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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP

Houston 109, Washington 103

When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
Officials: #5 Kane Fitzgerald, #39 Tyler Ford, #30 John Goble
Attendance: 16041

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	30	26	26	27	109
Washington	17	30	36	20	103

Quarters:

Houston		Washington
	12:00	Marcin Gortat wins jump ball against Dwight Howard.
	11:45	Bradley Beal 2 point shot missed.
	11:44	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound.
	11:42 (0-2)	Marcin Gortat 2 point shot made.
Corey Brewer 3 point shot made. Assisted by Clint Capela.	11:18 (3-2)
	11:03 (3-4)	Jared Dudley 2 point shot made. Assisted by John Wall.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	10:45
	10:45	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	10:32	Bradley Beal layup missed.
	10:30	Bradley Beal offensive rebound.
	10:18	Jared Dudley 3 point shot missed.
Patrick Beverley defensive rebound.	10:17
Corey Brewer dunk made (goaltending violation). Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	10:14 (5-4)
	10:07	Bradley Beal turnover. Dwight Howard steals.
Clint Capela dunk made. Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	9:55 (7-4)
	9:43	John Wall layup missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	9:42
Clint Capela dunk made. Assisted by James Harden.	9:35 (9-4)
	9:28	Washington Timeout : full
	9:08	Bradley Beal 2 point shot missed.
Houston defensive rebound.	9:08
	8:57	Marcin Gortat personal foul.
Patrick Beverley turnover. John Wall steals.	8:55
	8:52 (9-6)	John Wall layup made.
Clint Capela layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	8:41 (11-6)
	8:31	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	8:30
Dwight Howard layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	8:20 (13-6)
Patrick Beverley personal foul.	8:11
Corey Brewer personal foul.	8:05
	8:05 (13-7)	Marcin Gortat free throw made (1 of 2).
	8:05 (13-8)	Marcin Gortat free throw made (2 of 2).
Terrence Jones 2 point shot missed.	7:50
	7:49	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	7:40	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Terrence Jones defensive rebound.	7:39
Corey Brewer 2 point shot missed.	7:16
	7:16	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	7:07	John Wall 3 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	7:06
Terrence Jones dunk made. Assisted by Corey Brewer.	7:02 (15-8)
	6:42 (15-11)	Otto Porter 3 point shot made. Assisted by John Wall.
	6:34	Otto Porter personal foul.
James Harden turnover.	6:26
	6:18	Otto Porter layup missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	6:17
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	5:52
Clint Capela offensive rebound.	5:50
James Harden turnover. John Wall steals.	5:41
	5:35	Otto Porter 2 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	5:30
James Harden 3 point shot made.	5:16 (18-11)
	5:04	John Wall 2 point shot missed.
	5:03	Otto Porter offensive rebound.
	5:00	Otto Porter layup missed.
Patrick Beverley defensive rebound.	4:59
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	4:45
James Harden offensive rebound.	4:44
James Harden layup made.	4:42 (20-11)
	4:37 (20-13)	John Wall layup made.
Houston Timeout : full	4:26
James Harden 2 point shot made.	4:12 (22-13)
	3:52	Marcin Gortat turnover.
Terrence Jones 2 point shot missed.	3:29
	3:28	Jared Dudley defensive rebound.
	3:24	John Wall layup missed.
	3:24	Washington offensive rebound.
James Harden personal foul.	3:24
	3:09 (22-15)	Marcin Gortat dunk made. Assisted by John Wall.
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot made. Assisted by Dwight Howard.	2:51 (24-15)
	2:33	Marcin Gortat 2 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	2:32
James Harden 3 point shot made.	2:23 (27-15)
	2:04	John Wall layup missed.
	2:03	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound.
	2:02 (27-17)	Marcin Gortat layup made.
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot missed.	1:53
	1:52	John Wall defensive rebound.
	1:46	Garrett Temple layup missed.
Marcus Thornton defensive rebound.	1:44
	1:42	Jared Dudley personal foul.
	1:28	Garrett Temple personal foul.
