Rockets @ Pistons ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting Lineups: Pistons: Center - Mark Eaton - 7-4 - 305 lbs. Power Forward - Terry Cummings - 6-9 - 256 lbs. Small Forward - Paul Pressey - 6-5 - 220 lbs. Shooting Guard - Alvin Robertson - 6-4 - 202 lbs. Point Guard - Rob Williams - 6-2 - 185 lbs. Rockets: Center - Patrick Ewing - 7-0 - 271 lbs. Power Forward - Larry Bird - 6-9 - 250 lbs. Small Forward - Rod Higgins - 6-7 - 229 lbs. Shooting Guard - Rolando Blackman - 6-6 - 228 lbs. Point Guard - Vern Fleming - 6-5 - 202 lbs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Eaton (Pistons) wins the Jump ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:59 Pistons 0, Rockets 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mark Eaton inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Right wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams drives to the hoop. Rob Williams goes for a layup. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Pistons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:48 Pistons 0, Rockets 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the left wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:38 Pistons 0, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Top of the key). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams is trapped near the sideline. Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:29 Pistons 0, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:26 Pistons 0, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left wing). Mark Eaton shoots from the left wing. No good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. Terry Cummings shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:15 Pistons 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:02 Pistons 2, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Left wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left wing). Terry Cummings shoots from the left wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:47 Pistons 2, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Top of the key). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing is trapped near the sideline. Patrick Ewing gets free from the trap. Patrick Ewing shoots from the left wing. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:35 Pistons 2, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Alvin Robertson drives to the deep right wing. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:28 Pistons 2, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing shoots off the glass. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Pistons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:10 Pistons 2, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman shoots from the free throw line. No good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rod Higgins now has one rebound for the game. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins shoots from the free throw line. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:51 Pistons 2, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left wing). Larry Bird tips the pass away but gets called for a foul. Team Fouls - Pistons: 0, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:48 Pistons 2, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:46 Pistons 4, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the left wing. No good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. That's his second rebound of the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:34 Pistons 4, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right baseline). Rob Williams drives to the hoop. Rob Williams goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Larry Bird. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:20 Pistons 4, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins shoots a three-pointer from the left corner. No good. Mark Eaton (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:11 Pistons 4, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Paul Pressey finds Terry Cummings for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:02 Pistons 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins is trapped near the sideline. Rod Higgins gets free from the trap. Rod Higgins shoots from the right wing. No good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:42 Pistons 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings drives to the top of the key. Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (FT Line). Alvin Robertson shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. He now has three rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:30 Pistons 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman goes for a layup. It's Good. Patrick Ewing gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:16 Pistons 6, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:06 Pistons 6, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right wing. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:50 Pistons 6, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (FT Line). Rob Williams drives to the hoop. Rob Williams passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Post). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Post). Rob Williams goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Bird. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 0, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:37 Pistons 6, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:37 Pistons 8, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:13 Pistons 8, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:06 Pistons 8, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Post). Hank McDowell goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Kevin Willis. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:56 Pistons 8, Rockets 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:56 Pistons 8, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right wing). Terry Cummings shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:50 Pistons 10, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins drives to the deep right wing. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. No good. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Hank McDowell is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:26 Pistons 10, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Kevin Willis (FT Line). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right wing). Alvin Robertson shoots from the right wing. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:14 Pistons 10, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Vern Fleming shoots from the left baseline. He is fouled by Rob Williams. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Pistons 10, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Pistons 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. He is fouled by Vern Fleming Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:01 Pistons 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings goes for a layup. It's Good. Alvin Robertson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:56 Pistons 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Hank McDowell is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:43 Pistons 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Houston comes out in a full court press. Rob Williams passes the ball to Kevin Willis (FT Line). Kevin Willis shoots from the free throw line. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:38 Pistons 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right wing). Chuck Person shoots from the right wing. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. Alvin Robertson now has three rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:22 Pistons 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Post). Kevin Willis goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:12 Pistons 14, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. No good. Jeff Malone (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:57 Pistons 14, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left wing). Rob Williams finds Alvin Robertson for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:49 Pistons 16, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:49 Pistons 16, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:44 Pistons 16, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:33 Pistons 16, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Rob Williams. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:26 Pistons 16, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:26 Pistons 16, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:23 Pistons 18, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Chuck Person (Post). Chuck Person shoots from the inside. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:14 Pistons 18, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Rolando Blackman fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:03 Pistons 18, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right baseline). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Paul Pressey (FT Line). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 5 Houston is in the penalty. Paul Pressey will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:54 Pistons 18, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:54 Pistons 20, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:33 Pistons 20, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left wing). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone shoots from the right baseline. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:21 Pistons 20, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Mike McGee Mike McGee drives to the hoop. Mike McGee goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Frank Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:16 Pistons 20, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mike McGee is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:16 Pistons 22, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Edwards inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Frank Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing gets into the paint. Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:00 Pistons 22, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Left wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Post). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Kurt Rambis gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:44 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left corner). Chuck Person passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson drives to the hoop. Frank Johnson shoots from the left baseline. No good. Jeff Malone (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:16 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mike McGee (Deep Right wing). Mike McGee passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Right baseline). Mark Eaton shoots from the right baseline. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:01 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the left wing. No good. Mike McGee (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:51 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mike McGee passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Frank Johnson tips the pass away but gets called for a foul. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 7 Houston is in the penalty. Paul Pressey will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:48 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:46 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Mark Eaton is called for the foul. Team Fouls - Pistons: 4, Rockets: 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:45 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Butch Carter Butch Carter passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:37 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Mark Eaton is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:33 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Chuck Person drives to the deep right wing. Chuck Person passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right corner). Chuck Person passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Post). Kurt Rambis steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:19 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes for a layup. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Mike McGee (Top of the key). Mike McGee shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Mike McGee (Right corner). Mike McGee passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Deep Right wing). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Left wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mike McGee (Deep Right wing). Mike McGee passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kurt Rambis now has 6 rebounds for the game. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Mike McGee (FT Line). Mike McGee drives to the hoop. Mike McGee goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Patrick Ewing. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 4, Rockets: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:37 Pistons 24, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mike McGee is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:37 Pistons 26, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:37 Pistons 26, Rockets 17 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Edwards inbounds the ball to Butch Carter Butch Carter is trapped near the sideline. Butch Carter gets free from the trap. Butch Carter passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right baseline). Chuck Person shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Butch Carter gets the assist. Butch Carter now has one assist for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:28 Pistons 26, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Right wing). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left baseline). Alvin Robertson shoots from the left baseline. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:17 Pistons 26, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Kevin Edwards (Top of the key). Chuck Person is called for 3 seconds in the key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:12 Pistons 26, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:07 Pistons 28, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Butch Carter. Butch Carter drives to the deep left wing. Butch Carter shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Pistons 28, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Kevin Edwards. Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson drives to the hoop. Frank Johnson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Kevin Willis. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:53 Pistons 28, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Frank Johnson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:53 Pistons 28, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right baseline). Alvin Robertson drives to the hoop. Alvin Robertson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Kevin Edwards. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:44 Pistons 28, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:44 Pistons 30, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Kevin Edwards. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Kevin Edwards beats the press. Houston gets a 2-on-1 break. Kevin Edwards keeps the ball. He finishes with a layup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:39 Pistons 30, Rockets 23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (FT Line). Kurt Rambis drives to the hoop. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Kevin Willis gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:22 Pistons 32, Rockets 23 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson drives to the deep right wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Kevin Edwards (Post). Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). Hank McDowell goes for a layup. No good. Kevin Edwards tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:04 Pistons 32, Rockets 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left wing). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Post). Kevin Willis puts up the shot. He is fouled by Hank McDowell. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:45 Pistons 32, Rockets 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:45 Pistons 33, Rockets 25 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep right wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming finds Patrick Ewing for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:30 Pistons 33, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams drives to the top of the key. Rob Williams passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Rob Williams (FT Line). Rob Williams passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Right wing). Kevin Willis shoots from the right wing. