Oklahoma City fails to match Houston's grit even with Luis Scola out

 
BY MIKE BALDWIN, Staff Writer, mbaldwin@opubco.com
Published: November 30, 2009

Coach Scott Brooks said the Thunder would have to match the Rockets’ physicality to win Sunday night in the Ford Center .

Oklahoma City , though, failed to match their grit even though the Rockets’ most physical player missed all but 22 seconds of the game.

Bolstered by 23 offensive rebounds, Houston dominated the fourth quarter to escape with a 100-91 win.

"We’d play good defens...


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