Second Season Game against the Rockets @Houston
November 4, 2006
Dallas Mavericks - 112
Houston Rockets - 113
In the first two Quarters, the Mavs hadn´t had a realistic chance against the terrific Rockets offense.
At the Halftime the Mavericks are down by 12 ( 53-65)
Nowitzki had only 2 Points in the first half.
In the second Half, the Mavs are a lot better in defense, this ends up in 48 points for the Rockets in the seconf half (they had 65 in the first).
Also Nowitzki had a better offensive performance and made 15pkt in the second half.
At 3.5 seconds left on the Game clock, Terry passes the ball to Nowitzki and Nowitzki made a 3-pointer with 0.8 on the Gameclock. But with 4 Points behind they hadn´t really a chance at the end, even if they had a 11-1 run at the middle of the 4th Quarter.
All in all, Nowtzki had a bad evening, especially in the first half, whe he shots 1 out of 7.
In the second half he shots 7 of 9 and they had 17 in the Game with 4 Rebounds and 3 assists.
Absolutely best Player on Mavericks side was Josh Howard with 34 Points, 3 Rebounds and 5 assists. He shoted 15 out of 22 included 4 3-pointers.
Also perfect from the 3-point line was Jason Terry with 5 of 7.
Best Player of the Game was Tracy McGrady. He shoted 16 out of 23. He had also 12 Rebounds and 3 Assists. Alston also played great and had 15 Assists and 22 Points.
Josh Howard in Action:
Boxscores:
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