Dwight Howard free throw made (1 of 2).	1:28 (28-17)
Dwight Howard free throw missed (2 of 2).	1:28
	1:27	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	1:05	Garrett Temple 3 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	1:04
Terrence Jones 2 point shot missed.	0:56
	0:53	John Wall defensive rebound.
	0:52	John Wall personal foul.
	0:52	John Wall turnover.
	0:34	Otto Porter personal foul.
Terrence Jones free throw made (1 of 2).	0:34 (29-17)
Terrence Jones free throw made (2 of 2).	0:34 (30-17)
	0:24	Gary Neal 2 point shot missed.
Terrence Jones defensive rebound.	0:23
Ty Lawson layup missed. Blocked by Marcin Gortat.	0:04
	0:02	Ramon Sessions defensive rebound.
	0:01	Ramon Sessions turnover. Ty Lawson steals.
Ty Lawson 3 point shot missed.	0:00
Houston offensive rebound.	0:00

Houston		Washington
	11:50	Marcin Gortat personal foul.
Clint Capela free throw missed (1 of 2).	11:50
Houston offensive rebound.	11:50
Clint Capela free throw missed (2 of 2).	11:50
	11:50	Washington defensive rebound.
Donatas Motiejunas personal foul.	11:50
	11:31	Gary Neal turnover.
Donatas Motiejunas 2 point shot missed.	11:10
	11:09	DeJuan Blair defensive rebound.
	11:02	Ramon Sessions layup missed.
Ty Lawson defensive rebound.	11:00
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	10:55
Houston offensive rebound.	10:54
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot missed.	10:50
	10:50	Bradley Beal defensive rebound.
	10:43	Otto Porter 2 point shot missed.
Clint Capela defensive rebound.	10:42
Clint Capela layup missed.	10:34
Clint Capela offensive rebound.	10:34
Clint Capela layup made.	10:32 (32-17)
	10:19 (32-19)	Bradley Beal 2 point shot made.
Ty Lawson layup missed. Blocked by Bradley Beal.	10:05
	10:04	Bradley Beal defensive rebound.
	9:59 (32-21)	Ramon Sessions layup made. Assisted by Bradley Beal.
Donatas Motiejunas layup made. Assisted by Clint Capela.	9:41 (34-21)
Donatas Motiejunas personal foul.	9:34
	9:24	DeJuan Blair layup missed.
	9:24	Otto Porter offensive rebound.
	9:22 (34-23)	Otto Porter layup made.
Donatas Motiejunas personal foul.	9:12
Donatas Motiejunas turnover.	9:12
	8:56	Bradley Beal 2 point shot missed.
	8:55	Otto Porter offensive rebound.
	8:55 (34-25)	Otto Porter layup made.
Ty Lawson personal foul.	8:55
	8:55 (34-26)	Otto Porter free throw made (1 of 1).
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot made. Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	8:42 (37-26)
James Harden personal foul.	8:28
	8:28 (37-27)	Ramon Sessions free throw made (1 of 2).
	8:28 (37-28)	Ramon Sessions free throw made (2 of 2).
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot made. Assisted by Marcus Thornton.	8:08 (40-28)
	7:56 (40-31)	Bradley Beal 3 point shot made. Assisted by Otto Porter.
	7:45	DeJuan Blair personal foul.
James Harden free throw missed (1 of 2).	7:45
Houston offensive rebound.	7:45
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	7:45 (41-31)
	7:29	Bradley Beal turnover. Marcus Thornton steals.
James Harden 3 point shot missed.	7:23
	7:22	Otto Porter defensive rebound.
	7:09	Gary Neal 2 point shot missed.
Patrick Beverley defensive rebound.	7:08
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	7:00
	6:59	DeJuan Blair defensive rebound.
	6:49 (41-34)	Gary Neal 3 point shot made. Assisted by John Wall.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	6:33
James Harden offensive rebound.	6:32
Houston Timeout : short	6:27
Dwight Howard layup missed.	6:16
	6:15	John Wall defensive rebound.
	6:07	John Wall turnover. James Harden steals.
James Harden 3 point shot made. Assisted by Corey Brewer.	5:56 (44-34)
Corey Brewer personal foul.	5:43
	5:43	Washington Timeout : full
	5:43 (44-35)	Bradley Beal free throw made (1 of 2).
