National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
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New Orleans 99,
Houston 95
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 2, 2010
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #42 Eric Lewis, # James Williams
Attendance: 16020
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #42 Eric Lewis, # James Williams
Attendance: 16020
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 26 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 95 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 99 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 38:16 | 6-11 | 3-6 | 2-2 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Trevor Ariza - G | 38:05 | 7-14 | 2-7 | 3-4 | -6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| Shane Battier - F | 35:59 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Luis Scola - F | 24:20 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 5-6 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Chuck Hayes - C | 36:00 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -13 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kyle Lowry | 25:22 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 5-5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Carl Landry | 18:54 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| David Andersen | 16:27 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jermaine Taylor | 6:37 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Brian Cook | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Joey Dorsey | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mike Harris | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Tracy McGrady | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Yao Ming | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-72 | 8-20 | 17-21 | 8 | 31 | 39 | 21 | 25 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 95 | |
| 48.6% | 40.0% | 81.0% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 19 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 43:09 | 9-21 | 1-2 | 9-10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 |
| Devin Brown - G | 25:58 | 5-9 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| David West - F | 36:18 | 6-14 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 24:38 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Emeka Okafor - C | 37:29 | 6-8 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 23:22 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Darius Songaila | 16:22 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Bobby Brown | 12:31 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Darren Collison | 9:50 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Julian Wright | 5:32 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Marcus Thornton | 4:51 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hilton Armstrong | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Morris Peterson | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-85 | 3-14 | 20-24 | 10 | 27 | 37 | 18 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 99 | |
| 44.7% | 21.4% | 83.3% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 16 |
| Points in the Paint | 44 | Points in the Paint | 44 |
| Biggest Lead | 11 | Biggest Lead | 5 |