National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
L.A. Lakers 100,
New Orleans 87
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Derrick Collins, #38 Michael Smith, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 18405
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #54 Derrick Collins, #38 Michael Smith, #18 Mark Wunderlich
Attendance: 18405
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| L.A. Lakers | 24 | 32 | 24 | 20 | 100 |
| New Orleans | 20 | 17 | 27 | 23 | 87 |
Los Angeles Lakers
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Derek Fisher - G | 39:07 | 3-8 | 1-5 | 4-4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| Kobe Bryant - G | 37:19 | 7-18 | 0-1 | 12-15 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Pau Gasol - F | 35:58 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Luke Walton - F | 21:42 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Andrew Bynum - C | 28:01 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Lamar Odom | 31:30 | 3-9 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Trevor Ariza | 28:49 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Sasha Vujacic | 11:32 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Vladimir Radmanovic | 6:02 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Mihm | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Josh Powell | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sun Yue | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 33-75 | 6-15 | 28-32 | 11 | 28 | 39 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 100 | |
| 44.0% | 40.0% | 87.5% | Team Rebs: 10 | 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 | 45:58 | 6-16 | 3-8 | 2-4 | -17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Devin Brown - G | 23:14 | 2-8 | 0-3 | 1-2 | -4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| David West - F | 39:23 | 5-15 | 0-1 | 3-4 | -12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Rasual Butler - F | 34:20 | 7-15 | 3-7 | 0-0 | -7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 35:42 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 5-8 | -14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 28:57 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 1-2 | -15 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Morris Peterson | 18:55 | 6-9 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 11:47 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Julian Wright | 1:44 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Melvin Ely | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Sean Marks | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-77 | 9-28 | 14-22 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 22 | 27 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 87 | |
| 41.6% | 32.1% | 63.6% | Team Rebs: 12 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| LAL | Pau Gasol |
| NO | Rasual Butler , Tyson Chandler , James Posey |
Team Statistics
| L.A. Lakers | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 10 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 34 |
| Biggest Lead | 21 | Biggest Lead | 3 |