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Orlando 104, Houston 101

When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Where: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
Officials: #76 Steven Anderson, #16 David Guthrie, #55 Bill Kennedy
Attendance: 17061

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Houston	33	20	21	27	101
Orlando	27	32	28	17	104

Quarters:

Houston		Orlando
Dwight Howard wins jump ball against Nikola Vucevic.	12:00
James Harden 2 point shot made.	11:38 (2-0)
	11:19 (2-2)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made.
	11:04	Tobias Harris personal foul.
Dwight Howard free throw missed (1 of 2).	11:04
Dwight Howard free throw missed (2 of 2).	11:04
	11:02	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound.
	10:42 (2-4)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made.
Clint Capela dunk made. Assisted by James Harden.	10:31 (4-4)
	10:15 (4-7)	Channing Frye 3 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	9:54
	9:52	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
	9:42	Elfrid Payton layup missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	9:40
	9:27	Elfrid Payton personal foul.
Trevor Ariza 2 point shot made. Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	9:20 (6-7)
	9:02 (6-9)	Channing Frye 2 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Dwight Howard layup missed.	8:42
Houston offensive rebound.	8:42
Patrick Beverley 2 point shot made.	8:31 (8-9)
Clint Capela personal foul.	8:24
	8:15 (8-11)	Elfrid Payton layup made.
Patrick Beverley turnover. Elfrid Payton steals.	8:06
	8:02	Elfrid Payton layup missed. Blocked by Clint Capela.
	7:59	Channing Frye offensive rebound.
	7:53	Evan Fournier 2 point shot missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	7:51
	7:48	Channing Frye personal foul.
Clint Capela free throw missed (1 of 2).	7:48
Clint Capela free throw missed (2 of 2).	7:48
	7:46	Tobias Harris defensive rebound.
Dwight Howard personal foul.	7:26
	7:26 (8-12)	Elfrid Payton free throw made (1 of 2).
	7:26 (8-13)	Elfrid Payton free throw made (2 of 2).
Patrick Beverley layup missed.	7:12
	7:10	Elfrid Payton defensive rebound.
	6:57 (8-15)	Evan Fournier layup made. Assisted by Nikola Vucevic.
Patrick Beverley personal foul.	6:57
	6:57 (8-16)	Evan Fournier free throw made (1 of 1).
	6:47	Evan Fournier personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	6:47 (9-16)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	6:47 (10-16)
	6:35	Tobias Harris 2 point shot missed.
	6:33	Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound.
	6:33 (10-18)	Nikola Vucevic layup made.
Dwight Howard personal foul.	6:18
Dwight Howard turnover.	6:18
	5:58 (10-20)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Houston Timeout : full	5:49
Terrence Jones 3 point shot made. Assisted by Patrick Beverley.	5:42 (13-20)
	5:21	Evan Fournier 3 point shot missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	5:20
Terrence Jones layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	5:13 (15-20)
	5:13	Channing Frye personal foul.
Terrence Jones free throw made (1 of 1).	5:13 (16-20)
	4:53 (16-22)	Tobias Harris 2 point shot made.
James Harden turnover.	4:39
James Harden personal foul.	4:30
	4:21	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot missed.
Clint Capela defensive rebound.	4:20
James Harden 2 point shot made.	4:07 (18-22)
	3:42	Jason Smith turnover.
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	3:31
Clint Capela offensive rebound.	3:29
James Harden 3 point shot made. Assisted by Clint Capela.	3:25 (21-22)
Clint Capela personal foul.	3:13
	3:13	Nikola Vucevic free throw missed (1 of 2).
	3:13 (21-23)	Nikola Vucevic free throw made (2 of 2).
James Harden layup missed.	3:01
Clint Capela offensive rebound.	2:59
Clint Capela layup made.	2:59 (23-23)
Ty Lawson personal foul.	2:47
	2:47	Orlando Timeout : full
	2:47	Elfrid Payton free throw missed (1 of 2).
	2:47	Elfrid Payton free throw missed (2 of 2).
Clint Capela defensive rebound.	2:46
Ty Lawson 2 point shot made.	2:34 (25-23)
	2:18	Victor Oladipo 3 point shot missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	2:17
James Harden 3 point shot missed.	2:02
Corey Brewer offensive rebound.	2:01
Ty Lawson 3 point shot missed.	1:56
Terrence Jones offensive rebound.	1:55
Clint Capela dunk made. Assisted by James Harden.	1:49 (27-23)
	1:28	Elfrid Payton turnover. Corey Brewer steals.
Corey Brewer layup made.	1:24 (29-23)
	1:18	Jason Smith 3 point shot missed.
	1:16	Tobias Harris offensive rebound.
	1:16 (29-25)	Tobias Harris layup made.
James Harden layup made.	1:02 (31-25)
	0:44 (31-27)	Tobias Harris dunk made.
Terrence Jones 3 point shot missed.	0:31
	0:29	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	0:24	Elfrid Payton layup missed.
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	0:22
	0:20	Jason Smith personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	0:20 (32-27)
James Harden free throw made (2 of 2).	0:20 (33-27)
	0:06	Victor Oladipo layup missed.
James Harden defensive rebound.	0:03

