National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 96,
Memphis 84
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, March 20, 2009
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #42 Eric Lewis, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 17837
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #27 Dick Bavetta, #42 Eric Lewis, #58 Zach Zarba
Attendance: 17837
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Memphis | 21 | 19 | 28 | 16 | 84 |
| New Orleans | 21 | 20 | 26 | 29 | 96 |
Memphis Grizzlies
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| O.J. Mayo - G | 41:23 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Mike Conley - G | 34:09 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 2-2 | -27 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Rudy Gay - F | 36:45 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 8-12 | -23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Darrell Arthur - F | 19:18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -16 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Marc Gasol - C | 32:53 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 4-5 | -29 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 12 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Hakim Warrick | 22:43 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Marko Jaric | 13:51 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Darko Milicic | 13:48 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Greg Buckner | 12:33 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Ross | 9:59 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hamed Haddadi | 1:19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darius Miles | 1:19 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 28-65 | 2-7 | 26-32 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 84 | |
| 43.1% | 28.6% | 81.2% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 20 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 41:23 | 12-18 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 37:05 | 5-12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| David West - F | 42:23 | 11-22 | 0-0 | 7-8 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 |
| Julian Wright - F | 26:38 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Hilton Armstrong - C | 15:50 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | -7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 26:02 | 1-6 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sean Marks | 15:54 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Bowen | 11:15 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Morris Peterson | 9:36 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Antonio Daniels | 6:37 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ely | 5:58 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Brown | 1:19 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 38-80 | 2-11 | 18-20 | 7 | 29 | 36 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 96 | |
| 47.5% | 18.2% | 90.0% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 10 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| MEM | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Memphis | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 9 | Fast Break Points | 17 |
| Points in the Paint | 34 | Points in the Paint | 58 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 16 |