National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Washington 89,
Houston 87
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, December 29, 2008
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #46 Matt Boland, #18 Mark Wunderlich, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 18278
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #46 Matt Boland, #18 Mark Wunderlich, #59 Gary Zielinski
Attendance: 18278
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Washington | 21 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 89 |
| Houston | 22 | 14 | 26 | 25 | 87 |
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike James - G | 33:53 | 6-15 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Nick Young - G | 23:03 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Antawn Jamison - F | 36:45 | 11-23 | 0-3 | 8-8 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 |
| Dominic McGuire - F | 36:11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Andray Blatche - C | 35:47 | 6-14 | 0-1 | 4-4 | -13 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Deshawn Stevenson | 22:50 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Darius Songaila | 19:27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Etan Thomas | 15:30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Juan Dixon | 10:07 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Javaris Crittenton | 3:33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JaVale McGee | 2:54 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caron Butler | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-78 | 1-11 | 16-19 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 24 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 89 | |
| 46.2% | 9.1% | 84.2% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tracy McGrady - G | 32:05 | 6-17 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Rafer Alston - G | 31:52 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 2-2 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Luis Scola - F | 34:46 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Shane Battier - F | 25:23 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Yao Ming - C | 29:29 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ron Artest | 26:13 | 6-15 | 3-7 | 5-7 | -4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| Carl Landry | 21:03 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Brooks | 16:08 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brent Barry | 15:55 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chuck Hayes | 7:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luther Head | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Von Wafer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-80 | 7-21 | 16-19 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 21 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 87 | |
| 40.0% | 33.3% | 84.2% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| WAS | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| Washington | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 4 |