National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 95,
New Orleans 84
When: 8:00 PM ET, Monday, March 16, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #63 Derek Richardson, #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 17723
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #29 Steve Javie, #63 Derek Richardson, #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 17723
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 23 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 95 |
| New Orleans | 23 | 24 | 17 | 20 | 84 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ron Artest - G | 40:33 | 7-23 | 0-9 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 25:25 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Shane Battier - F | 35:03 | 3-8 | 1-6 | 4-4 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| Luis Scola - F | 34:27 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -6 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 |
| Dikembe Mutombo - C | 24:38 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Carl Landry | 23:22 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Kyle Lowry | 22:35 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Von Wafer | 19:27 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 5-6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Brent Barry | 8:18 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Chuck Hayes | 6:12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Cook | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James White | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-71 | 4-20 | 27-31 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 95 | |
| 45.1% | 20.0% | 87.1% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 44:20 | 5-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| Chris Paul - G | 43:45 | 9-21 | 0-1 | 11-11 | -5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| David West - F | 41:59 | 7-17 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Julian Wright - F | 19:04 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 37:31 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 30:26 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Sean Marks | 15:00 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Antonio Daniels | 4:15 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson | 3:40 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Hilton Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Devin Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 31-78 | 3-11 | 19-19 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 84 | |
| 39.7% | 27.3% | 100.0% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | David West |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 14 | Biggest Lead | 11 |