Nuggets beat Rockets after 2OT (112-111)
Posted on December 21, 2007
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Yao Ming played almost 52 minutes and had 26 points and 19 rebounds, but it was not enough to cover Tracy McGrady absence.
After overcoming everything from the absence of Tracy McGrady to
playing two overtimes in the second game of a back-to-back, the
Rockets could not overcome a last defensive mistake. Nuggets guard
Anthony Carter, who had not attempted a shot since early in the second half, pump faked Bonzi Wells off his feet and with eight-tenths of a second left and nailed a 15 footer to lift the Nuggets to a 112-111 double overtime win over the Rockets on Thursday. “You have to make people shoot over you,” Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. “You can’t go for a pump fake. Sometimes you make mental mistakes, but give (Carter) credit; he knocked down the shot.”
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