National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Houston 84,
New Orleans 77
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 26, 2012
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 16602
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #65 Sean Wright
Attendance: 16602
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 20 | 22 | 29 | 6 | 77 |
| Houston | 12 | 21 | 30 | 21 | 84 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jerome Dyson - G | 41:12 | 6-14 | 0-3 | 3-6 | -19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 |
| Marco Belinelli - G | 16:09 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Lance Thomas - F | 45:45 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 7-8 | -11 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu - F | 43:32 | 4-13 | 2-3 | 1-3 | -14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Jason Smith - C | 4:54 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Darryl Watkins | 42:02 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 7-13 | -15 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| Greivis Vasquez | 39:24 | 3-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | -14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| Carl Landry | 7:02 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Eric Gordon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Xavier Henry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Gustavo Ayon | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 27-68 | 5-15 | 18-30 | 5 | 39 | 44 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 77 | |
| 39.7% | 33.3% | 60.0% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Goran Dragic - G | 35:05 | 3-10 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Courtney Lee - G | 32:47 | 4-14 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Chase Budinger - F | 42:04 | 10-18 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Luis Scola - F | 27:06 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Samuel Dalembert - C | 18:18 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Patrick Patterson | 30:57 | 4-16 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Marcus Morris | 21:09 | 3-10 | 1-5 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Greg Smith | 19:39 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Courtney Fortson | 12:55 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 1-2 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Kevin Martin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Diamon Simpson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chandler Parsons | DND | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-91 | 9-28 | 11-14 | 16 | 40 | 56 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 84 | |
| 35.2% | 32.1% | 78.6% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 12 |
| Points in the Paint | 26 | Points in the Paint | 38 |
| Biggest Lead | 17 | Biggest Lead | 7 |