	5:43 (44-36)	Bradley Beal free throw made (2 of 2).
Corey Brewer 2 point shot made.	5:25 (46-36)
	5:01	Gary Neal 2 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	5:00
James Harden 3 point shot made. Assisted by Dwight Howard.	4:55 (49-36)
	4:43	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Terrence Jones defensive rebound.	4:42
James Harden turnover.	4:35
	4:22 (49-38)	Marcin Gortat layup made (goaltending violation). Assisted by John Wall.
Dwight Howard technical foul.	4:22
	4:22 (49-39)	Bradley Beal free throw made (1 of 1).
Corey Brewer 2 point shot missed.	4:05
	4:04	Jared Dudley defensive rebound.
James Harden 2 point shot made.	3:44 (51-39)
	3:22	Garrett Temple layup missed.
	3:21	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound.
	3:20 (51-41)	Marcin Gortat layup made.
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	3:00
	3:00	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	2:56	John Wall personal foul.
	2:56	John Wall turnover.
Houston Timeout : full	2:56
Dwight Howard 2 point shot missed.	2:43
	2:42	Bradley Beal defensive rebound.
	2:25 (51-43)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
	2:04	Garrett Temple personal foul.
Corey Brewer free throw made (1 of 2).	2:04 (52-43)
Corey Brewer free throw made (2 of 2).	2:04 (53-43)
Terrence Jones personal foul.	1:57
	1:57 (53-44)	Jared Dudley free throw made (1 of 2).
	1:57 (53-45)	Jared Dudley free throw made (2 of 2).
Patrick Beverley turnover.	1:38
	1:24	Garrett Temple 3 point shot missed.
Clint Capela defensive rebound.	1:23
Clint Capela 3 point shot missed.	1:17
	1:16	Garrett Temple defensive rebound.
	1:11 (53-47)	John Wall dunk made. Assisted by Garrett Temple.
James Harden turnover.	0:59
	0:38	Bradley Beal turnover.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot made. Assisted by James Harden.	0:29 (56-47)
	0:12	Bradley Beal turnover.
	0:03	Bradley Beal personal foul.
Patrick Beverley turnover.	0:03
	0:01	DeJuan Blair personal foul.
	0:01	DeJuan Blair turnover.
Corey Brewer 3 point shot missed.	0:00
Houston offensive rebound.	0:00

Houston		Washington
Patrick Beverley layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	11:40 (58-47)
Corey Brewer personal foul.	11:25
	11:20	John Wall 3 point shot missed.
Houston defensive rebound.	11:18
James Harden 2 point shot made.	11:02 (60-47)
	10:49 (60-50)	Jared Dudley 3 point shot made. Assisted by John Wall.
Corey Brewer 2 point shot made. Assisted by James Harden.	10:21 (62-50)
	10:04	Otto Porter 3 point shot missed.
	10:03	Marcin Gortat offensive rebound.
	10:00	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	9:59
Corey Brewer turnover.	9:55
	9:42 (62-52)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
James Harden turnover. Jared Dudley steals.	9:30
	9:25 (62-54)	Otto Porter dunk made. Assisted by Jared Dudley.
Houston Timeout : full	9:24
Terrence Jones turnover. Jared Dudley steals.	9:14
Dwight Howard personal foul.	9:10
	9:10 (62-55)	John Wall free throw made (1 of 2).
	9:10 (62-56)	John Wall free throw made (2 of 2).
Corey Brewer 3 point shot missed.	8:51
	8:49	John Wall defensive rebound.
	8:44 (62-58)	Bradley Beal layup made. Assisted by John Wall.
Patrick Beverley turnover. Jared Dudley steals.	8:33
Patrick Beverley personal foul.	8:29
	8:18	John Wall 2 point shot missed.
	8:17	John Wall offensive rebound.
	8:13 (62-61)	Jared Dudley 3 point shot made. Assisted by John Wall.
Houston Timeout : full	8:12
Marcus Thornton turnover. Otto Porter steals.	7:55
	7:49	Jared Dudley layup missed. Blocked by Terrence Jones.
	7:49	Washington offensive rebound.
