Rockets @ Nuggets ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Starting Lineups: Nuggets: Center - Clemon Johnson - 6-10 - 272 lbs. Power Forward - Larry Smith - 6-8 - 241 lbs. Small Forward - Clyde Drexler - 6-7 - 227 lbs. Shooting Guard - Darrell Griffith - 6-4 - 209 lbs. Point Guard - Eddie L. Johnson - 6-2 - 189 lbs. Rockets: Center - Patrick Ewing - 7-0 - 270 lbs. Power Forward - Larry Bird - 6-9 - 244 lbs. Small Forward - Rod Higgins - 6-7 - 227 lbs. Shooting Guard - Rolando Blackman - 6-6 - 226 lbs. Point Guard - Vern Fleming - 6-5 - 201 lbs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Ewing (Rockets) wins the Jump ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:59 Nuggets 0, Rockets 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right corner). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird puts up the shot. No good. Patrick Ewing tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:43 Nuggets 0, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Right baseline). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Top of the key). Darrell Griffith shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. No good. Eddie L. Johnson tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:31 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins shoots from the left baseline. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:19 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:12 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Clyde Drexler. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 11:03 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Rolando Blackman tips the pass away but gets called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 0, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:55 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Clemon Johnson Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right corner). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left baseline). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson goes for a layup. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:41 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing shoots from the free throw line. No good. Clemon Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:31 Nuggets 2, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Post). Clemon Johnson goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. He now has two rebounds for the game. Larry Smith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right baseline). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Post). Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. It's Good. Clyde Drexler gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 10:08 Nuggets 4, Rockets 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Patrick Ewing gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:47 Nuggets 4, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (Left wing). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. It's Good. Darrell Griffith gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:31 Nuggets 6, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Patrick Ewing is called for 3 seconds in the key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:26 Nuggets 6, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Right wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left baseline). Eddie L. Johnson shoots from the left baseline. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:16 Nuggets 6, Rockets 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird is trapped near the sideline. Larry Bird gets free from the trap. Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird shoots off the glass. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 9:02 Nuggets 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith drives to the top of the key. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left corner). Rod Higgins steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:59 Nuggets 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins shoots from the left wing. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:36 Nuggets 6, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left wing). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left baseline). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (FT Line). Darrell Griffith shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:25 Nuggets 8, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Clemon Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:18 Nuggets 8, Rockets 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Nuggets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 8:16 Nuggets 8, Rockets 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left corner). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). Larry Bird shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:53 Nuggets 8, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Houston comes out in a full court press. Clyde Drexler drives to the deep left wing. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right wing). Darrell Griffith drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:41 Nuggets 8, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith shoots a three-pointer from the left wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:34 Nuggets 8, Rockets 10 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman goes for a layup. It's Good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:23 Nuggets 8, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:23 Nuggets 8, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith Darrell Griffith shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 7:23 Nuggets 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Post). Rolando Blackman shoots from the inside. No good. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing 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 Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Larry Smith. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:35 Nuggets 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right baseline). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Rod Higgins. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 6:21 Nuggets 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Post). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Post). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Left wing). Larry Bird moves to the left corner. Larry Bird shoots a three-pointer from the left corner. No good. Clemon Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:52 Nuggets 10, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left baseline). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson goes for a layup. It's Good. Clyde Drexler gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:46 Nuggets 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins drives to the deep right wing. Rod Higgins drives to the right wing. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird shoots from the inside. He is fouled by Clemon Johnson. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 2, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:29 Nuggets 12, Rockets 12 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:29 Nuggets 12, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the top of the key. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith shoots from the left wing. No good. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:19 Nuggets 12, Rockets 14 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:05 Nuggets 12, Rockets 16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right wing). Patrick Ewing steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 5:03 Nuggets 12, Rockets 16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird shoots from the free throw line. No good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. Rod Higgins shoots from the right baseline. No good. Vern Fleming tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:30 Nuggets 12, Rockets 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:30 Nuggets 12, Rockets 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith Darrell Griffith shoots from the right baseline. No good. Clyde Drexler (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right corner). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Right wing). Michael Wiley finds Larry Smith for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:17 Nuggets 14, Rockets 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left corner). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins shoots from the right baseline. He is fouled by Clyde Drexler. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 4:01 Nuggets 14, Rockets 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Clyde Drexler (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:59 Nuggets 14, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Michael Wiley (FT Line). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right baseline). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Larry Bird draws the charge. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:52 Nuggets 14, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep left wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman shoots from the left wing. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:31 Nuggets 14, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the deep right wing. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Left baseline). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right corner). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith shoots from the left wing. No good. Michael Wiley (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Michael Wiley shoots off the glass. He is fouled by Patrick Ewing. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:16 Nuggets 14, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:16 Nuggets 16, Rockets 19 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep left wing. Rolando Blackman drives to the left wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming shoots from the right wing. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. He now has one assist for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 3:04 Nuggets 16, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith drives to the top of the key. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Deep Post). Michael Wiley shoots off the glass. It's Good. Rickey Green gets the assist. Rickey Green now has one assist for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:54 Nuggets 18, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Smith. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:36 Nuggets 18, Rockets 21 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:36 Nuggets 18, Rockets 22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson drives to the top of the key. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Left baseline). Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right baseline). Rickey Green finds Darrell Griffith for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:20 Nuggets 20, Rockets 22 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Post). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman puts up the shot. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. He now has two assists for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 2:07 Nuggets 20, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Ron Anderson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (FT Line). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Larry Smith (Left wing). Larry Smith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Left wing). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Deep Post). Michael Wiley goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Bird. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:53 Nuggets 20, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Wiley is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:53 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Denver comes out in a full court press. Chuck Person passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird is trapped in the corner. Larry Bird gets free from the trap. Larry Bird is trapped in the corner. Michael Wiley gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:25 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Deep Right wing). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Rickey Green (FT Line). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Right wing). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Left corner). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Rickey Green (FT Line). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Right wing). Larry Bird gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 1:04 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Post). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right baseline). Chuck Person shoots from the right baseline. No good. Vern Fleming (Rockets) gets the rebound. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). Hank McDowell goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Michael Wiley. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:38 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:36 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Houston comes out in a full court press. Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Right wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Post). Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. He is fouled by Hank McDowell. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:27 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. Larry Bird now has three rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:25 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:23 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Right wing). Rickey Green drives to the right wing. Rickey Green shoots from the right wing. No good. Chuck Person (Rockets) gets the rebound. Chuck Person now has one rebound for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st Quarter Time Remaining: 0:14 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Chuck Person passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right corner). Chuck Person passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming shoots from the right wing. No good. Michael Brooks (Nuggets) gets the rebound. He now has one rebound for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Ron Anderson inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left wing). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Chuck Person fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 0, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:45 Nuggets 22, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clemon Johnson inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson Ron Anderson shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:42 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Chuck Person drives to the deep left wing. Chuck Person passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Post). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left corner). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Hank McDowell shoots from the left baseline. No good. Ron Anderson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:16 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Ron Anderson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Post). Clemon Johnson puts up the shot. He is fouled by Larry Bird. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 0, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:07 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clemon Johnson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. Chuck Person (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:05 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Top of the key). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Hank McDowell is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:58 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Ron Anderson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Top of the key). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left corner). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left corner). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Frank Johnson gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:44 Nuggets 24, Rockets 24 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:26 Nuggets 24, Rockets 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Top of the key). Larry Smith is called for 3 seconds in the key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:19 Nuggets 24, Rockets 26 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins shoots a three-pointer from the right corner. Nothing but net. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:02 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Houston comes out in a full court press. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left wing). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right wing). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left baseline). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Post). Clemon Johnson shoots from the inside. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Larry Smith shoots from the inside. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:31 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:19 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right baseline). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Frank Johnson forces a 5-second violation on Eddie L. Johnson. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:07 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the right wing. No good. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. That's his second rebound of the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:49 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Post). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left corner). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith shoots from the left wing. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:22 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Larry Smith steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:16 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Right wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. No good. Frank Johnson (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:05 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right wing. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Nuggets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:51 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Clemon Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:45 Nuggets 24, Rockets 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:45 Nuggets 24, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:45 Nuggets 24, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Larry Smith Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson finds Darrell Griffith for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:29 Nuggets 26, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Deep Left wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left corner). Patrick Ewing drives to the baseline. Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:04 Nuggets 26, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the deep right wing. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith is trapped in the corner. Darrell Griffith gets free from the trap. Darrell Griffith is trapped in the corner. Rolando Blackman is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:59 Nuggets 26, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Deep Right wing). Michael Wiley drives to the right wing. Michael Wiley passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. It's Good. Michael Wiley gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:49 Nuggets 28, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Deep Left wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman shoots from the left wing. No good. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:35 Nuggets 28, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Left wing). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right baseline). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (FT Line). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Top of the key). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Smith follows the miss with a dunk...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:21 Nuggets 30, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:21 Nuggets 30, Rockets 31 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. It's Good. Rod Higgins now has 8 points for the game. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:19 Nuggets 30, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Houston comes out in a full court press. Darrell Griffith drives to the top of the key. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 30, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird gets called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:49 Nuggets 30, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith drives to the deep right wing. Michael Wiley is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:42 Nuggets 30, Rockets 33 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. It's Good. Rolando Blackman gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:33 Nuggets 30, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (FT Line). Michael Wiley shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Michael Wiley now has 8 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:24 Nuggets 32, Rockets 35 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the top of the key. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird finds Patrick Ewing for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:11 Nuggets 32, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Houston comes out in a full court press. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Top of the key). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Post). Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. No good. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:58 Nuggets 32, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Eddie L. Johnson steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:54 Nuggets 32, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Denver gets a 2-on-1 break. Eddie L. Johnson gives it up to Darrell Griffith. He finishes with a layup. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:53 Nuggets 34, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. He is fouled by Eddie L. Johnson Team Fouls - Nuggets: 2, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:51 Nuggets 34, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Post). Rolando Blackman moves to the right wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins shoots from the left wing. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:34 Nuggets 34, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left corner). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Deep Post). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right baseline). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Post). Michael Wiley goes for a layup. No good. Michael Wiley (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Michael Wiley passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left corner). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes up for a dunk. It's Good. Clyde Drexler now has 6 points for the game. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:01 Nuggets 36, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 3 Eddie L. Johnson is arguing the foul call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:55 Nuggets 36, Rockets 37 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left corner). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left baseline). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird shoots off the glass. It's Good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:45 Nuggets 36, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the top of the key. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right corner). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Michael Wiley (FT Line). Michael Wiley shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:34 Nuggets 36, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Post). Rolando Blackman goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Michael Wiley. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:24 Nuggets 36, Rockets 39 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:24 Nuggets 36, Rockets 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Houston comes out in a full court press. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Right wing). Darrell Griffith moves to the top of the key. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right corner). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Right baseline). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:09 Nuggets 36, Rockets 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman moves to the right corner. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). George L. Johnson fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 3 Denver is in the penalty. Patrick Ewing will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:58 Nuggets 36, Rockets 41 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:58 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:58 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. That's his fifth rebound of the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:55 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right baseline). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. No good. George L. Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:44 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right wing). Larry Smith shoots from the right wing. No good. Clyde Drexler (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (Post). Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (FT Line). Darrell Griffith shoots from the free throw line. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:31 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 6, Rockets: 3 Denver is in the penalty. Vern Fleming will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:21 Nuggets 36, Rockets 43 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2:21 Nuggets 36, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Houston comes out in a full court press. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right wing). Rickey Green shoots from the right wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:08 Nuggets 36, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing shoots off the glass. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman shoots a three-pointer from the right wing. No good. Clyde Drexler (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:42 Nuggets 36, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler drives to the top of the key. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith shoots from the left wing. The shot is blocked by Rolando Blackman. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. Patrick Ewing now has 8 rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:34 Nuggets 36, Rockets 45 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:28 Nuggets 36, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Houston comes out in a full court press. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (FT Line). Patrick Ewing forces a 5-second violation on Larry Smith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:22 Nuggets 36, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Post). Rod Higgins puts up the shot. No good. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Darrell Griffith now has four rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:09 Nuggets 36, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (FT Line). George L. Johnson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left wing). Rickey Green passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith shoots a three-pointer from the right corner. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:55 Nuggets 36, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Darrell Griffith. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 7, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:44 Nuggets 36, Rockets 47 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:44 Nuggets 36, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:44 Nuggets 36, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith Darrell Griffith drives to the hoop. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Post). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (Deep Post). Larry Smith shoots from the inside. It's Good. Clyde Drexler gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:40 Nuggets 38, Rockets 49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins drives to the top of the key. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. He now has three assists for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:29 Nuggets 38, Rockets 51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Clyde Drexler drives to the deep right wing. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:12 Nuggets 38, Rockets 51 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman drives to the deep right wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming goes up for a dunk. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:04 Nuggets 38, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Top of the key). Halftime. Score - Nuggets 38, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Nuggets 38, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clemon Johnson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Larry Smith (Left baseline). Larry Smith shoots from the left baseline. No good. Clemon Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Right baseline). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Top of the key). Darrell Griffith shoots a three-pointer from the top of the key. Nothing but net. Clyde Drexler gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:32 Nuggets 41, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird shoots from the inside. He is fouled by Clemon Johnson. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:25 Nuggets 41, Rockets 53 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:25 Nuggets 41, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:16 Nuggets 43, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep left wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Larry Smith tips the pass away but gets called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 2, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 11:08 Nuggets 43, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:50 Nuggets 43, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Right wing). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Right wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Top of the key). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right wing). Darrell Griffith shoots from the right wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:31 Nuggets 43, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Right wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming 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 Patrick Ewing (Post). Larry Smith fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:10 Nuggets 43, Rockets 55 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Michael Wiley. The basket is good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:04 Nuggets 43, Rockets 57 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 10:04 Nuggets 43, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left corner). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Deep Post). Larry Smith goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Bird. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:55 Nuggets 43, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:53 Nuggets 44, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Top of the key). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Larry Smith. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Darrell Griffith is tied up by Larry Bird The ref signals for a jump ball. Larry Bird wins the jump ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:30 Nuggets 44, Rockets 58 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird puts up the shot. It's Good. Larry Bird now has 19 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:23 Nuggets 44, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Houston comes out in a full court press. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the deep right wing. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Larry Smith (Post). Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Top of the key). Darrell Griffith drives to the hoop. Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Rod Higgins (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 9:09 Nuggets 44, Rockets 60 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman moves to the left corner. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. That's his fourth assist of the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:52 Nuggets 44, Rockets 62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Houston comes out in a full court press. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Right wing). George L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (FT Line). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Post). Darrell Griffith puts up the shot. It's Good. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:36 Nuggets 46, Rockets 62 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep left wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left corner). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. Patrick Ewing gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:21 Nuggets 46, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Right wing). George L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Right baseline). George L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Post). Larry Smith passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right baseline). Darrell Griffith shoots from the right baseline. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 8:04 Nuggets 46, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Post). Rod Higgins goes for a layup. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Nuggets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:40 Nuggets 46, Rockets 64 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:35 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Larry Smith (Deep Right wing). Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:24 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming 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. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:10 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith drives to the deep left wing. Larry Smith throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 7:04 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. Larry Bird passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Top of the key). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Right wing). