National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Memphis 109,
Houston 97
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, December 8, 2008
Where: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: #8 Luis Grillo, #12 Violet Palmer, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 10691
Where: FedEx Forum, Memphis, Tennessee
Officials: #8 Luis Grillo, #12 Violet Palmer, #57 Greg Willard
Attendance: 10691
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 | 36:13 | 5-10 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Von Wafer - G | 30:54 | 7-12 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Luis Scola - F | 33:05 | 7-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Shane Battier - F | 25:48 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-2 | -13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Yao Ming - C | 31:05 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 6-8 | -15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Aaron Brooks | 26:56 | 4-9 | 2-5 | 4-4 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Luther Head | 24:09 | 1-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | -27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carl Landry | 21:13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 2-5 | -9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Chuck Hayes | 10:38 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Artest | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Steve Francis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brent Barry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-72 | 9-21 | 18-25 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 97 | |
| 48.6% | 42.9% | 72.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Memphis Grizzlies
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| O.J. Mayo - G | 32:35 | 7-13 | 2-3 | 2-2 | -6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Kyle Lowry - G | 23:36 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Quinton Ross - F | 23:29 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Darko Milicic - F | 10:34 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Marc Gasol - C | 34:22 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Hakim Warrick | 34:47 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| Mike Conley | 24:24 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rudy Gay | 24:12 | 8-14 | 1-3 | 3-4 | -5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| Darrell Arthur | 16:18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Buckner | 15:44 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Marko Jaric | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Javaris Crittenton | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-76 | 7-16 | 24-32 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 109 | |
| 51.3% | 43.8% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| MEM | Darko Milicic |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Memphis | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 46 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 22 |