	7:43	Marcin Gortat turnover.
James Harden 2 point shot missed. Blocked by John Wall.	7:30
	7:28	Bradley Beal defensive rebound.
	7:25 (62-63)	John Wall dunk made. Assisted by Bradley Beal.
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot made.	7:01 (64-63)
	6:53	Bradley Beal turnover. Clint Capela steals.
	6:45	Jared Dudley personal foul.
James Harden 3 point shot missed.	6:35
	6:33	Otto Porter defensive rebound.
Ty Lawson personal foul.	6:33
	6:33	Bradley Beal free throw missed (1 of 2).
	6:33	Washington offensive rebound.
	6:33	Bradley Beal free throw missed (2 of 2).
James Harden defensive rebound.	6:32
Clint Capela 2 point shot missed.	6:16
Clint Capela offensive rebound.	6:15
Clint Capela layup made.	6:15 (66-63)
	6:15	Jared Dudley personal foul.
Clint Capela free throw missed (1 of 1).	6:14
	6:14	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	6:01 (66-65)	Marcin Gortat layup made. Assisted by John Wall.
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	5:48
Houston offensive rebound.	5:44
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	5:39
	5:38	John Wall defensive rebound.
	5:32 (66-67)	John Wall layup made.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	5:12
	5:11	John Wall defensive rebound.
	5:03 (66-69)	Marcin Gortat layup made. Assisted by John Wall.
	4:48	Marcin Gortat personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	4:48 (67-69)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	4:48 (68-69)
	4:27 (68-71)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	4:04
	4:04	Washington defensive rebound.
Dwight Howard personal foul.	4:04
	4:04 (68-72)	Marcin Gortat free throw made (1 of 2).
	4:04 (68-73)	Marcin Gortat free throw made (2 of 2).
	3:45	Otto Porter personal foul.
Marcus Thornton turnover. John Wall steals.	3:34
Marcus Thornton personal foul.	3:25
	3:25	Otto Porter free throw missed (1 of 2).
	3:25	Washington offensive rebound.
	3:25 (68-74)	Otto Porter free throw made (2 of 2).
James Harden 2 point shot made. Assisted by Ty Lawson.	3:02 (70-74)
	2:44 (70-76)	Otto Porter layup made. Assisted by Marcin Gortat.
	2:31	John Wall personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	2:31 (71-76)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	2:31 (72-76)
	2:31	Washington Timeout : full
	2:11	Gary Neal 2 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	2:10
James Harden 3 point shot made.	2:03 (75-76)
	1:47	Marcin Gortat personal foul.
	1:47	Marcin Gortat turnover.
Ty Lawson 2 point shot made.	1:35 (77-76)
	1:16	Ramon Sessions 3 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	1:15
James Harden layup made. Assisted by Dwight Howard.	1:10 (79-76)
	1:10	Otto Porter personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 1).	1:10 (80-76)
	0:56 (80-78)	Bradley Beal 2 point shot made. Assisted by DeJuan Blair.
Corey Brewer personal foul.	0:56
	0:56 (80-79)	Bradley Beal free throw made (1 of 1).
Corey Brewer 3 point shot missed.	0:42
	0:41	Ramon Sessions defensive rebound.
Dwight Howard personal foul.	0:35
	0:35	Garrett Temple free throw missed (1 of 2).
	0:35	Washington offensive rebound.
	0:35 (80-80)	Garrett Temple free throw made (2 of 2).
James Harden 2 point shot made.	0:25 (82-80)
	0:08 (82-82)	Ramon Sessions layup made.
James Harden personal foul.	0:08
	0:08 (82-83)	Ramon Sessions free throw made (1 of 1).
James Harden turnover.	0:01

Houston		Washington
	11:41	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound.	11:40
Donatas Motiejunas turnover.	11:27
	11:11 (82-85)	Ramon Sessions layup made. Assisted by John Wall.
Patrick Beverley turnover.	11:02
	10:52 (82-87)	John Wall layup made.
James Harden turnover. Garrett Temple steals.	10:33
	10:26	John Wall 2 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	10:25
	10:22	Ramon Sessions personal foul.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot made. Assisted by Ty Lawson.	10:05 (85-87)
	9:44 (85-89)	Gary Neal 2 point shot made.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	9:30
	9:29	Garrett Temple defensive rebound.
