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Rockets wrap up trek at San Antonio

Fri 14th, November 2008

(Sports Network) - The Houston Rockets close out a five-game road trip Friday by visiting the injury-riddled San Antonio Spurs at the AT&T Center.

Tracy McGrady scored 27 points -- including 15 in the third quarter -- leading the Rockets to a 94-82 win over the Phoenix Suns in a game marred by a fracas toward the end of the third quarter on Wednesday.

With 27.6 seconds left in the third, McGrady hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a commanding 74-55 advantage, but a melee broke out between Phoenix's Matt Barnes and Houston's Rafer Alston.

To the right of McGrady, Barnes appeared to shove Alston, who was setting a pick. After the play, Alston came back and had some words for Barnes.

McGrady came in to defend his teammate and shoved Phoenix guard Steve Nash to the floor. Suns center Shaquille O'Neal immediately came in and pushed McGrady to the floor. Suns head coach Terry Porter was able to break up the fight afterwards, and no punches were thrown.

The Barnes push was apparently in retaliation for a screen McGrady had set earlier, which caused Steve Nash to suffer a gash on his neck. Nash, O'Neal and McGrady all received technical fouls, while Alston and Barnes were ejected.

McGrady shot 11-of-18 from the floor and 4-for-5 from long range for the Rockets, who have won two of three. Yao Ming added 17 points and 15 rebounds, while Aaron Brooks finished with 19 points in the win.

Meanwhile, the Spurs fell to 2-5 on the young season when Milwaukee's Richard Jefferson scored 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Bucks edged San Antonio 82-78 on Wednesday.

Tim Duncan scored 24 points for the depleted Spurs, who played without stars Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili.

Ginobili is out until at least December, while Parker sprained his left ankle against Miami last week and could miss up to four weeks.

"When you take (Parker and Ginobili) out of our lineup it's tough," Duncan said. "You take a bunch of new guys and ask them to fill that void. There's a lot of factors that go into it, but the bottom line is we made enough plays to win the game, (but) we just didn't do it in time."

Michael Finley added 19 points on 8-of-12 shooting for San Antonio.

For the Rockets, sharp-shooting guard Brent Barry is questionable for the game with a sprained right thumb.

The Spurs have won two of their last three meetings with Houston and three of the past five.

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