NBA FRIDAY

Friday's NBA match-up of the evening were the HOUSTON ROCKETS  vs INDIANA PACERS. The rockets came in to this game facing alot of injuries with star players such as Guard Jeremy Lin , Foward Chandler Parsons, and Foward James Harden. Despite the teams struggles in the past weeks, they came  into this game with a record of 17-9 and number five in the Western Conference. The Pacers have had anything but hindrance facing their roster, as their record would reflect it, as they would be the number one team in the Eastern Conference and would have the second best record in the league of 21-5. First quarter both teams would battle hard as the Rockets would get a 6 point lead, but would get out scored by the end of the quarter 25-20. Second quarter the Pacers would continue to dominate, out scoring the rockets 31-25 and leading at the half by 11 points. Second half pacers would grow their momentum, out scoring the rockets 31-20 in the third quarter. Fourth quarter the pacers would out score the rockets 27-16. Leading scorers for the Pacers were Paul George with 24 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 ast. and Lance Stephenson with 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 ast. Leading scorers for the Rockets were Dwight Howard 19 points, 12 rebounds, and 2 ast. and James Harden with 12 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 ast. The pacers went on to win it 114-81.