National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 111,
Sacramento 110
When: 10:00 PM ET, Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Where: Arco Arena, Sacramento, California
Officials: #62 Brian Forte, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 17317
Where: Arco Arena, Sacramento, California
Officials: #62 Brian Forte, #61 Courtney Kirkland, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 17317
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 32 | 32 | 22 | 25 | 111 |
| Sacramento | 38 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 110 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 44:22 | 7-16 | 4-7 | 0-0 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
| Chris Paul - G | 41:51 | 5-15 | 0-1 | 5-6 | -4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| David West - F | 42:46 | 15-25 | 0-0 | 10-10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 40 |
| Hilton Armstrong - F | 22:45 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | -2 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Julian Wright - C | 30:38 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 | -2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Brown | 25:47 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sean Marks | 18:01 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Antonio Daniels | 7:00 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Morris Peterson | 6:50 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| James Posey | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 44-82 | 5-10 | 18-27 | 12 | 29 | 41 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 111 | |
| 53.7% | 50.0% | 66.7% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Sacramento Kings
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Martin - G | 44:47 | 5-13 | 3-6 | 7-9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Beno Udrih - G | 34:25 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Andres Nocioni - F | 34:22 | 8-14 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23 |
| Jason Thompson - F | 26:33 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4-6 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Spencer Hawes - C | 35:41 | 6-13 | 1-3 | 4-4 | -14 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Francisco Garcia | 29:50 | 7-11 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| Rashad McCants | 22:44 | 5-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Donte Greene | 11:38 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Calvin Booth | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ike Diogu | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Cedric Simmons | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Willie Solomon | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-76 | 14-24 | 22-27 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 110 | |
| 48.7% | 58.3% | 81.5% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| SAC | Andres Nocioni |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Sacramento | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 3 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 24 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 6 |