National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 96,
New Jersey 89
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, December 7, 2007
Where: IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Officials: #52 Pat Fraher, #29 Steve Javie, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 15421
Where: IZOD Center, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Officials: #52 Pat Fraher, #29 Steve Javie, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 15421
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 28 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 96 |
| New Jersey | 18 | 15 | 27 | 29 | 89 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tracy McGrady - G | 41:43 | 9-16 | 3-4 | 3-5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Rafer Alston - G | 31:25 | 5-11 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Shane Battier - F | 36:06 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Chuck Hayes - F | 15:42 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yao Ming - C | 39:18 | 9-18 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bonzi Wells | 31:24 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Steve Francis | 17:36 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Luis Scola | 14:53 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mike James | 11:54 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kirk Snyder | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Carl Landry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-75 | 7-14 | 19-24 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 96 | |
| 46.7% | 50.0% | 79.2% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Jersey Nets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Vince Carter - G | 37:45 | 12-28 | 3-5 | 5-6 | -6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
| Jason Kidd - G | 36:39 | 4-12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Richard Jefferson - F | 41:13 | 11-20 | 1-1 | 6-6 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 |
| Malik Allen - F | 17:39 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Collins - C | 20:54 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Bostjan Nachbar | 28:43 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Jamaal Magloire | 19:46 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Antoine Wright | 14:28 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Williams | 11:33 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Eddie Gill | 11:21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Darrell Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Josh Boone | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-83 | 7-13 | 12-14 | 14 | 32 | 46 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 89 | |
| 42.2% | 53.8% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NJ | Vince Carter |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Jersey | ||
| Fast Break Points | 2 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 24 |
| Biggest Lead | 16 | Biggest Lead | 0 |