SB Nation Houston - Rockets Pull Out Second Win, 102-99 Over Indianahttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/46691/houston-fave.png2010-11-12T21:05:41-06:00http://houston.sbnation.com/rss/stream/15742312010-11-12T21:05:41-06:002010-11-12T21:05:41-06:00Rockets Stop Pacers, 102-99
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<p>Indianapolis, IN (<a href="http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nba/scores/final/recap.aspx?id=13266" target="new">Sports Network</a>) – <span>Brad Miller</span> finished with a game-high 23 points and eight rebounds, and <span>Kevin Martin</span> added 20 points as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/">Houston Rockets</a> edged the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.indycornrows.com/">Indiana Pacers</a>, 102-99, at Conseco Fieldhouse.</p>
<p><span>Luis Scola</span> supplied 16 points and nine rebounds, and <span>Kyle Lowry</span> added 13 points and seven assists in a reserve role for Houston, which had lost four straight in the series.</p>
<p><span>James Posey</span> finished with 19 points, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc, and <span>Roy Hibbert</span> added 18 points with eight rebounds for the Pacers, who have dropped three of four.</p>
<p>Indiana took an 85-80 lead in the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, but clutch three-point shooting, including two from Miller, allowed Houston to tie the game at 93 with 5:43 remaining.</p>
<p>Miller hit 1-of-2 from the line at 4:19 to give the Rockets the lead, and in the final minutes Houston used a small 8-4 spurt to put the game at 102-97.</p>
<p><span>Darren Collison</span> hit a running layup with 41 ticks remaining to cut the deficit to three, and after a missed jumper by Lowry and a <span>Mike Dunleavy</span> rebound, the Pacers were given one last shot.</p>
<p>Indiana head coach Jim O’Brien called a timeout that advanced the ball to midcourt, and Collison missed a three-pointer as time expired.</p>
<p>Miller and Scola both contributed seven points in the first quarter as the Rockets held a 26-23 advantage after 12 minutes of play.</p>
<p>Hibbert led Indiana with eight points in the first, but the Pacers only shot 9-of-23 from the field and had to cut down a nine-point Houston lead in the final two minutes of the quarter.</p>
<p>After a back-and-forth second quarter the game was tied at 48 in the final minute of the half. Collison hit a driving layup with 1.1 ticks remaining to give Indiana a 50-48 lead heading to the locker room.</p>
<p>Houston jumped out to a 67-61 lead midway through the third and a Miller three-pointer and a <span>Shane Battier</span> free throw gave the Rockets a ten-point margin with 4:48 remaining in the third.</p>
<p>From there, the Pacers outscored Houston, 17-7, in the final minutes of the third and Posey hit a three-pointer with 31.6 seconds remaining to tie the game at 78 heading into the final stanza.</p>
<p>Game Notes</p>
<p>Indiana committed 22 personal fouls that led to 17 made free throws for the Rockets…Collison finished with 13 points…<span>Yao Ming</span> and <span>Aaron Brooks</span> were unavailable due to injury for Houston…Dunleavy added 12 of his 15 points in the second half.</p>
<p>Celebrate at <a href="http://www.thedreamshake.com/" target="new">The Dream Shake. </a></p>
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<p>(<a target="_blank" href="http://64.246.64.33/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=nba/scores/live/preview.aspx?id=13266">Sports Network</a>) - The <a href="https://www.indycornrows.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Indiana Pacers</a> hope to build on their most impressive performance of the young season when they welcome the reeling <a href="https://www.thedreamshake.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Houston Rockets</a> to Conseco Fieldhouse for the finale of a three-game homestand.</p>
<p>The Pacers improved to 1-1 on the residency by blitzing Denver, 144-113, on Tuesday when <span>Mike Dunleavy</span> scored 24 of Indiana's franchise-record 54 third- quarter points in the rout.</p>
<p>Dunleavy finished with 31 points and <span>Darren Collison</span> chipped in 29 points and six assists for Indiana, which made its first 20 shots from the field to start the third stanza and finished the quarter missing only one shot, a three-point attempt by <span>Josh McRoberts</span> in the closing seconds.</p>
<p>"I knew my shots would fall eventually," Dunleavy said. "I just had to keep shooting and tried to get in the rhythm. It was contagious. When I began to hit, everybody did. This is one that we have to build on and continue to improve. This was only one game."</p>
<p><span>Tyler Hansbrough</span> netted 20 points to go with nine boards and <span>Roy Hibbert</span> ended with 17 points for the Pacers, who were coming off losses against Philadelphia and Milwaukee. Indiana outscored the <a href="https://www.denverstiffs.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Nuggets</a>, 54-27, in the third.</p>
<p><span>Brandon Rush</span> returned to the lineup after serving a five-game suspension for violating the league's substance abuse policy and donated 16 points and seven boards off the bench in the victory.</p>
<p>The Rockets continued to struggle in their last outing, opening a three-game road trip by suffering a 98-91 setback at the hands of <span>John Wall</span> and Washington on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Wall, the No. 1 overall pick in last June's draft, posted the first triple- double by a Washington rookie since Tom Gugliotta in 1992, scoring 19 points with 13 assists and 10 rebounds, in the <a href="https://www.bulletsforever.com/" class="sbn-auto-link">Wizards</a> win.</p>
<p><span>Kevin Martin</span> scored a game-best 31 points with seven rebounds and six assists, while <span>Luis Scola</span> compiled 24 points and six rebounds for the Rockets, who were coming off their first win of the season.</p>
<p>Houston, which came into the game averaging 112 points per contest, could only muster 91 in what turned out to be Wall's coming-out party.</p>
<p>"We keep losing," said Martin. "We have to figure it out and keep grinding as a team."</p>
<p>Meanwhile, oft-injured center <span>Yao Ming</span> left the game with another left leg injury after playing the first six-plus minutes. The big man, who sat out the entire 2009-2010 season after undergoing surgery to repair a broken left foot, was diagnosed with a mild left ankle sprain on Thursday and will miss at least a week of action.</p>
<p>Houston, which is 0-4 on the road this season, will finish its trip in New York on Sunday.</p>
<p>The Pacers have swept their home-and-home season series with the Rockets over the past two seasons.</p>
https://houston.sbnation.com/2010/11/12/2324201/rockets-try-to-keep-pace-in-indianaRivers McCown