National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 86,
New Orleans 66
When: 8:30 PM ET, Monday, April 13, 2009
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #6 Jim Clark, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 18409
Where: Toyota Center, Houston, Texas
Officials: #6 Jim Clark, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #32 Eddie F. Rush
Attendance: 18409
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 22 | 13 | 11 | 20 | 66 |
| Houston | 19 | 28 | 20 | 19 | 86 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 29:41 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | -13 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 24:49 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -21 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| David West - F | 31:41 | 6-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| Peja Stojakovic - F | 29:14 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Melvin Ely - C | 19:15 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 23:14 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | -3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Sean Marks | 21:22 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Antonio Daniels | 18:19 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 1-2 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Devin Brown | 16:46 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Julian Wright | 12:00 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 7:23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Morris Peterson | 6:16 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 28-81 | 4-16 | 6-10 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 66 | |
| 34.6% | 25.0% | 60.0% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 11 | ||||||||||
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ron Artest - G | 27:48 | 2-13 | 0-4 | 5-5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Aaron Brooks - G | 22:49 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Shane Battier - F | 31:35 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Luis Scola - F | 28:47 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Yao Ming - C | 31:18 | 8-13 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Von Wafer | 26:06 | 6-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| Kyle Lowry | 25:11 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Carl Landry | 22:31 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Brent Barry | 11:25 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Chuck Hayes | 10:29 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Brian Cook | 2:01 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dikembe Mutombo | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 34-74 | 5-19 | 13-13 | 11 | 35 | 46 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 86 | |
| 45.9% | 26.3% | 100.0% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| HOU | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Houston | ||
| Fast Break Points | 8 | Fast Break Points | 6 |
| Points in the Paint | 28 | Points in the Paint | 36 |
| Biggest Lead | 6 | Biggest Lead | 26 |