Houston		Orlando
Corey Brewer personal foul.	11:47
	11:47 (33-28)	Aaron Gordon free throw made (1 of 2).
	11:47	Aaron Gordon free throw missed (2 of 2).
Corey Brewer defensive rebound.	11:46
Donatas Motiejunas turnover. Aaron Gordon steals.	11:34
	11:29 (33-30)	Aaron Gordon dunk made. Assisted by Mario Hezonja.
Corey Brewer layup missed.	11:18
Dwight Howard offensive rebound.	11:16
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot made. Assisted by Dwight Howard.	11:13 (36-30)
	10:58 (36-33)	Andrew Nicholson 3 point shot made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
Corey Brewer 3 point shot missed.	10:40
	10:40	Orlando defensive rebound.
	10:31 (36-35)	Nikola Vucevic dunk made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
Donatas Motiejunas 2 point shot missed.	10:13
	10:12	Mario Hezonja defensive rebound.
	10:05	Aaron Gordon 3 point shot missed.
Marcus Thornton defensive rebound.	10:04
Corey Brewer dunk made. Assisted by Marcus Thornton.	10:00 (38-35)
	9:40	Aaron Gordon layup missed.
	9:38	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound.
	9:38 (38-37)	Aaron Gordon layup made.
Dwight Howard layup missed.	9:26
	9:24	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	9:20 (38-39)	Aaron Gordon dunk made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
Donatas Motiejunas turnover.	9:06
	8:49	Aaron Gordon 2 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	8:48
Dwight Howard dunk made. Assisted by Donatas Motiejunas.	8:41 (40-39)
	8:32	Orlando Timeout : full
	8:17 (40-41)	Aaron Gordon 2 point shot made.
Donatas Motiejunas 2 point shot made.	7:53 (42-41)
	7:37	Jason Smith 2 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	7:36
Dwight Howard dunk made. Assisted by Ty Lawson.	7:29 (44-41)
	7:12	Andrew Nicholson turnover. Dwight Howard steals.
Dwight Howard turnover. Mario Hezonja steals.	7:09
	7:03	Andrew Nicholson 3 point shot missed.
	7:02	Mario Hezonja offensive rebound.
	6:47	Andrew Nicholson 2 point shot missed.
	6:45	Victor Oladipo offensive rebound.
	6:43 (44-43)	Aaron Gordon layup made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	6:19
	6:17	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	5:56	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot missed.
	5:56	Aaron Gordon offensive rebound.
	5:56	Aaron Gordon layup missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	5:53
Patrick Beverley 2 point shot missed.	5:46
Dwight Howard offensive rebound.	5:45
Dwight Howard dunk made.	5:45 (46-43)
	5:25	Aaron Gordon 2 point shot missed.
Donatas Motiejunas defensive rebound.	5:24
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	5:11
	5:10	Channing Frye defensive rebound.
	4:52 (46-46)	Aaron Gordon 3 point shot made. Assisted by Channing Frye.
Dwight Howard turnover. Aaron Gordon steals.	4:34
	4:29 (46-48)	Mario Hezonja dunk made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
Houston Timeout : full	4:19
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	4:05
	4:04	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound.
	3:43 (46-51)	Channing Frye 3 point shot made. Assisted by Nikola Vucevic.
Terrence Jones layup made.	3:18 (48-51)
	3:01 (48-54)	Evan Fournier 3 point shot made.
Clint Capela layup made. Assisted by James Harden.	2:42 (50-54)
	2:24	Nikola Vucevic layup missed.
	2:22	Nikola Vucevic offensive rebound.
	2:22 (50-56)	Nikola Vucevic layup made.
Terrence Jones 2 point shot missed.	2:04
	2:03	Channing Frye defensive rebound.
	1:57 (50-59)	Evan Fournier 3 point shot made. Assisted by Victor Oladipo.
	1:39	Evan Fournier personal foul.
	1:39	Orlando Timeout : full
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	1:22
	1:21	Tobias Harris defensive rebound.
	1:04	Victor Oladipo 2 point shot missed.
Terrence Jones defensive rebound.	1:03
James Harden personal foul.	0:56
James Harden turnover.	0:56
	0:42	Evan Fournier 3 point shot missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	0:41
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot made. Assisted by Trevor Ariza.	0:32 (53-59)
Patrick Beverley personal foul.	0:23
	0:10	Victor Oladipo dunk missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	0:09
Patrick Beverley layup missed.	0:03
	0:02	Tobias Harris defensive rebound.
	0:00	Victor Oladipo 3 point shot missed.