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right wing. No good. Darrell Griffith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Darrell Griffith is tied up by Patrick Ewing The ref signals for a jump ball. Patrick Ewing wins the jump ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:15 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right baseline). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by George L. Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 46, Rockets 66 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 46, Rockets 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Denver calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 46, Rockets 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson Eddie L. Johnson shoots from the left wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 48, Rockets 68 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Left wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing shoots from the inside. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:43 Nuggets 48, Rockets 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Right wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Right wing). George L. Johnson shoots from the right wing. No good. George L. Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. That's his second rebound of the game. George L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (FT Line). Larry Smith shoots from the free throw line. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:22 Nuggets 48, Rockets 70 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Post). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 5:00 Nuggets 48, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Right wing). George L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:51 Nuggets 48, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to George L. Johnson George L. Johnson drives to the hoop. George L. Johnson passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Post). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (FT Line). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Post). Eddie L. Johnson goes for a layup. No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:32 Nuggets 48, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Clyde Drexler. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 6, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:26 Nuggets 48, Rockets 72 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:26 Nuggets 48, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Darrell Griffith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes up for a dunk. It's Good. Clyde Drexler now has 8 points for the game. Darrell Griffith gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 4:14 Nuggets 50, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman inbounds the ball to Rod Higgins. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:49 Nuggets 50, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Top of the key). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Post). Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. It's Good. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:38 Nuggets 52, Rockets 74 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep left wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Left baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the left baseline. It's Good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:29 Nuggets 52, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:23 Nuggets 52, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Top of the key). Darrell Griffith steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:19 Nuggets 52, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Denver gets a 2-on-1 break. Darrell Griffith gives it up to Clyde Drexler. He finishes with a layup. Darrell Griffith gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 3:16 Nuggets 54, Rockets 76 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Deep Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left corner). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins shoots from the left wing. No good. Rolando Blackman tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:51 Nuggets 54, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Larry Smith (FT Line). Larry Smith finds Darrell Griffith for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:44 Nuggets 56, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep left wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right corner). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). George L. Johnson forces a 5-second violation on Larry Bird. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:34 Nuggets 56, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Larry Smith (FT Line). Larry Smith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (FT Line). Darrell Griffith shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Smith tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:20 Nuggets 58, Rockets 78 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Rolando Blackman drives to the deep left wing. Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right wing). Rod Higgins finds Vern Fleming for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:10 Nuggets 58, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Rickey Green (Top of the key). Rickey Green passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left baseline). Darrell Griffith shoots from the left baseline. It's Good. Rickey Green gets the assist. Darrell Griffith now has 23 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 2:05 Nuggets 60, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming drives to the deep right wing. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Top of the key). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right baseline). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right wing). Rolando Blackman is trapped near the sideline. Clyde Drexler gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:42 Nuggets 60, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Deep Left wing). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Post). George L. Johnson goes up for a dunk. The shot is blocked by Hank McDowell. Hank McDowell (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:30 Nuggets 60, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell passes the ball to Larry Bird (Left wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins gets called for traveling. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:22 Nuggets 60, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Houston comes out in a full court press. Chuck Person is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 6, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:20 Nuggets 60, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:18 Nuggets 62, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson drives to the deep right wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. No good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:09 Nuggets 62, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Right wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Left baseline). Ron Anderson drives to the hoop. Ron Anderson goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Hank McDowell. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 6, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:00 Nuggets 62, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Ron Anderson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:00 Nuggets 64, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 1:00 Nuggets 64, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming Vern Fleming passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right corner). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Post). Chuck Person goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Smith. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 7, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:52 Nuggets 64, Rockets 80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Chuck Person is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:52 Nuggets 64, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Right wing). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right baseline). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Top of the key). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right wing). Michael Brooks drives to the hoop. Michael Brooks goes for a layup. It's Good. Clyde Drexler gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:36 Nuggets 66, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Deep Left wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Top of the key). Hank McDowell is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:29 Nuggets 66, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right wing). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Left baseline). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (FT Line). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Post). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Left wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left baseline). Clyde Drexler shoots from the left baseline. He is fouled by Chuck Person. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 7, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:07 Nuggets 66, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Quarter Time Remaining: 0:07 Nuggets 68, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Right wing). Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Deep Right wing). Vern Fleming shoots a three-pointer from the right wing. No good. The ball is knocked out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 12:00 Nuggets 68, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Top of the key). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming drives to the hoop. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Post). Hank McDowell goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Clemon Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson (Nuggets) gets the rebound. He now has two rebounds for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:45 Nuggets 68, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Eddie L. Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Post). Michael Brooks goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Bird. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 0, Rockets: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:37 Nuggets 68, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:37 Nuggets 70, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Top of the key). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:26 Nuggets 70, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Clyde Drexler drives to the deep right wing. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Post). Ron Anderson goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 11:17 Nuggets 72, Rockets 82 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Denver comes out in a full court press. Chuck Person passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird drives to the hoop. Larry Bird goes for a layup. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. Larry Bird passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right corner). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (Post). Larry Bird goes for a layup. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:57 Nuggets 72, Rockets 84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right wing). Michael Brooks shoots from the right wing. No good. Larry Bird (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:50 Nuggets 72, Rockets 84 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Larry Bird passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Left wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right corner). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Left wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Chuck Person (Deep Right wing). Chuck Person shoots a three-pointer from the right wing. It's Good. Vern Fleming gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:39 Nuggets 72, Rockets 87 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Clyde Drexler inbounds the ball to Ron Anderson. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Left wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Left baseline). Clyde Drexler drives to the hoop. Chuck Person fouls him before the shot. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 0, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:34 Nuggets 72, Rockets 87 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Larry Smith Larry Smith passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Deep Post). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right wing). Darrell Griffith drives to the hoop. Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. The shot is blocked by Patrick Ewing. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:18 Nuggets 72, Rockets 87 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person passes the ball to Vern Fleming (FT Line). Vern Fleming shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 10:09 Nuggets 72, Rockets 89 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Post). Clemon Johnson passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Left wing). Darrell Griffith drives to the hoop. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (FT Line). Eddie L. Johnson drives to the hoop. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right baseline). Larry Smith shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Eddie L. Johnson gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:46 Nuggets 74, Rockets 89 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right baseline). Patrick Ewing shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Frank Johnson gets the assist. Patrick Ewing now has 23 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:38 Nuggets 74, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith drives to the deep right wing. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left corner). Clemon Johnson is called for an illegal screen. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:29 Nuggets 74, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rod Higgins inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Deep Left wing). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Frank Johnson (FT Line). Frank Johnson drives to the hoop. Frank Johnson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Michael Wiley. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 1, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:20 Nuggets 74, Rockets 91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:20 Nuggets 74, Rockets 92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Clyde Drexler. Clyde Drexler drives to the deep left wing. Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Right corner). Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Left corner). Frank Johnson gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:15 Nuggets 74, Rockets 92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Right wing). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left wing). Rod Higgins drives to the hoop. Rod Higgins goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Darrell Griffith. The basket is good. Hank McDowell gets the assist. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 2, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:00 Nuggets 74, Rockets 94 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rod Higgins is at the free throw line. The free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 9:00 Nuggets 74, Rockets 95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Larry Smith (Right wing). Larry Smith shoots from the right wing. No good. Rolando Blackman (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:51 Nuggets 74, Rockets 95 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (FT Line). Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Deep Left wing). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Left corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (FT Line). Rolando Blackman shoots from the free throw line. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:37 Nuggets 74, Rockets 97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith inbounds the ball to Eddie L. Johnson. Eddie L. Johnson passes the ball to Clyde Drexler (Deep Left wing). Clyde Drexler passes the ball to Darrell Griffith (Post). Darrell Griffith goes for a layup. No good. Darrell Griffith tries to tip in the miss...No good. Patrick Ewing (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:26 Nuggets 74, Rockets 97 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Patrick Ewing passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman shoots from the right baseline. It's Good. Hank McDowell gets the assist. Rolando Blackman now has 18 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:18 Nuggets 74, Rockets 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Eddie L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Darrell Griffith. Darrell Griffith passes the ball to Eddie L. Johnson (Deep Right wing). Frank Johnson steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 8:10 Nuggets 74, Rockets 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Rod Higgins (Right corner). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Deep Post). Patrick Ewing goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by George L. Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:59 Nuggets 74, Rockets 99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:59 Nuggets 74, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Rickey Green inbounds the ball to Geoff Huston. Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Left wing). Rickey Green drives to the left wing. Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right baseline). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). Ron Anderson shoots from the right wing. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:47 Nuggets 76, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). George L. Johnson steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:46 Nuggets 76, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Top of the key). Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Post). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right baseline). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right baseline). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right corner). Rickey Green finds Geoff Huston for the basket. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:31 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Lorenzo Romar inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Right wing). Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right baseline). Chuck Person passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Deep Post). Michael Brooks strips the ball. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 7:15 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Left wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Left wing). Geoff Huston drives to the hoop. Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Post). Michael Brooks passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Left corner). George L. Johnson shoots from the left corner. No good. Michael Brooks (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). George L. Johnson is called for 3 seconds in the key. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:43 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Denver comes out in a full court press. Chuck Person throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:41 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap George L. Johnson inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Houston comes out in a full court press. Lorenzo Romar is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 3, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:40 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Rickey Green Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Deep Left wing). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Post). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (FT Line). Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Left wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right wing). Rickey Green shoots from the right wing. No good. Fred Roberts (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:19 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Fred Roberts throws the ball into the stands. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:16 Nuggets 78, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Geoff Huston. Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Top of the key). Rickey Green passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Deep Post). George L. Johnson shoots off the glass. It's Good. George L. Johnson now has 2 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 80, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Houston calls a timeout. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 6:06 Nuggets 80, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Chuck Person Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Left baseline). Lorenzo Romar shoots from the left baseline. No good. Chuck Person (Rockets) gets the rebound. Chuck Person passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Post). Chuck Person moves to the right wing. Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (FT Line). Geoff Huston steals the pass. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:43 Nuggets 80, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Brooks (FT Line). Michael Brooks drives to the hoop. Michael Brooks goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:38 Nuggets 82, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Denver comes out in a full court press. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). George L. Johnson gets the steal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:32 Nuggets 82, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man George L. Johnson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Top of the key). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Post). Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Left wing). Geoff Huston drives to the hoop. Geoff Huston passes the ball to George L. Johnson (Deep Post). George L. Johnson goes for a layup. No good. Chuck Person (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:15 Nuggets 82, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Deep Right wing). Frank Johnson drives to the hoop. Frank Johnson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by George L. Johnson. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:10 Nuggets 82, Rockets 101 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:10 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Geoff Huston inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Top of the key). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (FT Line). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left wing). Lorenzo Romar is called for the foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 4, Rockets: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 5:03 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to George L. Johnson George L. Johnson passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). Ron Anderson shoots from the right wing. No good. Fred Roberts (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:56 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Top of the key). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Left baseline). Lorenzo Romar drives to the hoop. Lorenzo Romar goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Geoff Huston. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 4 Geoff Huston is arguing the foul call. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:49 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Lorenzo Romar is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is no good. Michael Brooks (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:47 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Top of the key). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Deep Post). Michael Brooks puts up the shot. The shot is blocked by Hank McDowell. Michael Wiley (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Michael Wiley goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Hank McDowell. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 5, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:35 Nuggets 82, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:35 Nuggets 84, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Vern Fleming inbounds the ball to Rolando Blackman. Denver comes out in a full court press. Larry Smith is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 6, Rockets: 5 Denver is in the penalty. Rolando Blackman will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:34 Nuggets 84, Rockets 103 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Rolando Blackman is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Larry Smith (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:32 Nuggets 84, Rockets 104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Larry Smith passes the ball to Clemon Johnson (Left wing). Clemon Johnson drives to the hoop. Clemon Johnson goes for a layup. It's Good. Clemon Johnson now has 2 points for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:28 Nuggets 86, Rockets 104 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing inbounds the ball to Vern Fleming. Denver comes out in a full court press. Vern Fleming passes the ball to Larry Bird (FT Line). Larry Bird passes the ball to Rolando Blackman (Right baseline). Rolando Blackman passes the ball to Vern Fleming (Right wing). Vern Fleming passes the ball to Rod Higgins (FT Line). Rod Higgins passes the ball to Patrick Ewing (Post). Patrick Ewing goes up for a dunk. He is fouled on the shot by Larry Smith. The basket is good. Rod Higgins gets the assist. Larry Smith has fouled out of the game. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 7, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:15 Nuggets 86, Rockets 106 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Patrick Ewing is at the free throw line. The free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:15 Nuggets 86, Rockets 107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Geoff Huston inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Right wing). