Yao scores 22, but Clippers snap Houston’s 5-game winning streak
Saturday, December 17th, 2005
by John
Former Rocket Cuttino Mobley playfully greets Yao before their matchup in Los Angeles between the Clippers and the Rockets. Yao played well, scoring 22 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, but the Clippers snapped Houston’s five-game winning streak by winning 89-81. For more photos from the game, click here.
by John
SATURDAY, 12/17/05 - The Clippers have been getting lots of press lately by surprising everyone and taking the lead in the Pacific division standing early this season. Even with a three-game losing streak, it was going to be tough for the Rockets to beat them on Saturday since two of those Clipper losses were against last year’s NBA Finals teams: Detroit and San Antonio. They also have been without scoring guard Corey Maggette (averaging 21.7 point per game) the past 5 games because of a foot injury. Meanwhile, Houston had just played Wednesday and Thursday, with only one day off before Saturday’s early 12:30pm Pacific start time.
The way Houston started out, they showed no sign of being tired playing in their fifth straight road game. They got off to a decent start in the first quarter, hitting 46% of their shots, led by an amazing scoring barrage by T-Mac, who made 5-of-7 shots to score 12 points. Most of them were jump shots or un-guardable fallaway jumpers. Yao was very consistent, hitting 3-of-6 shots on baseline jumpers or little jump hooks in the lane.
Former Rocket Cuttino Mobley playfully greets Yao before their matchup in Los Angeles between the Clippers and the Rockets. Yao played well, scoring 22 points and grabbing 9 rebounds, but the Clippers snapped Houston’s five-game winning streak by winning 89-81. For more photos from the game, click here. by John
SATURDAY, 12/17/05 - The Clippers have been getting lots of press lately by surprising everyone and taking the lead in the Pacific division standing early this season. Even with a three-game losing streak, it was going to be tough for the Rockets to beat them on Saturday since two of those Clipper losses were against last year’s NBA Finals teams: Detroit and San Antonio. They also have been without scoring guard Corey Maggette (averaging 21.7 point per game) the past 5 games because of a foot injury. Meanwhile, Houston had just played Wednesday and Thursday, with only one day off before Saturday’s early 12:30pm Pacific start time.
The way Houston started out, they showed no sign of being tired playing in their fifth straight road game. They got off to a decent start in the first quarter, hitting 46% of their shots, led by an amazing scoring barrage by T-Mac, who made 5-of-7 shots to score 12 points. Most of them were jump shots or un-guardable fallaway jumpers. Yao was very consistent, hitting 3-of-6 shots on baseline jumpers or little jump hooks in the lane.
