1993-94 Rockets replay - game 3

Rockets  114

Warriors 106(OT)

The Rockets trailed by 18 points in the third, but come back to win 114-106 in overtime at Golden State. Latrell Sprewell led all scorers with 27, but hit only 12 of his 27 shots. The Rockets were led by Olajuwon as usual with 26. 

Trailing 100-98 with just one shot left in regulation, the Rockets worked the ball inside to Olajuwon who hit the game tying shot. 

This game had some brutal shooting and tons of turnovers, but an ugly win is still a win. Rockets are now 2-1.

All Time Rockets Replay Game 1

October 14, 1971

              1  2  3  4    F
Philadelphia 33 35 28 28   124

Houston      29 34 33 29   125

Led by a 35 point and 18 rebound performance by Elvin Hayes, the Rockets squeak out a one point win in their first game in Houston. Billy Cunningham led the 76ers with 35 points and 10 rebounds. 

Rockets stats   Pts   Reb    Ast

    Hayes        35    18     3       

    Lantz        21     7     2

    Murphy       15     4     2

    Tomjanovich  15    11     2

    Meely        11     6     2

    Others       28    18     7

Next game - October 13, 1978 at Boston

Opening Day 1979 in Houston

April 6, 1979 with Calculator Baseball

Braves (Phil Niekro) vs Astros (JR Richard)

Art Howe's second inning single plated Enos Cabell with the first run of the game. Alan Ashby followed with a sac fly scoring Rafeal Landestoy.

The Braves answer with a game tying Mike Lum two run homer in the top of the fourth.

The 2-2 tie lasted until the fifth inning when Terry Puhl tripled and then scored on Bob Horner's two out error.

The Astros added another couple of runs - both unearned - in the bottom of the sixth. Terry Puhl singled home Landestoy and Art Howe. Pepe Frias' third error of the game allowed Puhl to hit.

JR Richard went the distance for the Astros allowing 9 hits while striking out 7 and walking none.

The Braves commit four errors behind Phil Niekro who allowed 5 runs but only two were earned.

          R   H   E
Braves    2   9   4
Astros    5   7   1
 

Opening Day 1969 in San Diego

April 8, 1969 with The Baseball Card Game

Houston (Don Wilson) at San Diego (Dick Selma)

Baseball comes to San Diego and both pitchers were really on their game. Ed Spiezio gave San Diego a 1-0 lead with a solo homer to lead off the bottom of the fifth.

Curt Blefary led off the Astros 7th with a walk and then advanced to third when Larry Stahl misplayed a Dennis Menke fly ball into a two base error. Blefary came home on a Selma wild pitch to tie the game. Johnny Edwards promptly untied it with a single scoring Menke with the Astros second run.

Blefary would prove to be more trouble for the Padres in the ninth scoring on a Bob Watson single after leading off the inning with a double.

If the Padres had any hopes of a rally, Don Wilson quashed those thoughts with a perfect ninth inning that included two strikeouts. Wilson gets the complete game victory allowing just 6 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6. Dick Selma loses despite giving up just one earned run.

           R  H  E
Houston    3  6  1
San Diego  1  6  2

1937 Jamaica Handicap

Date: May 1, 1937   

Length: 6 furlongs  

For: 3 year olds 

Location: Belmont Park, New York

Only One took a one length lead ahead of Snark and Tintagel through the first 3 furlongs. Snark got within a half a length, but Only One wouldn't let him get any closer. Tintagel finished a length behind Snark for third.

Whopper had a terrible start and finished sixth.

Post Positions     Odds 

 1. Little Miracle  8-1

 2. Snark           4-1

 3. Whopper         5-1

 4. Sgt. Byrne      8-1

 5. Rebellion      12-1

 6. Tintagel        5-2

 7. Only One        3-1

Results         Time     Behind    Win   Place   Show 
Only One       1:10.4     ---      8.00   5.00   3.50
Snark                     -.5             6.00   4.00
Tintagel                  -1                     7.50
Sgt. Byrne
Little Miracle
Whopper
Rebellion

1993-94 Rockets replay - game 2

The Rockets got off to a terrible start shooting in this game and never recovered as they lose 101-88 at Portland. They finish the game shooting just 40% from the field. Olajuwon led the way with 25 points and 14 rebounds. Clyde Drexler and Rod Strickland each scored 24 for the Blazers while Clifford Robinson added 20.

Rockets are now 1-1.

1993-94 Rockets replay - game 1

Ok, I finished my first DICE Basketball game - and it was a doozy. The Rockets led 19-10 after the the first quarter and maintained the lead going into the 4th quarter.

But the Nets were able to keep it close and the 4th quarter was crazy. First, Mario Elie and Kevin Edwards are ejected for fighting. A little later, Vernon Maxwell and Rumeal Robinson trade punches and also get tossed. As if that weren't enough of the fisticuffs, a bench clearing brawl led to the ejections of Hakeem Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe, and Sam Cassell for the Rockets while the Nets lost Derrick Coleman, Armen Gilliam, and Chris Morris. So, that's 10 players ejected from the game!

With just 4 shots just in the game, Kenny Anderson hit a 3 pointer to make it a 114-112 game. After forcing a Rockets turnover on the inbounds pass, the Nets get the ball back to Anderson who ties the game at 114. With just two shots left, Scotty Brooks hits his only shot of the game to give the Rockets a 116-114 lead. The Nets, having the last shot of the game, were hoping to get the ball into Kenny Anderson's hands, but they had to settle for a shot by Dwayne Schintzius that missed badly. Rockets win 116-114. Whew!

* Hakeem had 20 points and 19 rebounds for the Rockets.

* Kenny Smith and Vernon Maxwell led the Rockets with 22 points each.

* Derrick Coleman led all scorers with 29 points and led the Nets with 11 rebounds.