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Left wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Rickey Green (Top of the key). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Post). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left baseline). Rickey Green shoots from the left baseline. It's Good. Michael Brooks gets the assist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 4:01 Nuggets 88, Rockets 107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Frank Johnson. Denver comes out in a full court press. Frank Johnson drives to the deep left wing. Frank Johnson passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Left baseline). Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Post). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Left baseline). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Right baseline). Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right wing). Frank Johnson moves to the free throw line. Frank Johnson drives to the hoop. Frank Johnson goes for a layup. He is fouled on the shot by Rickey Green. The basket is no good. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 8, Rockets: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:42 Nuggets 88, Rockets 107 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Frank Johnson is at the free throw line. The first free throw is no good. The second free throw is good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:42 Nuggets 88, Rockets 108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Deep Right wing). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Deep Post). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right wing). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Left wing). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Deep Post). Michael Brooks puts up the shot. It's Good. Rickey Green gets the assist. He now has five assists for the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:24 Nuggets 90, Rockets 108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Chuck Person inbounds the ball to Lorenzo Romar. Denver comes out in a full court press. Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Right wing). Hank McDowell is trapped near the sideline. Michael Brooks is called for a foul. Team Fouls - Nuggets: 9, Rockets: 5 Nuggets is in the penalty. Hank McDowell will shoot two free throws. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:20 Nuggets 90, Rockets 108 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell is at the free throw line. The first free throw is good. The second free throw is no good. Chuck Person tries to tip in the miss...It's good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 3:18 Nuggets 90, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Houston comes out in a full court press. Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Left wing). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Top of the key). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Left wing). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left baseline). Rickey Green backs his man down. Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Right baseline). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Geoff Huston (FT Line). Geoff Huston shoots from the free throw line. No good. The ball is deflected out of bounds by the Rockets. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:50 Nuggets 90, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Ron Anderson inbounds the ball to Rickey Green Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right baseline). Geoff Huston shoots from the right baseline. No good. Michael Brooks (Nuggets) gets the rebound. Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Post). Ron Anderson goes for a layup. It's Good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:41 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Frank Johnson inbounds the ball to Lorenzo Romar. Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Fred Roberts (FT Line). Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right baseline). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Left baseline). Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Left wing). Frank Johnson makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:29 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Half Trap Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Houston comes out in a full court press. Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Top of the key). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Deep Right wing). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right wing). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Left wing). Rickey Green passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Left baseline). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Right wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Right baseline). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Left baseline). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Ron Anderson (FT Line). Ron Anderson shoots from the free throw line. No good. Hank McDowell (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 2:03 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person passes the ball to Hank McDowell (FT Line). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Left wing). Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Left baseline). Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Chuck Person (Right wing). Chuck Person passes the ball to Fred Roberts (FT Line). Fred Roberts shoots from the free throw line. No good. Geoff Huston (Nuggets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:38 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Geoff Huston drives to the top of the key. Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Deep Post). Rickey Green makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 1:26 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Zone Fred Roberts inbounds the ball to Chuck Person. Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Top of the key). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Right baseline). Fred Roberts passes the ball to Frank Johnson (FT Line). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (Right baseline). Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Chuck Person (Top of the key). Chuck Person passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Right corner). Frank Johnson shoots a three-pointer from the right corner. The shot is blocked by Rickey Green. Fred Roberts (Rockets) gets the rebound. Fred Roberts is unable to get off a shot. Houston is called for a shot clock violation. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:56 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Brooks inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Right wing). Ron Anderson passes the ball to Geoff Huston (Left baseline). Geoff Huston passes the ball to Rickey Green (Right baseline). Rickey Green passes the ball to Michael Brooks (Deep Post). Michael Brooks passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Post). Michael Wiley passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Left corner). Ron Anderson drives to the left wing. Ron Anderson shoots from the left wing. No good. Hank McDowell (Rockets) gets the rebound. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:31 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets ball: Defense: Half Trap Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (Deep Right wing). Frank Johnson passes the ball to Fred Roberts (Left corner). Fred Roberts is trapped in the corner. Fred Roberts gets free from the trap. Fred Roberts passes the ball to Lorenzo Romar (FT Line). Lorenzo Romar passes the ball to Hank McDowell (Deep Post). Hank McDowell passes the ball to Frank Johnson (FT Line). Frank Johnson makes a terrible pass and it sails out of bounds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th Quarter Time Remaining: 0:11 Nuggets 92, Rockets 111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets ball: Defense: Man Michael Wiley inbounds the ball to Rickey Green. Rickey Green passes the ball to Ron Anderson (Deep Left wing). Ron Anderson drives to the left wing. Ron Anderson passes the ball to Michael Wiley (Top of the key). Michael Wiley shoots from the top of the key. No good. Frank Johnson (Rockets) gets the rebound. Final Score - Rockets 111, Nuggets 92 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Player of the Game: C Patrick Ewing - Rockets ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rockets Leaders: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points: Patrick Ewing - 28 Rebounds: Larry Bird - 14 Assists: Vern Fleming - 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuggets Leaders: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Points: Darrell Griffith - 23 Rebounds: Larry Smith - 14 Assists: Eddie L. Johnson - 7