National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Atlanta 103,
Houston 100
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 3, 2009
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #41 Ken Mauer, #64 Eli Roe
Attendance: 16740
Where: Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #41 Ken Mauer, #64 Eli Roe
Attendance: 16740
Final Scoring Summary
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rafer Alston - G | 43:35 | 4-13 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Brent Barry - G | 23:49 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Von Wafer - F | 40:29 | 7-17 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Luis Scola - F | 39:17 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Yao Ming - C | 32:57 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -5 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Aaron Brooks | 23:35 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Carl Landry | 18:53 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 8-8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Luther Head | 12:35 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chuck Hayes | 4:52 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Artest | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tracy McGrady | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Dikembe Mutombo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Steve Francis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-77 | 9-21 | 17-20 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 100 | |
| 48.1% | 42.9% | 85.0% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Atlanta Hawks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Joe Johnson - G | 39:23 | 7-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Mike Bibby - G | 32:28 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Josh Smith - F | 39:52 | 13-16 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 |
| Maurice Evans - F | 22:44 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Al Horford - C | 30:00 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -5 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ronald Murray | 35:56 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
| Zaza Pachulia | 17:29 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Acie Law | 15:32 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Solomon Jones | 6:37 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Othello Hunter | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Randolph Morris | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mario West | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 43-73 | 4-10 | 13-14 | 4 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 103 | |
| 58.9% | 40.0% | 92.9% | Team Rebs: 2 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| ATL | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Atlanta | ||
| Fast Break Points | 6 | Fast Break Points | 21 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 9 |