[This is from what I saw and the notes I took. Please excuse spelling, grammatical, and typing errors. Times listed indicates time _left_ in the quarter, half, game and/or overtime and the team listed after the score is always the team that is ahead. A brick is a short shot that hits the part of the rim closest to the shooter. To save time and typing, I only list players by their last names. If you would like a roster list for the teams in the playoffs, e-mail me asking for a roster list. If you would like to receive the tabs directly via e-mail, send me a note with your correct e-mail address and state that you want to be added to the tabs mailing list. Questions, suggestions, and comments welcomed.] Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets - game 1 Carl Herrera is not playing due to a dislocated shoulder. 1st Quarter: Smith misses. Utah turnover. Olajuwon gets the turn around baseliner. Stockton drives for the finger roll. Smith nails the 3. Malone nails the turn around 10-footer. Utah steals. Utah turnover. Olajuwon nails the fall away baseliner. 7-4 Hou 9:46. Spencer gets 2 inside. Hou turnover. Stockton gets the short baseliner. Maxwell misses everything. Stockton misses. Horry gets the jam. Malone misses. Utah strip. Olajuwon swats Malone's attempt but Spencer gets the lay up. Olajuwon travels inside. Utah turnover, Stockton intercepts. Stockton gets the 15-footer. 12-9 Utah 6:34. Horry misses the 3. Into Spencer who is fouled. Makes both. Smith drains the 20-footer. Olajuwon steals. Olajuwon 1 of 2. Hornacek misses. Olajuwon misses. Thorpe steals. Smith drains the 3. 15-14 Hou 4:01. Utah turnover, Maxwell runs the court for the lay up. Humphries misses. Horry misses. Hornacek misses. Thorpe misses inside. Malone misses. 17-14 Hou 2:04. Smith 1 of 2. Benoit bricks. Horry skies to power home the miss. Hornacek into Spencer for the jam. Olajuwon misses. Olajuwon steals. Smith misses. Hornacek misses. 20-16 Hou. 2nd Quarter: Malone with the over the shoulder pass into Corbin for 2. Cassell drives for the lay up. Stockton drains the jumper. Olajuwon misses, Cassell steals and gets the lay up. Hou forces the turnover. 24-20 Hou 9:56. Cassell gets the banker and is fouled. Makes the extra. Humphries misses. Cassell nails the 10-footer. Smith intercepts and takes it all the way for the lay up. Chambers misses. Smith misses the 3. Corbin nails the baseliner. 31-22 Hou 7:21. Olajuwon nails the turn around jumper. Malone misses 3 times inside. Smith drives for the lay up. Malone rattles in the 18-footer. Thorpe drives for the lay up. Chambers misses. Stockton steals. Stockton to the trailing Chambers for the lay up. Olajuwon misses. Stockton drains the 12-footer. Elie gets the jumper to roll in. Utah turnover. Maxwell drains the 3. 42-28 Hou 3:47. Hornacek misses. Olajuwon 2 of 2. Benoit nails the baseliner. Cassell into Olajuwon for the lay up. Benoit nails the tough turn around fall away 10-footer. Olajuwon nails the turn around fall away. Offensive foul on Hornacek. Utah steals. Spencer bricks. Elie misses the lay up. Hornacek misses the 3. Elie swishes the 3. Olajuwon swats. Maxwell nails the 3. Benoit drives for the power slam. At the half, 54-34 Hou. 3rd Quarter: 2nd illegal D on Hou. Hornacek makes the gift. Hornacek nails the 15 foot lean in. Into Horry for the lay up. Sloan gets a T. Smith misses the gift. Spencer 2 of 2. Horry misses. Malone gets the lay up on his 2nd attempt. 56-41 Hou 10:01. Thorpe misses. Hornacek drains the long baseliner. Hou turnover. Hornacek gets the running hook. Olajuwon misses, Thorpe gets the rebound and can't get it back up, jumpball. Utah controls. Malone gets the running hook. Olajuwon spins in baseline for the reverse lay up. Maxwell steals. Maxwell bricks the 3, Hornacek drains the pull up 18-footer. Smith drains the 3. 61-49 Hou 7:13. Spencer misses inside. Olajuwon bricks. Benoit 2 of 2. Maxwell misses. Spencer 1 of 2. Olajuwon 2 of 2. Stockton misses. Smith buries the 3. Malone nails the turn around baseliner and is fouled. Makes the extra. 66-55 Hou 5:01. Maxwell nails the 3. Hornacek nails the catch and fire jumper. Olajuwon nails the 15-footer. Hornacek misses. Olajuwon 2 of 2. Malone with the hook pass into Spencer for the jam. Olajuwon misses. Into Spencer for the lay up. Smith nails another 3. 75-61 Hou 2:40. Humphries is fouled driving. 1 of 2. Olajuwon drains the turn around jumper. Benoit misses. Maxwell misses, Horry misses the put back. Horry steals. Smith is fouled driving. Makes the freebies. Hornacek gets the driving one- hander. Smith misses the 3, Horry rebounds. Cassell misses the last second 3. 79-64 Hou. 4th Quarter: Olajuwon's 8-footer rolls in and he is fouled. Makes the extra. Humphries drives for 2. Horry misses the 3 badly. Stockton misses the 3. Cassell misses. Benoit misses driving and travels by catching his miss that didn't touch the rim. Olajuwon nails the 15 foot face up. Oh, Humphries into Benoit for the quick one hand slam. 84-68 Hou 9:41. Hou turnover, Stockton is fouled on the break. 1 of 2. Olajuwon gets 2 up close. Malone nails the baseliner. Olajuwon gets the turn around baseliner. Humphries drives for the lay up. Maxwell misses the 3. Stockton bricks. 88-73 Hou 7:28. Utah steals. Corbin misses. Hou turnover. Humphries misses badly. Smith to Thorpe for the lay up and the foul. Misses the extra. Malone gets the short fall away baseliner. Thorpe gets the lay up and is fouled. Misses the extra. Malone to the cutting Hornacek for the lay up. 92-77 Hou 5:31. 2nd illegal D on Utah. Elie makes the gift. Hornacek strips, Utah runs, Hornacek to Malone for the lay up. Elie tips in the miss. Corbin nails the long jumper. Smith nails the 3. Hornacek drives for the lay up. 98-83 Hou 3:37. Smith misses the 3. Utah turnover, Elie gets the flying 2 hand jam on the break. Malone 1 of 2. Maxwell misses the 3, ahead to Hornacek for the lay up. Elie misses. Stockton misses the lay up. Olajuwon misses. Stockton to the slashing Malone for 2. 100-88 Hou. Sloan clears the bench. Hou misses the 3. Benoit bricks the 3. 24 second violation Hou. Benoit misses. Hou runs the clock out. Game over. Final: Houston Rockets 100, Utah Jazz 88. Player of the game: Kenny Smith with 27 points including 6-9 3- pointers and 5 assists. Houston leads the series 1-0. patricia