National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
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Dallas 97,
New Orleans 88
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 3, 2005
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #36 David Jones, #42 Eric Lewis, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 19651
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #36 David Jones, #42 Eric Lewis, #13 Monty McCutchen
Attendance: 19651
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 15 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 88 |
| Dallas | 23 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 97 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 38:49 | 9-16 | 0-2 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 27:38 | 4-9 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| David West - F | 35:09 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 30:12 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 34:26 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 32:25 | 9-18 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 |
| Chris Andersen | 19:41 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Rasual Butler | 18:42 | 2-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Kirk Snyder | 1:29 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Arvydas Macijauskas | 1:29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brandon Bass | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jackson Vroman | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-75 | 2-8 | 20-26 | 8 | 24 | 32 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 88 | |
| 44.0% | 25.0% | 76.9% | Team Rebs: 10 | Total TO: 14 | ||||||||||
Dallas Mavericks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jason Terry - G | 38:07 | 7-11 | 2-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Marquis Daniels - G | 32:20 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Adrian Griffin - F | 35:20 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Dirk Nowitzki - F | 31:44 | 10-17 | 2-2 | 8-9 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Erick Dampier - C | 20:40 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Devin Harris | 26:36 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| DeSagana Diop | 25:51 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Keith Van Horn | 24:55 | 5-12 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Josh Powell | 1:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rawle Marshall | 1:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | 1:29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrell Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-74 | 4-8 | 21-26 | 11 | 32 | 43 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 97 | |
| 48.6% | 50.0% | 80.8% | Team Rebs: 6 | Total TO: 15 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| DAL | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Dallas | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 0 | Biggest Lead | 17 |