National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 108,
New Orleans 100
When: 8:30 PM ET, Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #38 Michael Smith, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 18187
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #38 Michael Smith, # Kane Fitzgerald
Attendance: 18187
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 23 | 28 | 31 | 18 | 100 |
| Houston | 31 | 30 | 13 | 34 | 108 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 42:17 | 7-15 | 0-3 | 2-4 | -11 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Devin Brown - G | 30:40 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| David West - F | 39:05 | 18-30 | 2-4 | 6-8 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 44 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 29:25 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 31:05 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 18:35 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Darius Songaila | 17:27 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -21 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Darren Collison | 16:08 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-3 | -16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Marcus Thornton | 8:47 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Wright | 6:31 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Brown | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Morris Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 42-84 | 5-14 | 11-16 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 20 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 100 | |
| 50.0% | 35.7% | 68.8% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Trevor Ariza - G | 37:43 | 5-15 | 2-8 | 1-2 | -4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 36:41 | 8-12 | 5-7 | 6-7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 |
| Shane Battier - F | 43:23 | 7-12 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| Luis Scola - F | 31:50 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -6 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Chuck Hayes - C | 15:00 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Carl Landry | 35:08 | 6-16 | 0-0 | 6-8 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
| Kyle Lowry | 27:59 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| David Andersen | 12:16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Cook | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mike Harris | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Jermaine Taylor | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Chase Budinger | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 37-76 | 12-23 | 22-28 | 9 | 29 | 38 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 108 | |
| 48.7% | 52.2% | 78.6% | Team Rebs: 4 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 17 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 50 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 8 | Biggest Lead | 13 |