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:04 Pistons 33, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey Paul Pressey passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left baseline). Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right corner). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Post). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Right wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Left wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Jeff Malone (FT Line). Jeff Malone shoots from the free throw line. No good. Paul Pressey (Pistons) gets the rebound. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:37 Pistons 35, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Post). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Terry Cummings gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:24 Pistons 35, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left wing). Rob Williams finds Kevin Willis for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:11 Pistons 37, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird puts up the shot. The shot is blocked by Terry Cummings. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. Patrick Ewing now has 7 rebounds for the game. Patrick Ewing shoots from the free throw line. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Post). Rod Higgins shoots off the glass. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:32 Pistons 37, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Right wing). Rob Williams finds Terry Cummings for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:28 Pistons 39, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:28 Pistons 39, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Patrick Ewing Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Kevin Willis. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:15 Pistons 39, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Post). Kevin Willis goes for a layup. It's Good. Jeff Malone gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:06 Pistons 41, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Terry Cummings. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the right wing. No good. Rob Williams (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:39 Pistons 41, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Top of the key). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Post). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left corner). Terry Cummings is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:21 Pistons 41, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:18 Pistons 41, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Rob Williams (Top of the key). Rob Williams finds Terry Cummings for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:06 Pistons 43, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming shoots from the right baseline. He is fouled by Rob Williams. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:49 Pistons 43, Rockets 27 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:49 Pistons 43, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. Alvin Robertson finds Paul Pressey for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:41 Pistons 45, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep right wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing shoots from the inside. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:33 Pistons 45, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey drives to the deep right wing. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings goes for a layup. It's Good. Paul Pressey gets the assist. Terry Cummings now has 18 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:25 Pistons 47, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:18 Pistons 47, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left wing). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Rolando Blackman fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:10 Pistons 47, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left baseline). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Mike McGee (FT Line). Mike McGee passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Patrick Ewing steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:57 Pistons 47, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Larry Bird is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:38 Pistons 47, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Alvin Robertson drives to the deep left wing. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Chuck Person. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:31 Pistons 47, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:29 Pistons 48, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right wing. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:15 Pistons 48, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mike McGee inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Deep Right wing). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right wing). Alvin Robertson shoots from the right wing. No good. Terry Cummings tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:01 Pistons 50, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left wing). Chuck Person is trapped near the sideline. Chuck Person gets free from the trap. Chuck Person passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:46 Pistons 50, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mark Eaton (FT Line). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mike McGee (FT Line). Mike McGee shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Jeff Malone gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:30 Pistons 52, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:22 Pistons 52, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Deep Right wing). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (FT Line). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right corner). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Post). Mark Eaton shoots from the inside. He is fouled by Rod Higgins. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:08 Pistons 52, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mark Eaton is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:06 Pistons 52, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins drives to the deep right wing. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:45 Pistons 52, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Right wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Deep Post). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Jeff Malone (FT Line). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:27 Pistons 52, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:17 Pistons 52, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone drives to the top of the key. Jeff Malone throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:08 Pistons 52, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Mark Eaton gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:59 Pistons 52, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson drives to the hoop. Alvin Robertson goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:55 Pistons 54, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Paul Pressey is called for the foul. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:53 Pistons 54, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left corner). Chuck Person drives to the hoop. Chuck Person goes for a layup. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:47 Pistons 54, Rockets 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Alvin Robertson is tied up by Vern Fleming The ref signals for a jump ball. Vern Fleming wins the jump ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:44 Pistons 54, Rockets 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing drives to the hoop. Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:37 Pistons 54, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson drives to the top of the key. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Post). Mark Eaton puts up the shot. It's Good. Alvin Robertson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:25 Pistons 56, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Post). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left baseline). Chuck Person passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman shoots from the free throw line. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Post). Chuck Person passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the left baseline. The shot is blocked by Alvin Robertson. The block goes out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:43 Pistons 56, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Patrick Ewing Patrick Ewing shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:41 Pistons 56, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Houston comes out in a full court press. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:40 Pistons 56, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Post). Chuck Person passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Post). Rod Higgins goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:22 Pistons 56, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey drives to the deep left wing. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone is trapped near midcourt. Jeff Malone gets free from the trap. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right baseline). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Post). Alvin Robertson goes for a layup. It's Good. Jeff Malone gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:02 Pistons 58, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:51 Pistons 58, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Left wing). Mark Eaton is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:46 Pistons 58, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Pistons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:40 Pistons 58, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman shoots from the right wing. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:38 Pistons 58, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right baseline). Terry Cummings shoots from the right baseline. No good. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:28 Pistons 58, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Post). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:13 Pistons 58, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone drives to the deep right wing. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings puts up the shot. It's Good. Halftime. Score - Pistons 60, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Pistons 60, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Mark Eaton gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:52 Pistons 60, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Left wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Deep Post). Mark Eaton goes for a layup. It's Good. Mark Eaton now has 4 points for the game. Paul Pressey gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:38 Pistons 62, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming is tied up by Alvin Robertson The ref signals for a jump ball. Vern Fleming wins the jump ball. Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Mark Eaton. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:26 Pistons 62, Rockets 52 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:24 Pistons 62, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings drives to the deep left wing. Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left baseline). Rob Williams moves out to the wing. Rob Williams passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Deep Post). Kevin Willis shoots off the glass. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:57 Pistons 62, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Rob Williams. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:41 Pistons 62, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Rolando Blackman tries to tip in the miss...No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing puts up the shot. The shot is blocked by Kevin Willis. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:20 Pistons 62, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right corner). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (FT Line). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left baseline). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Right baseline). Mike McGee passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:55 Pistons 62, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:40 Pistons 62, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings drives to the deep right wing. Terry Cummings passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Post). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Left baseline). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left wing). Alvin Robertson drives to the hoop. Alvin Robertson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Rod Higgins. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:23 Pistons 62, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:23 Pistons 64, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right corner). Vern Fleming shoots a three-pointer from the right corner. No good. Jeff Malone (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:57 Pistons 64, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Right wing). Kevin Willis throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:50 Pistons 64, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Post). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird shoots off the glass. No good. Mike McGee (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:30 Pistons 64, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mike McGee drives to the deep right wing. Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left baseline). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Mike McGee (FT Line). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson finds Jeff Malone for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:17 Pistons 66, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:02 Pistons 66, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left corner). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Top of the key). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right baseline). Terry Cummings shoots from the right baseline. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kevin Willis passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left wing). Alvin Robertson shoots from the left wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:34 Pistons 66, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird gets called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:19 Pistons 66, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey drives to the deep right wing. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Left wing). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Deep Post). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. It's Good. Kevin Willis gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:01 Pistons 68, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:01 Pistons 68, Rockets 54 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing backs down the defender. Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:54 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Brad Lohaus inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey drives to the deep right wing. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (FT Line). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Post). Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (FT Line). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right corner). Paul Pressey doesn't notice the shot clock winding down. Detroit is called for a shot clock violation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:29 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman shoots from the left wing. The shot is blocked by Jeff Malone. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:14 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis passes the ball to Brad Lohaus (FT Line). Brad Lohaus shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:07 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:55 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Vern Fleming steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:53 Pistons 68, Rockets 56 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming gets a breakaway. He finishes with a layup. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:50 Pistons 68, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey drives to the deep right wing. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Deep Post). Kevin Willis shoots from the inside. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:42 Pistons 68, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing drives to the hoop. Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Kevin Willis. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:36 Pistons 68, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:36 Pistons 68, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Detroit calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:36 Pistons 68, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis Kurt Rambis shoots from the left wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:36 Pistons 70, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming is trapped near the sideline. Vern Fleming gets free from the trap. Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes for a layup. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:23 Pistons 70, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Right wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (FT Line). Kurt Rambis drives to the hoop. Kurt Rambis goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Patrick Ewing. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:15 Pistons 70, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kurt Rambis is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:15 Pistons 72, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Kevin Willis steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:13 Pistons 72, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis gets a breakaway. He misses the dunk. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:05 Pistons 72, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right baseline. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Pistons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:37 Pistons 72, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman finds Vern Fleming for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:34 Pistons 72, Rockets 62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Right wing). Kevin Willis makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:28 Pistons 72, Rockets 62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:09 Pistons 72, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Kurt Rambis. Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Brad Lohaus (Left corner). Brad Lohaus passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Post). Jeff Malone shoots from the inside. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:53 Pistons 72, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming drives to the right wing. Vern Fleming moves to the free throw line. Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 4, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:41 Pistons 72, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:31 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Detroit calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:31 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey gets called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:31 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Left wing). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:18 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis passes the ball to Brad Lohaus (FT Line). Brad Lohaus shoots from the free throw line. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kevin Willis passes the ball to Jeff Malone (FT Line). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left wing). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone goes for a layup. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rolando Blackman now has 7 rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:49 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left baseline). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Post). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins shoots from the right baseline. No good. Brad Lohaus (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:21 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Brad Lohaus passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Right wing). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:12 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Kurt Rambis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kurt Rambis now has 8 rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:01 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left wing). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Rolando Blackman. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 4, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:47 Pistons 72, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:47 Pistons 74, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Post). Chuck Person goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:38 Pistons 74, Rockets 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Top of the key). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left corner). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right corner). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Right wing). Alvin Robertson finds Paul Pressey for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:17 Pistons 76, Rockets 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Kevin Edwards. Kevin Edwards drives to the deep left wing. Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Post). Hank McDowell goes for a layup. It's Good. Hank McDowell now has 4 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:07 Pistons 76, Rockets 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Right baseline). Kevin Willis shoots from the right baseline. No good. Chuck Person (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:55 Pistons 76, Rockets 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Chuck Person passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Kevin Edwards (Top of the key). Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left wing). Chuck Person shoots from the left wing. It's Good. Larry Bird gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:35 Pistons 76, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Left wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings gets called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:27 Pistons 76, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Kevin Edwards. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Left wing). Chuck Person shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. No good. Hank McDowell (Rockets) gets the rebound. Hank McDowell passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Post). Chuck Person puts up the shot. It's Good. Larry Bird gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Pistons 76, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson drives to the deep right wing. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Top of the key). Mike McGee passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (FT Line). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mike McGee (Left wing). Mike McGee passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Post). Kevin Willis shoots from the inside. He is fouled by Larry Bird. Team Fouls - Pistons: 0, Rockets: 1 Larry Bird is arguing the foul call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:40 Pistons 76, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:40 Pistons 78, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Right wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Post). Chuck Person shoots from the inside. It's Good. Chuck Person now has 15 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:19 Pistons 78, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson drives to the top of the key. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Left baseline). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Mike McGee (Left corner). Mike McGee drives to the hoop. Mike McGee goes for a layup. It's Good. Terry Cummings gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:06 Pistons 80, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). Larry Bird passes the ball to Frank Johnson (FT Line). Frank Johnson shoots from the free throw line. No good. Kevin Willis (Pistons) gets the rebound. Kevin Willis now has 9 rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:53 Pistons 80, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kevin Willis passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. No good. Frank Johnson (Rockets) gets the rebound. Frank Johnson now has one rebound for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:45 Pistons 80, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson passes the ball to Kevin Edwards (Top of the key). Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left baseline). Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right wing). Frank Johnson shoots from the right wing. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:27 Pistons 80, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson drives to the deep right wing. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone shoots from the left baseline. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:16 Pistons 82, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Kevin Edwards. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Left corner). Chuck Person passes the ball to Kevin Edwards (Left baseline). Kevin Edwards passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right wing). Chuck Person drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:57 Pistons 82, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing shoots off the glass. No good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:49 Pistons 82, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Deep Right wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Right baseline). Jeff Malone drives to the hoop. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Kevin Willis (Deep Post). Hank McDowell fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Pistons: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:30 Pistons 82, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Terry Cummings Terry Cummings shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:28 Pistons 84, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:28 Pistons 84, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing shoots off the glass. No good. Rob Williams (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:18 Pistons 84, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:14 Pistons 84, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:04 Pistons 84, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Houston comes out in a full court press. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Rob Williams (Top of the key). Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:01 Pistons 84, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. He is fouled by Kevin Willis. The basket is good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. Team Fouls - Pistons: 2, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:42 Pistons 84, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:42 Pistons 84, Rockets 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Jeff Malone. Houston comes out in a full court press. Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Left wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams shoots from the right wing. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:27 Pistons 84, Rockets 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Hank McDowell drives to the hoop. Hank McDowell goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Kevin Willis. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:17 Pistons 84, Rockets 81 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Hank McDowell is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:17 Pistons 84, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Detroit calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:17 Pistons 84, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey inbounds the ball to Rob Williams Rob Williams shoots from the left baseline. No good. Rob Williams (Pistons) gets the rebound. Rob Williams shoots from the left baseline. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:13 Pistons 86, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins shoots from the left wing. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rolando Blackman shoots off the glass. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:55 Pistons 86, Rockets 84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Kurt Rambis inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Left wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Top of the key). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right baseline). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes up for a dunk. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:46 Pistons 88, Rockets 84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Rolando Blackman drives to the top of the key. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right wing. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:30 Pistons 88, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Houston comes out in a full court press. Rob Williams drives to the deep left wing. Rob Williams passes the ball to Mark Eaton (FT Line). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams shoots from the right wing. It's Good. Mark Eaton gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:21 Pistons 90, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Paul Pressey steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:17 Pistons 90, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Paul Pressey passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Left wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right wing). Paul Pressey makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:08 Pistons 90, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Mark Eaton strips the ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:57 Pistons 90, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Deep Right wing). Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Post). Alvin Robertson goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Hank McDowell. The block goes out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:37 Pistons 90, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Mark Eaton Mark Eaton shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:34 Pistons 92, Rockets 86 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman is trapped near midcourt. Rolando Blackman gets free from the trap. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:14 Pistons 92, Rockets 88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (FT Line). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left baseline). Alvin Robertson shoots from the left baseline. No good. Hank McDowell (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:03 Pistons 92, Rockets 88 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman retreats to the the wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:46 Pistons 92, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Kurt Rambis inbounds the ball to Paul Pressey. Houston comes out in a full court press. Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right baseline). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right corner). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Right wing). Kurt Rambis passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left corner). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Deep Post). Alvin Robertson shoots off the glass. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:26 Pistons 92, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the left corner. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Pistons. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:13 Pistons 92, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Larry Bird Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Larry Bird is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:03 Pistons 92, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson drives to the deep right wing. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Kurt Rambis (Left baseline). Kurt Rambis drives to the hoop. Kurt Rambis goes for a layup. It's Good. Alvin Robertson gets the assist. Alvin Robertson now has 6 assists for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:54 Pistons 94, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Post). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. No good. Jeff Malone (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:35 Pistons 94, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Jeff Malone passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Jeff Malone (Left baseline). Jeff Malone shoots from the left baseline. No good. Alvin Robertson (Pistons) gets the rebound. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (FT Line). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Hank McDowell. