National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New York 103,
New Orleans 93
When: 7:30 PM ET, Friday, March 27, 2009
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #59 Gary Zielinski, #75 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 19763
Where: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
Officials: #41 Ken Mauer, #59 Gary Zielinski, #75 Eric Dalen
Attendance: 19763
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 26 | 23 | 16 | 28 | 93 |
| New York | 23 | 19 | 35 | 26 | 103 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 40:24 | 2-11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | -17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Chris Paul - G | 40:24 | 8-18 | 1-3 | 5-6 | -17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 22 |
| David West - F | 42:10 | 11-19 | 0-1 | 7-7 | -17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Hilton Armstrong - F | 16:59 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Julian Wright - C | 34:38 | 5-14 | 0-2 | 1-2 | -13 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 27:18 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Morris Peterson | 19:36 | 3-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Sean Marks | 10:55 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Antonio Daniels | 7:36 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-86 | 6-20 | 13-15 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 93 | |
| 43.0% | 30.0% | 86.7% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New York Knicks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Larry Hughes - G | 34:48 | 4-12 | 1-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Chris Duhon - G | 33:48 | 4-7 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| Wilson Chandler - F | 39:38 | 6-13 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Al Harrington - F | 35:38 | 7-15 | 5-11 | 4-4 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| David Lee - C | 33:04 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Quentin Richardson | 19:35 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Nate Robinson | 19:02 | 4-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Jared Jeffries | 17:00 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Wilcox | 7:27 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jamal Crawford | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Eddy Curry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Courtney Sims | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-78 | 12-32 | 15-16 | 8 | 35 | 43 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 103 | |
| 48.7% | 37.5% | 93.8% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Chris Paul , James Posey |
| NY | Al Harrington , Nate Robinson |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | New York | ||
| Fast Break Points | 11 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 42 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 12 | Biggest Lead | 16 |