National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Dallas 95,
New Orleans 90
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 31, 2005
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #33 Sean Corbin, #48 Scott Foster, #61 Courtney Kirkland
Attendance: 19170
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #33 Sean Corbin, #48 Scott Foster, #61 Courtney Kirkland
Attendance: 19170
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Dallas | 22 | 22 | 29 | 22 | 95 |
| New Orleans | 25 | 19 | 19 | 27 | 90 |
Dallas Mavericks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jason Terry - G | 38:39 | 8-15 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Marquis Daniels - G | 26:28 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Dirk Nowitzki - F | 44:33 | 7-20 | 1-4 | 9-9 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| Josh Howard - F | 36:12 | 8-16 | 0-1 | 4-7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Erick Dampier - C | 26:43 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jerry Stackhouse | 27:14 | 5-8 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Keith Van Horn | 15:52 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Devin Harris | 13:38 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| DeSagana Diop | 10:41 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Adrian Griffin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Darrell Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-76 | 5-16 | 20-26 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 95 | |
| 46.1% | 31.2% | 76.9% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 32:34 | 5-9 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 25:16 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 40:04 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| David West - F | 30:35 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 36:36 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 30:05 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 7-10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Rasual Butler | 25:43 | 3-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Kirk Snyder | 13:49 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Chris Andersen | 5:18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Maciej Lampe | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Vroman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Arvydas Macijauskas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-72 | 4-8 | 20-29 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 15 | 2 | 90 | |
| 45.8% | 50.0% | 69.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| DAL | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Dallas | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| Points in the Paint | 28 | Points in the Paint | 32 |
| Biggest Lead | 14 | Biggest Lead | 6 |