National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
L.A. Clippers 89,
Houston 81
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 17, 2005
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #50 Olandis Poole, #51 Leroy Richardson
Attendance: 17611
Where: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #50 Olandis Poole, #51 Leroy Richardson
Attendance: 17611
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 24 | 25 | 14 | 18 | 81 |
| L.A. Clippers | 23 | 26 | 18 | 22 | 89 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tracy McGrady - G | 44:38 | 12-28 | 2-8 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 |
| David Wesley - G | 35:38 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Juwan Howard - F | 31:10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Bowen - F | 28:10 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yao Ming - C | 36:51 | 9-17 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luther Head | 23:17 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Stromile Swift | 16:23 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Moochie Norris | 12:22 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 11:04 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Stephen Graham | 0:27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonny Baxter | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Derek Anderson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-79 | 5-16 | 14-16 | 9 | 31 | 40 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 81 | |
| 39.2% | 31.2% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Los Angeles Clippers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Cuttino Mobley - G | 42:42 | 8-16 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Sam Cassell - G | 35:42 | 9-16 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Elton Brand - F | 39:01 | 7-16 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 |
| Quinton Ross - F | 30:39 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Chris Kaman - C | 24:21 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Wilcox | 31:00 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Shaun Livingston | 29:02 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Daniel Ewing | 6:22 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Boniface N'Dong | 1:06 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Howard Eisley | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Walter McCarty | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Singleton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-76 | 4-8 | 11-20 | 7 | 34 | 41 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 89 | |
| 48.7% | 50.0% | 55.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | David Wesley |
| LAC | Sam Cassell |
Team Statistics
| Houston | L.A. Clippers | ||
| Fast Break Points | 3 | Fast Break Points | 4 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 4 | Biggest Lead | 9 |