another hook.  Horry collects his 4th foul.  Kemp
drains the long 2.  Maxwell misses, Sea turnover.  Maxwell misses
the 3.  Olajuwon rebounds and travels.  An open Payton drains the
jumper.  K Smith misses the 3, but Kemp loses the ball out of
bounds.  Maxwell gets 2 inside.  Pierce swishes the jumper. 
Maxwell is fouled driving.  2 of 2.  66-60 Sea 4:44.  Offensive
foul on Pierce.  Olajuwon shoots, is fouled, Kemp swats and is
called for goaltending.  Olajuwon gets the extra.  Pierce hits
the short baseliner.  Over and back called on Hou and K Smith
gets a T.  Pierce misses the gift.  Cage drives the baseline and
slams.  Cage gets his 4th foul.  63-70 Sea 3:12.  Olajuwon over
shoots the baseliner.  Pierce misses.  Maxwell swishes the open
3.  Payton misses.  Bullard 2 of 2 at the line.  Cage misses the
jumper.  Steal by Kemp.  Payton 2 of 2 at the line.  Maxwell
drives nicely for 2.  Pierce gets the 3.  Maxwell is called for
the charge.  Perkins caught an elbow in the throat.  Nice pass
from Pierce to Cage who spins and scores.  Brooks misses.  After
3, 70-76 Sea.

4th Quarter:
Brooks bounces the ball off his foot out of bounds.  E Johnson
drains the 3.  Hou looses the ball out of bounds.  E Johnson
breaks, drives, lays it up, is fouled, and scores.  Horry's 5th
foul.  E Johnson misses the freebie.  Garland misses, Hou
recovers.  Maxwell misses the 3 badly.  E Johnson nails the
jumper.  2nd illegal D on Sea.  Garland makes the gift.  Nice
passing by Hou.  Maxwell drives and misses, but is fouled by Cage
- his 6th.  2 of 2.  82-73 Sea 9:39.  E Johnson's baseliner
rattles in and out.  Nice move on the baseline by Olajuwon for 2. 
McKey 0 of 2 at the line.  Jump ball off the rebound.  Hou
controls.  Nice pass from Maxwell to Olajuwon who is fouled.  2
of 2.  E Johnson works, leans between players, shoots, is fouled,
and scores.  77-85 Sea 8:22.  McMillan knocks the ball out of
Hou's hands, Sea breaks and E Johnson scores.  Hou misses. 
Pierce gets 2 by himself under the basket.  Maxwell misses. 
Thorpe rebounds and is blocked.  Pierce again ahead by himself
for the easy 2.  Illegal D on Sea.  Olajuwon works towards the
basket and is fouled.  2 of 2.  Pierce misses.  Horry 1 of 2 at
the line, Hou controls the rebounds.  Olajuwon is fouled by Kemp,
his 5th.  2 of 2.  Perkins returns with a strain neck.  83-91 Sea
5:57.  E Johnson misses.  Olajuwon misses.  Pierce drains the
jumper.  Maxwell gets the bounce off the running one-hander.  K
Smith strips Sea, breaks, and gets the easy 2.  E Johnson misses. 
Maxwell misses, Thorpe gets the tap in and is fouled.  90-93 Sea
3:40.  McKey's shot goes in and out at the 24 sec buzzer. 
Olajuwon misses, Perkins gets the rebound.  Perkins misses badly
with the hook.  Hou misses.  Sea misses.  Maxwell misses the 3. 
Payton is ahead running and gets the reverse lay up.  A charge on
K Smith.  90-95 Sea 1 min.  Perkins misses the 3.  McKey is
fouled going for the rebound - Hou is in the penalty.  2 of 2. 
Timeout Hou.  90-97 Sea 43.8 sec.  Hou airballs the 3 after
wasting most of the 24 sec clock and Kemp rebounds.  Sea runs the
clock out and Payton lays it up at the buzzer.

Final:  Houston Rockets 90, Seattle Supersonics 99.



patricia