National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 108,
Oklahoma City 90
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 7, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #17 Joe Crawford, #38 Michael Smith
Attendance: 18114
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #17 Joe Crawford, #38 Michael Smith
Attendance: 18114
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Oklahoma City | 18 | 31 | 23 | 18 | 90 |
| New Orleans | 31 | 22 | 23 | 32 | 108 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Russell Westbrook - G | 32:57 | 8-18 | 0-1 | 8-8 | -26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| Kyle Weaver - G | 26:40 | 4-7 | 2-4 | 3-3 | -15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Damien Wilkins - F | 34:53 | 8-17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| Nick Collison - F | 28:47 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | -8 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Nenad Krstic - C | 24:58 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -14 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Earl Watson | 31:31 | 5-10 | 0-4 | 2-2 | -6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
| Malik Rose | 31:09 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Chucky Atkins | 29:05 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-2 | -9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Thabo Sefolosha | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Robert Swift | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jeff Green | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-83 | 5-22 | 19-21 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 90 | |
| 39.8% | 22.7% | 90.5% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 36:07 | 10-16 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 21 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 35:52 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| David West - F | 39:47 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 22 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Julian Wright - F | 33:49 | 8-10 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 29:40 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 29 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 23:29 | 4-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| Antonio Daniels | 11:53 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 4-6 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sean Marks | 10:25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 7:55 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Devin Brown | 6:14 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ryan Bowen | 4:49 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-78 | 6-17 | 18-24 | 9 | 35 | 44 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 108 | |
| 53.8% | 35.3% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| OKC | None |
| NO | Tyson Chandler |
Team Statistics
| Oklahoma City | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 13 | Fast Break Points | 27 |
| Points in the Paint | 36 | Points in the Paint | 54 |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | Biggest Lead | 20 |