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Houston beat the San Antonio Spurs last week without a big scoring game from Tracy McGrady. Now, the Rockets will have to find a way to top their Southwest Division rivals without any points from their star swingman.

With McGrady nursing a strained right elbow, the Rockets look to continue their recent success against the Spurs when the teams continue their season series Friday night.

Houston handed San Antonio its first loss of the season on Nov. 6, winning 89-81 despite getting what had been a season-low 12 points from McGrady. (Full Story)

Rockets Headlines

Final 1 2 3 4 Tot
LA Lakers 25 36 14 18 93
Houston 22 27 22 19 90
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 Leaders LA Lakers Houston
Points K. Bryant 30 Y. Ming 26
Rebounds 2 tied with 9 Y. Ming 13
Assists K. Bryant 5 R. Alston 7
Standings
Southwest Division
  W L Pct GB
San Antonio 7 2 .778 --
New Orleans 7 2 .778 --
Dallas 6 2 .750 0.5
Houston 6 3 .667 1.0
Memphis 2 5 .286 4.0
 
Leaders
Points: Tracy McGrady26.8
Rebounds: Yao Ming10.3
Assists: Tracy McGrady5.1
FG%: Yao Ming52.8%
Steals: Chuck Hayes1.7
Blocks: Yao Ming2.2
Offense (Rank)
Points: 95.0 (22)
Rebounds: 14.0 (3)
Assists: 20.8 (16)
FG%: 42.7% (22)
FT%: 74.3% (17)
3P%: 29.8% (28)
Defense (Rank)
Points: 91.6 (5)
Rebounds: 31.1 (17)
Assists: 17.6 (2)
FG%: 43.5% (11)
FT%: 77.2% (21)
3P%: 31.4% (4)
Next 5
DateOppPrevious
11/16@ SAW 89-81 11/6
11/17vs. Pho-
11/21vs. DalL 98-107 11/5
11/23@ Mia-
11/24vs. Den-
Last 10
DateOppFinal
11/14vs. LALL 90-93
11/13@ MemL 99-105
11/11@ ChaW 85-82
11/9vs. MilW 104-88
11/6vs. SAW 89-81
11/5@ DalL 98-107
11/3vs. PorW 89-80
11/1@ UtaW 106-95
10/30@ LALW 95-93
Injuries
Date Player Status
11/14/2007 T. McGrady Strained right elbow (day-to-day)
Transactions
Date Player Transactions
11/1/2007 L. Head Contract Extended Signed through the 2008-09 season
10/29/2007 B. Sura Waived
10/29/2007 J. Lucas Waived
10/29/2007 J. Butler Waived
10/29/2007 J. Reed Waived
10/22/2007 M. Harris Waived
10/1/2007 D. Mutombo Signed as Free Agent One-year contract
8/3/2007 C. Hayes Re-Signed
7/20/2007 S. Francis Signed as Free Agent
7/18/2007 L. Scola Signed as Draft Pick
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