National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 91,
Houston 84
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 5, 2005
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #64 Marc Davis, #49 Tom Washington, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 15875
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #64 Marc Davis, #49 Tom Washington, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 15875
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 27 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 91 |
| Houston | 23 | 29 | 19 | 13 | 84 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 33:04 | 6-14 | 1-5 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 22:02 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| David West - F | 31:54 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bostjan Nachbar - F | 30:33 | 3-9 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 39:56 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 29:31 | 3-10 | 1-4 | 7-8 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Chris Andersen | 20:17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Desmond Mason | 14:55 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Rasual Butler | 13:55 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jackson Vroman | 3:53 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirk Snyder | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-81 | 3-15 | 24-32 | 13 | 30 | 43 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 91 | |
| 39.5% | 20.0% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 8 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rafer Alston - G | 36:58 | 5-9 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| David Wesley - G | 29:06 | 1-7 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Derek Anderson - F | 39:35 | 4-14 | 3-7 | 6-6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 17 |
| Juwan Howard - F | 29:23 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| Yao Ming - C | 36:37 | 8-22 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 20 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jon Barry | 25:21 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Stromile Swift | 19:12 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Luther Head | 13:25 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | 10:32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen | 0:01 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonny Baxter | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Moochie Norris | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 26-74 | 7-22 | 25-28 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 17 | 8 | 84 | |
| 35.1% | 31.8% | 89.3% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 17 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | Desmond Mason |
| HOU | Juwan Howard |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 12 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 30 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 8 |