National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 96,
Washington 88
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #32 Eddie F. Rush, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 10422
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #32 Eddie F. Rush, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 10422
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 21 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 96 |
| Washington | 22 | 18 | 20 | 28 | 88 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Martin - G | 29:51 | 7-18 | 1-7 | 6-7 | -6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 28:35 | 5-13 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Luis Scola - F | 40:57 | 8-16 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 23 |
| Shane Battier - F | 28:23 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chuck Hayes - C | 18:26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trevor Ariza | 27:46 | 4-13 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Jordan Hill | 26:31 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Kyle Lowry | 19:25 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Chase Budinger | 13:31 | 3-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jared Jeffries | 6:35 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hilton Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jermaine Taylor | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-86 | 6-28 | 24-28 | 16 | 30 | 46 | 18 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 96 | |
| 38.4% | 21.4% | 85.7% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Washington Wizards
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Mike Miller - G | 33:30 | 3-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| Randy Foye - G | 18:57 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Al Thornton - F | 38:51 | 6-14 | 0-2 | 3-4 | -9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Andray Blatche - F | 38:08 | 9-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| JaVale McGee - C | 17:06 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -15 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Singleton | 27:43 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6-6 | -3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Nick Young | 22:43 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Shaun Livingston | 20:02 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Earl Boykins | 9:01 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Fabricio Oberto | 8:29 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Quinton Ross | 5:30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alonzo Gee | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-83 | 3-12 | 15-16 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 88 | |
| 42.2% | 25.0% | 93.8% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| WAS | Al Thornton |
Team Statistics
| Houston | Washington | ||
| Fast Break Points | 14 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 38 | Points in the Paint | 32 |
| Biggest Lead | 18 | Biggest Lead | 7 |