ROCKETS 111 SPURS 98...CHRISTMAS Night in the ALAMO City was all about "PACE" as SANTA delivers the the "Big HORSE" and "FEAR the Beard" #13 for Coach McHALE and RED Nation gets a Huge "W"...RED Nation's #1 Soap "As DWIGHT Turns" CLUTCH City Clutch vs S.A.S. #ROCKETSgang #ClutchCityROCKETS

For Rockets Lead Man Kevin McHale he gets what he wanted for Christmas as the Rockets control the all important "Pace" from start to finish in the Alamo City and beat the Spurs running wire to wire 111-98.

McHale gets a his Big Horse in "Dwight of Three Stripes" (15 pts 20 rebs) and Closer Extraordinaire @JHarden13 (28 pts 6 rebs 6 asst) show up and handle the Spurs and what ever the Spurs threw at them. It was also the Rockets Supporting Cast led by Ex-#WeRUK Cats of Lexington's Terrence Jones going 21 points and fourteen boards and Ex-Gator Chandler Parsons 21 points six rebounds, and six helpers supplied plenty of reinforcements to the Starts in a Leading Role. Harden had 10 straight at one key stretch late in the 4th to seal the deal.

The Spurs nipped at the Rockets lead and got the lead down to two on a few occasions in the 4th but couldn't get over the hump as the Rockets controlled the "Pace". The Spurs simply got caught up in the Rockets Game in Transition and when the Spurs don't do what they do like most teams...they get in trouble. Marco Belinelli led the Spurs Charge with 22 points and just think he led the Bulls Charge a lot last season as well "K.L. of the Riverwalk" added 13 points and seven boards. Tim Duncan chipped in with 11 points and fourteen boards with five helpers as those two and Marco were the only three Spurs in Double figures. Spurs Point God TP9 had just 6 points and four boards in just over 30 minutes as he had the "Christmas Bug"!

Rockets move to 19-11 and the Spurs fall to 22-7...Clutch City trying to make a move in the West to get into that all important Top 4.