	9:23 (85-91)	Garrett Temple layup made. Assisted by Ramon Sessions.
Donatas Motiejunas turnover.	9:04
	8:50	Gary Neal 3 point shot missed. Blocked by James Harden.
	8:48	Garrett Temple offensive rebound.
	8:45	John Wall 3 point shot missed.
Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound.	8:44
Corey Brewer layup made.	8:34 (87-91)
	8:27	Gary Neal 3 point shot missed.
Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound.	8:25
	8:16	DeJuan Blair personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	8:16 (88-91)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	8:16 (89-91)
Donatas Motiejunas personal foul.	8:04
	7:58	Gary Neal 3 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	7:56
Jason Terry 3 point shot missed.	7:41
	7:40	Ramon Sessions defensive rebound.
Donatas Motiejunas personal foul.	7:29
	7:16 (89-93)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
James Harden 3 point shot missed.	7:06
	7:05	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	6:55	John Wall 2 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	6:53
James Harden 3 point shot missed.	6:42
	6:41	Ramon Sessions defensive rebound.
	6:35	John Wall layup missed.
Patrick Beverley defensive rebound.	6:33
Jason Terry 3 point shot made. Assisted by Corey Brewer.	6:28 (92-93)
James Harden personal foul.	6:16
	6:08	Bradley Beal turnover. Corey Brewer steals.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot made. Assisted by Jason Terry.	6:02 (95-93)
	6:00	Washington Timeout : full
	5:42	Gary Neal 3 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	5:40
Jason Terry 3 point shot missed.	5:21
	5:19	Garrett Temple defensive rebound.
	5:04 (95-95)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
Corey Brewer layup missed.	4:44
	4:43	John Wall defensive rebound.
	4:39 (95-97)	Garrett Temple layup made. Assisted by John Wall.
Jason Terry layup made. Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	4:18 (97-97)
	4:06 (97-99)	Bradley Beal layup made.
Dwight Howard layup missed.	3:51
	3:50	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
	3:42	Bradley Beal 3 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	3:41
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot made.	3:31 (99-99)
	3:13	Marcin Gortat 2 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	3:12
Houston Timeout : full	3:05
James Harden layup missed.	2:48
Dwight Howard offensive rebound.	2:48
	2:48	Otto Porter personal foul.
Dwight Howard free throw missed (1 of 2).	2:48
Houston offensive rebound.	2:48
Dwight Howard free throw missed (2 of 2).	2:48
	2:47	Bradley Beal defensive rebound.
	2:29	Otto Porter 2 point shot missed. Blocked by James Harden.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	2:27
James Harden 2 point shot made.	2:13 (101-99)
	2:13	Bradley Beal personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 1).	2:13 (102-99)
	2:04	Marcin Gortat 2 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	2:03
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	1:51
	1:50	Gary Neal defensive rebound.
	1:40	Gary Neal 3 point shot missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	1:39
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	1:17
	1:16	Gary Neal defensive rebound.
	1:03 (102-101)	John Wall 2 point shot made.
Jason Terry 2 point shot made.	0:48 (104-101)
	0:48	Washington Timeout : full
	0:44	John Wall turnover. James Harden steals.
Corey Brewer layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	0:40 (106-101)
	0:40	Washington Timeout : short
	0:32	Otto Porter 2 point shot missed.
	0:31	John Wall offensive rebound.
	0:28	John Wall 3 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	0:27
	0:22	Bradley Beal personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	0:22 (107-101)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	0:22 (108-101)
	0:12	DeJuan Blair turnover. Dwight Howard steals.
	0:12	Marcin Gortat personal foul.
Dwight Howard free throw made (1 of 2).	0:12 (109-101)
Dwight Howard free throw missed (2 of 2).	0:12
	0:10	Marcin Gortat defensive rebound.
Jason Terry personal foul.	0:03
	0:03 (109-102)	Gary Neal free throw made (1 of 2).
	0:03 (109-103)	Gary Neal free throw made (2 of 2).