Gene Peterson tribute series

Rockets' broadcaster Gene Peterson is retiring this season and I'm playing a random game from each of his broadcast seasons. Each team's record at the time of the game is indicated in parentheses.

March 21, 1976 - Rockets (36-35) at Seattle (35-35)
Poor shooting (40%) and 27 turnovers kill the Rockets. Rudy T. had 19 points and 17 rebounds in a 94-115 loss.

January 8, 1977 - Rockets (20-14) at Kansas City (17-20)
Despite shotting 52.3%, the Rockets commit 23 turnovers and send the Kings to the free throw line 48 times as the Kings win 125-104. Rudy T. led the Rockets with 24.

November 12, 1977 - Rockets (5-6) vs Portland (9-1)
Can I finally get a "How Sweet It Is"? Rudy T (31 pts), Calvin Murphy (26 pts) and Moses Malone (22 pts) made 33 of 53 shots (62%) as the Rockets pull off the upset at home by smoking Bill Walton's Trailblazers 131-115.

February 10, 1979 - Rockets (31-23) vs Seattle (34-19)
The Rockets shoot 40% from the floor and lose 107-94

January 18, 1980 - Rockets (22-23) vs Bullets (20-23)
The Rockets led by as many as 21, but had to hang on for a 110-108 win. Mo Malone scored 42 and grabbed 24 rebounds.Elvin Hayes scored 32 for the Bullets.

January 1, 1981- Rockets (16-23) vs Utah (16-22)
The Rockets shoot a sizzling 55.8% from the floor and blow out the Jazz 126-98. Calvin Murphy led the way with 25.

November 24, 1981 - Rockets vs New Jersey
Despite making 19 more free throws than the Nets, the Rockets lose 124-113 thanks to 56.8% shooting by the Nets. Buck Williams scored 34 points for the Nets on 15 for 20 shooting.

Record so far - 3 Wins and 4 Losses.

July 4, 1890 - Players League

The first of 4 double-headers is in the books.

Buffalo (George Haddock) vs Boston {Charlie Radbourne)
King Kelly scores the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth on Joe Quinn's one out single.

              R  H  E
Buffalo Bison 6  8  4
Boston Reds   7  8  4

WP - Bill Daley
LP- G. Haddock

Buffalo (Alex Ferson) vs Boston (Ad Gumpert)
Quinn strikes again with 2 run homer in the third and Kelly's two run eighth inning single give Ad Gumpert all the run support he needed.

        R  H  E
Buffalo 1  5  2
Boston  4  5  1

WP - Gumpert
LP - Ferson

1971 - The Rockets first week in Houston

October 14 vs. Philadelphia

76ers    105
Rockets  108

After letting a 16 point half time lead vanish in the
third quarter, the Rockets outscore the 76ers 34-30
in the fourth.

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Philadelphia - B. Cunningham 29, K. Loughery 16
Houston - E. Hayes 39, S. Lantz 23

Rebounds
Philadelphia - B. Bridges 17
Houston - E. Hayes 17

Assists
Philadelphia - B. Bridges 7
Houston - C. Murphy 5


October 16 at Phoenix

Rockets   88
Suns     102

The Rockets shot a dreadful 36% from the floor.
Elvin Hayes missed his first 10 shots.

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Houston - E. Hayes 20, C. Murphy 19
Phoenix - P. Silas 22, D. Van Arsdale 22

Rebounds
Houston - R. Tomjanovich 17
Phoenix - P. Silas 15

Assists
Houston - E. Hayes 7
Phoenix - C. Haskins 6



October 17 vs Detroit

Pistons  96
Rockets  99

Elvin Hayes scores almost half the Rockets points!

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Detroit - B. Lanier 25, D. Bing 19
Houston - E. Hayes 49, S. Lantz 17

Rebounds
Detroit - B. Lanier 17
Houston - E. Hayes 19

Assists
Detroit - D. Bing 10
Houston - G. Smith 6

All-Time SWC Tourney

Round 1

1969 Texas         35         1956 Texas A&M     17
1976 Houston       17         1947 Texas         21

1938 Tx. Christian 23         1935 So. Methodist 14
1949 Rice          20         1977 Texas          7

1980 Baylor         7         1977 Arkansas      26
1939 Texas A&M     20         1982 So. Methodist 20

1964 Arkansas      17         1963 Texas         16
1979 Houston        7         1973 Texas Tech    13


Quarter-Finals
1947 Texas          20        1977 Arkansas       3
1939 Texas A&M       3        1938 Tx. Christian 21

1964 Arkansas       31        1935 So. Methodist 28
1969 Texas          17        1963 Texas          7

Semi-Finals
1947 Texas          41        1935 So. Methodist  7
1964 Arkansas        6        1938 Tx. Christian 17


Championship
1938 Tx. Christian 18
1947 Texas         16

Davey O'Brien leads the Horned Frogs past Bobby Layne and the Longhorns!

Day in the Season - 1912 AL

June 15, 1912

Boston (Smokey Joe Wood) at Chicago (Ed Walsh)
Larry Gardner goes 4 for 5 and scores 2 runs for the Red Sox

            R   H   E
Red Sox     6  11   1
White Sox   4   7   1

WP - Wood
LP - Walsh 

Philadelphia (Eddie Plank) at Detroit (George Mullin)
Leading 2-1, the A's erupt for 5 runs in the 6th. Weak hitting catcher Ben Egan (.174 BA) went 3 for 5 for the A's.

            R   H  E
A's         7  13  1
Tigers      4   8  1

WP - Plank
LP - Mullin

Washington (Tom Hughes) at Cleveland (Fred Blanding)
The Senators draw seven walks in the seventh inning!. Joe Jackson and Nap Lajoie were a combined 1 for 7 for the losing Naps.

            R   H  E
Senators   10  12  2
Indians     0   4  1

WP - Hughes
LP - Blanding 

New York (Jack Warhop) at St. Louis (Jack Powell)
Powell allows 8 hits and 1 walk in shutting out the Highlanders.

            R   H  E
Yankees     0   8  0
Browns      6  12  0

WP - Powell
LP - Warhop

A week in the Rockets season - 1988

Nov 26-30 1988

November 26th at Golden State

Rockets  108
Warriors 107

Rockets led almost all the way, but Golden State just wouldn't go away.

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Houston - H. Olajuwon 38, M. Woodson 16
Gold. St - C. Mullin 31, T. Richmond 23

Rebounds
Houston - H Olajuwon 19
Gold. St - M. Bol 10

Assists
Houston - S. Floyd 14
Gold St - W. Garland 7

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November 29th versus Phoenix

Suns     105
Rockets  113

Rockets use a big edge in free throws and rebounds to
pull off the upset at home.

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Phoenix - A. Gilliam 21, J. Hornacek 16
Houston - H. Olajuwon 27, O. Thorpe 22


Rebounds
Phoenix - A. Gilliam 11
Houston - H Olajuwon 20


Assists
Phoenix - K. Johnson 13
Houston - S. Floyd 7
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November 30, 1988 at Dallas

Rockets    105
Mavericks  113

Trailing by 21 points in fourth quarter, the Rockets
cut the Dallas lead to one point only to see the
rally fall short.

Stat Leaders
Scoring
Houston - H. Olajuwon 21, O. Thorpe 21
Dallas - A. Dantley 23, S. Perkins 21


Rebounds
Houston - H Olajuwon 9
Dallas - J. Donaldson 15


Assists
Houston - S. Floyd 5
Dallas - D. Harper, S. Perkins, Blackman, B. Davis all with 5