Dallas at Houston game (January 5) To answer the question I asked the other day, no, Dallas did not find a solution for Hakeem Olajuwon. And they still keep shooting themselves in the foot. Just some small notes on the game. The 1st quarter was fairly close with Olajuwon supplying most of the offense for Houston and neither team shooting very well. 25-22 Houston. Dallas 37% FG, Houston 44%. The 2nd quarter saw Dallas go ice cold and Houston taking full advanctage of it. Houston had an 17-3 run in the quarter and Dallas missed 8 conscecutive shots. 55-42 Houston. Olajuwon has 22 points including 11-19 FG and 5 rebounds, Maxwell had 7 points, Elie 8 points, and Cassell 5 points. Mashburn had 11 points including 4-12 FG, Jackson had 10 points including 4-13 FG, and Tarpley had 12 points including 5-7 FG and 7 rebounds in 15 minutes. Houston out-rebounded Dallas 25-23. 9 Dallas turnovers lead to 14 Houston points. Houston was still up after 3 by 13 at 80-67. Dick Motta got tossed during the break for arguing that Mashburn's 3-pointer at the end of the quarter should have counted (radio announcer Ted Davis said the replay showed it shouldn't have). The 4th quarter didn't see much of a change and the starters rested at the end of the game. 108-99 Houston. I was surprised that the Mavs were able to keep it so close (ie, not a 20+ blowout) considering they were shooting so poorly. This is the first time this season that the Mavs are under .500. They play Indiana in Dallas tonight [and hopefully it will be a much better game than the last time Indiana came to town - that 2nd quarter contained the _ugliest_ 10 minutes of basketball I have ever seen]. 1 2 3 4 Final 2FG 3FG FG% FT% Houston 25 30 25 28 - 108 .544 .333 .506 .826 Dallas 22 20 25 32 - 99 .380 .429 .387 .840 Halftime: 55-42 Houston 3rd Quarter: 80-67 Houston Technicals: Dallas Coach Motta 2 (ejected) end of 3rd, Houston Illegal D Officials: Tommy Nunez, Jim Clark, Woody Mayfield Attendance: 16,611 Rebounds Houston Min FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Pts Off Def Tot Ast PF St TO Blk Robert Horry 35 2-6 0-1 1-1 5 1 7 8 4 4 2 2 0 Carl Herrera 33 6-11 0-0 0-0 12 2 6 8 0 3 1 1 1 Hakeem Olajuwon 37 15-24 0-0 3-4 33 3 4 7 2 5 2 1 4 Vernon Maxwell 31 5-12 1-4 5-5 16 1 3 4 9 5 1 2 1 Kenny Smith 27 3-6 2-5 4-6 12 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 Mario Elie 27 5-6 1-1 4-4 15 0 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 Sam Cassell 20 3-9 0-2 1-1 7 0 2 2 6 0 2 2 0 Pete Chilcutt 24 2-7 1-1 0-0 5 1 4 5 0 2 0 2 0 Scott Brooks 2 0-1 0-1 1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Tim Breaux 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Zan Tabak 2 1-1 0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 240 42-83 5-15 19-23 108 8 31 39 25 23 10 1 7 Rebounds Dallas Min FGM-FGA 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Pts Off Def Tot Ast PF St TO Blk Jamal Mashburn 40 5-21 2-5 5-6 17 2 4 6 4 2 3 3 0 Popeye Jones 33 5-9 0-0 2-2 12 3 6 9 1 3 1 2 0 Lorenzo Williams 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 6 1 3 0 2 0 Jason Kidd 34 1-7 1-2 3-4 6 3 1 4 8 3 3 4 0 Jim Jackson 41 11-27 2-3 2-2 26 1 3 4 6 1 2 2 0 Roy Tarpley 31 8-16 0-0 3-4 19 5 8 13 0 1 0 1 0 Terry Davis 8 0-2 0-0 2-2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 Lucious Harris 11 1-2 0-1 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 Doug Smith 13 2-3 0-0 3-3 7 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 0 Morlon Wiley 8 1-2 1-2 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Tony Dumas 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 Totals 240 36-93 6-14 21-25 99 17 28 45 24 23 11 15 0 patricia