Houston		Orlando
	11:46	Elfrid Payton layup missed. Blocked by Dwight Howard.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	11:42
Patrick Beverley 3 point shot missed.	11:33
	11:30	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
	11:10 (53-61)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made.
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	10:44
	10:43	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
	10:42	Channing Frye turnover.
	10:37	Evan Fournier personal foul.
Dwight Howard 2 point shot missed.	10:26
	10:24	Channing Frye defensive rebound.
	10:09 (53-63)	Channing Frye 2 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
James Harden layup missed. Blocked by Tobias Harris.	9:55
Houston offensive rebound.	9:55
Clint Capela turnover.	9:48
	9:38 (53-65)	Evan Fournier layup made. Assisted by Channing Frye.
Houston Timeout : full	9:34
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	9:22
Dwight Howard offensive rebound.	9:21
Trevor Ariza dunk made. Assisted by Dwight Howard.	9:18 (55-65)
	8:58 (55-67)	Tobias Harris layup made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Trevor Ariza 2 point shot made. Assisted by James Harden.	8:36 (57-67)
	8:05	Tobias Harris 2 point shot missed.
	8:04	Tobias Harris offensive rebound.
	7:57	Tobias Harris turnover.
James Harden 2 point shot made.	7:46 (59-67)
	7:19 (59-69)	Nikola Vucevic layup made. Assisted by Evan Fournier.
James Harden 2 point shot made.	7:08 (61-69)
	6:43	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot missed. Blocked by Trevor Ariza.
Marcus Thornton defensive rebound.	6:41
James Harden 2 point shot made.	6:31 (63-69)
	6:31	Orlando Timeout : full
	6:12	Elfrid Payton 2 point shot missed. Blocked by Patrick Beverley.
James Harden defensive rebound.	6:11
James Harden layup made.	6:07 (65-69)
	5:50 (65-71)	Tobias Harris dunk made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot missed.	5:28
	5:26	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
	5:22	Victor Oladipo layup missed.
	5:20	Tobias Harris offensive rebound.
	5:20 (65-73)	Tobias Harris layup made.
	4:55	Nikola Vucevic personal foul.
Marcus Thornton free throw made (1 of 2).	4:55 (66-73)
Marcus Thornton free throw made (2 of 2).	4:55 (67-73)
	4:34	Evan Fournier turnover.
Trevor Ariza 2 point shot missed.	4:17
	4:15	Tobias Harris defensive rebound.
	3:56 (67-75)	Elfrid Payton dunk made.
Dwight Howard dunk made. Assisted by Ty Lawson.	3:45 (69-75)
	3:26 (69-77)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made. Assisted by Evan Fournier.
James Harden turnover. Evan Fournier steals.	3:19
Trevor Ariza personal foul.	3:17
	3:17 (69-78)	Evan Fournier free throw made (1 of 2).
	3:17 (69-79)	Evan Fournier free throw made (2 of 2).
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	3:05
	3:04	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	2:52 (69-81)	Tobias Harris layup made. Assisted by Nikola Vucevic.
James Harden 2 point shot missed.	2:38
	2:38	Tobias Harris defensive rebound.
Ty Lawson personal foul.	2:38
	2:22	Tobias Harris turnover.
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	2:13
	2:12	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound.
	1:59	Victor Oladipo 3 point shot missed.
Clint Capela defensive rebound.	1:58
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot made. Assisted by Ty Lawson.	1:43 (72-81)
	1:27 (72-83)	Elfrid Payton layup made.
Clint Capela dunk made. Assisted by Marcus Thornton.	1:11 (74-83)
	0:55 (74-85)	Elfrid Payton layup made.
Trevor Ariza layup missed.	0:45
	0:43	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
Marcus Thornton personal foul.	0:43
	0:30 (74-87)	Jason Smith layup made. Assisted by Evan Fournier.
Corey Brewer 3 point shot missed.	0:23
	0:21	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	0:00	Victor Oladipo 2 point shot missed.

