National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 88,
Houston 79
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 26, 2008
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #13 Monty McCutchen, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 18326
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #13 Monty McCutchen, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 18326
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 18 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 79 |
| New Orleans | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 88 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tracy McGrady - G | 33:45 | 2-11 | 0-3 | 7-9 | -11 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Rafer Alston - G | 31:14 | 1-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Luis Scola - F | 34:31 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | -10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Shane Battier - F | 29:12 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yao Ming - C | 34:01 | 6-13 | 0-0 | 7-8 | -11 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Brent Barry | 20:50 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Carl Landry | 20:37 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Aaron Brooks | 16:46 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Luther Head | 12:13 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Chuck Hayes | 6:51 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Von Wafer | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Steve Francis | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 26-72 | 5-19 | 22-27 | 9 | 30 | 39 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 79 | |
| 36.1% | 26.3% | 81.5% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 37:28 | 8-18 | 2-3 | 8-8 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 26 |
| Devin Brown - G | 18:02 | 0-6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David West - F | 43:02 | 8-19 | 0-0 | 7-9 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23 |
| Rasual Butler - F | 41:32 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 30:50 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 29:58 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 4-6 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Melvin Ely | 16:16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Antonio Daniels | 10:32 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson | 6:28 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Marks | 5:52 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Wright | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-74 | 3-14 | 19-24 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 18 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 88 | |
| 44.6% | 21.4% | 79.2% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 7 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 42 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 9 |