National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 109,
Oklahoma City 97
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 22, 2008
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #71 Rodney Mott, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 16023
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #24 Mike Callahan, #71 Rodney Mott, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 16023
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Oklahoma City | 30 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 97 |
| New Orleans | 28 | 25 | 29 | 27 | 109 |
Oklahoma City Thunder
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Kevin Durant - G | 39:18 | 11-16 | 1-3 | 7-8 | -15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 30 |
| Earl Watson - G | 25:09 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeff Green - F | 40:29 | 7-11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | -16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Damien Wilkins - F | 27:28 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 1-2 | -10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Nick Collison - C | 25:28 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -24 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Russell Westbrook | 30:18 | 3-10 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Chris Wilcox | 29:18 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| Joe Smith | 22:32 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Johan Petro | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mouhamed Sene | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Kyle Weaver | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Robert Swift | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-72 | 5-12 | 16-23 | 7 | 22 | 29 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 97 | |
| 52.8% | 41.7% | 69.6% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 43:45 | 11-17 | 1-1 | 6-7 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 29 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 24:56 | 2-5 | 2-4 | 4-4 | -4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| David West - F | 40:18 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 33 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 34:36 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 34:45 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 31:09 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 13:15 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Julian Wright | 11:04 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Devin Brown | 6:12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Mike James | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-74 | 6-17 | 23-24 | 8 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 109 | |
| 54.1% | 35.3% | 95.8% | Team Rebs: 5 | Total TO: 12 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| OKC | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Oklahoma City | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 8 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 48 |
| Biggest Lead | 7 | Biggest Lead | 12 |