Houston		Orlando
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	11:38
	11:37	Mario Hezonja defensive rebound.
	11:25	Evan Fournier 3 point shot missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	11:24
	11:16	Aaron Gordon personal foul.
James Harden free throw made (1 of 2).	11:16 (75-87)
James Harden free throw missed (2 of 2).	11:16
	11:15	Jason Smith defensive rebound.
	10:54 (75-89)	Jason Smith 2 point shot made. Assisted by Evan Fournier.
Marcus Thornton 2 point shot missed.	10:40
Trevor Ariza offensive rebound.	10:38
Trevor Ariza layup made.	10:38 (77-89)
	10:15	Jason Smith layup missed. Blocked by Dwight Howard.
Dwight Howard wins jump ball against Jason Smith.	10:15
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	10:01
	9:59	Mario Hezonja defensive rebound.
	9:38	Victor Oladipo 2 point shot missed.
Ty Lawson defensive rebound.	9:37
James Harden 2 point shot missed. Blocked by Jason Smith.	9:30
	9:27	Aaron Gordon defensive rebound.
	9:24	Mario Hezonja turnover. Marcus Thornton steals.
	9:14	Victor Oladipo personal foul.
Ty Lawson free throw made (1 of 2).	9:14 (78-89)
Ty Lawson free throw made (2 of 2).	9:14 (79-89)
	8:58	Jason Smith 2 point shot missed.
Trevor Ariza defensive rebound.	8:57
James Harden 3 point shot made.	8:37 (82-89)
	8:20	Jason Smith 2 point shot missed.
Patrick Beverley defensive rebound.	8:19
James Harden layup made.	8:07 (84-89)
	7:53	Jason Smith personal foul.
	7:53	Jason Smith turnover.
Dwight Howard dunk made. Assisted by James Harden.	7:45 (86-89)
Trevor Ariza personal foul.	7:27
	7:14	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot missed.
	7:12	Mario Hezonja offensive rebound.
	7:12	Orlando turnover.
Ty Lawson 2 point shot made.	6:59 (88-89)
Dwight Howard personal foul.	6:42
	6:35 (88-91)	Evan Fournier layup made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Dwight Howard dunk made. Assisted by James Harden.	6:20 (90-91)
	6:10 (90-94)	Tobias Harris 3 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Ty Lawson 2 point shot made.	5:53 (92-94)
	5:31 (92-96)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made. Assisted by Elfrid Payton.
Ty Lawson 3 point shot made. Assisted by James Harden.	5:07 (95-96)
	5:06	Orlando Timeout : full
	4:40 (95-98)	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot made. Assisted by Tobias Harris.
	4:24	Evan Fournier personal foul.
Dwight Howard layup missed. Blocked by Nikola Vucevic.	4:15
	4:13	Evan Fournier defensive rebound.
	4:10	Nikola Vucevic turnover. James Harden steals.
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	3:56
	3:54	Nikola Vucevic defensive rebound.
	3:39	Elfrid Payton turnover. Trevor Ariza steals.
James Harden layup made.	3:24 (97-98)
	3:09	Nikola Vucevic personal foul.
	3:09	Nikola Vucevic turnover.
Houston Timeout : full	3:09
James Harden 2 point shot made.	2:47 (99-98)
	2:26	Evan Fournier 2 point shot missed.
Dwight Howard defensive rebound.	2:24
Ty Lawson 3 point shot missed.	2:09
	2:08	Orlando defensive rebound.
	1:43	Nikola Vucevic 2 point shot missed.
Ty Lawson defensive rebound.	1:42
Ty Lawson personal foul.	1:23
Ty Lawson turnover.	1:23
	1:13 (99-100)	Elfrid Payton layup made.
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	1:01
	0:59	Victor Oladipo defensive rebound.
	0:43	Elfrid Payton layup missed. Blocked by Dwight Howard.
Dwight Howard wins jump ball against Elfrid Payton.	0:42
	0:26	Evan Fournier personal foul.
Patrick Beverley free throw made (1 of 2).	0:26 (100-100)
Patrick Beverley free throw made (2 of 2).	0:26 (101-100)
	0:26	Orlando Timeout : full
	0:14 (101-102)	Evan Fournier 2 point shot made.
Houston Timeout : full	0:14
Trevor Ariza 3 point shot missed.	0:03
	0:01	Elfrid Payton defensive rebound.
Trevor Ariza personal foul.	0:01
	0:01	Orlando Timeout : short
	0:01 Official Timeout
Ty Lawson personal foul.	0:01
	0:01 (101-103)	Tobias Harris free throw made (1 of 2).
	0:01 (101-104)	Tobias Harris free throw made (2 of 2).
Houston Timeout : short	0:01
Marcus Thornton 3 point shot missed.	0:00