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 3, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:19 Pistons 94, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Paul Pressey is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:19 Pistons 95, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Terry Cummings. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 4, Rockets: 3 Terry Cummings is arguing the foul call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:12 Pistons 95, Rockets 90 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Vern Fleming is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Terry Cummings (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:10 Pistons 95, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings passes the ball to Mark Eaton (FT Line). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right wing). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left baseline). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Left wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left wing). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right wing). Paul Pressey drives to the hoop. Paul Pressey goes for a layup. It's Good. Mark Eaton gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:52 Pistons 97, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird shoots from the inside. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:40 Pistons 97, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Rob Williams inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. No good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:32 Pistons 97, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:30 Pistons 97, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mark Eaton inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (FT Line). Terry Cummings shoots from the free throw line. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:20 Pistons 97, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:14 Pistons 97, Rockets 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right wing). Terry Cummings shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:07 Pistons 99, Rockets 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the top of the key. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Alvin Robertson strips the ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:00 Pistons 99, Rockets 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right wing). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (FT Line). Rob Williams passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left baseline). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Left wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right baseline). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left corner). Alvin Robertson drives to the hoop. Alvin Robertson shoots a three-pointer from the left corner. It's Good. Terry Cummings gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:37 Pistons 102, Rockets 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Alvin Robertson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Pistons: 5, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:31 Pistons 102, Rockets 93 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Mark Eaton (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:29 Pistons 102, Rockets 94 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Mark Eaton passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Deep Right wing). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Post). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left corner). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Rob Williams (Top of the key). Rob Williams drives to the free throw line. Rob Williams passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right baseline). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Right baseline). Alvin Robertson shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Rob Williams gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:09 Pistons 104, Rockets 94 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep left wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. Patrick Ewing now has 36 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:53 Pistons 104, Rockets 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Right wing). Larry Bird commits the foul. Larry Bird has fouled out of the game. Team Fouls - Pistons: 5, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:50 Pistons 104, Rockets 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Mark Eaton inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson Rolando Blackman commits the foul. Houston has 2 fouls in the last 2 minutes. Team Fouls - Pistons: 5, Rockets: 5 Houston is in the penalty. Alvin Robertson will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:47 Pistons 104, Rockets 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:47 Pistons 106, Rockets 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Detroit comes out in a full court press. Terry Cummings is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Pistons: 6, Rockets: 5 Detroit is in the penalty. Rod Higgins will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:44 Pistons 106, Rockets 96 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Rod Higgins is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:44 Pistons 106, Rockets 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Alvin Robertson inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams is called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:40 Pistons 106, Rockets 98 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Help Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman shoots off the glass. It's Good. Rolando Blackman now has 10 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:23 Pistons 106, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Alvin Robertson. Rolando Blackman commits the foul. Houston has 3 fouls in the last 2 minutes. Team Fouls - Pistons: 6, Rockets: 6 Houston is in the penalty. Alvin Robertson will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:20 Pistons 106, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Alvin Robertson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:20 Pistons 108, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming drives to the deep left wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins is trapped in the corner. Rod Higgins gets free from the trap. Rod Higgins makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:07 Pistons 108, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Man Terry Cummings inbounds the ball to Rob Williams. Rob Williams drives to the top of the key. Rob Williams passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (FT Line). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Left wing). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Right baseline). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Left corner). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Post). Terry Cummings passes the ball to Rob Williams (Left wing). Rob Williams passes the ball to Terry Cummings (Deep Post). Terry Cummings shoots from the inside. The shot is blocked by Hank McDowell. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:43 Pistons 108, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Top of the key). Patrick Ewing drives to the free throw line. Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins shoots a three-pointer from the left corner. No good. Paul Pressey (Pistons) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:20 Pistons 108, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons ball: Defense: Half Trap Paul Pressey passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (Top of the key). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Paul Pressey (Right corner). Paul Pressey passes the ball to Mark Eaton (Post). Mark Eaton passes the ball to Alvin Robertson (FT Line). Alvin Robertson passes the ball to Rob Williams (Right wing). Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:06 Pistons 108, Rockets 100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. It's Good. Final Score - Pistons 108, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Game: C Patrick Ewing - Rockets ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets Leaders: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points: Patrick Ewing - 36 Rebounds: Patrick Ewing - 15 Assists: Rolando Blackman - 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pistons Leaders: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points: Terry Cummings - 26 Rebounds: Alvin Robertson - 10 Assists: Alvin Robertson - 6