National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
New Orleans 92,
Houston 90
When: 8:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #21 Tim Donaghy, #45 Joe Forte, #42 Eric Lewis
Attendance: 19205
Where: Ford Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Officials: #21 Tim Donaghy, #45 Joe Forte, #42 Eric Lewis
Attendance: 19205
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| Houston | 17 | 30 | 25 | 18 | 90 |
| New Orleans | 26 | 25 | 17 | 24 | 92 |
Houston Rockets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Luther Head - G | 41:44 | 1-10 | 1-7 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| David Wesley - G | 39:01 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Tracy McGrady - F | 42:25 | 11-25 | 4-6 | 12-15 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 38 |
| Juwan Howard - F | 34:01 | 3-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Dikembe Mutombo - C | 21:08 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Stromile Swift | 34:18 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| Moochie Norris | 12:28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lonny Baxter | 6:33 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Bowen | 5:22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon Barry | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Rafer Alston | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Stephen Graham | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 237 | 28-75 | 7-19 | 27-34 | 12 | 35 | 47 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 90 | |
| 37.3% | 36.8% | 79.4% | Team Rebs: 7 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 39:30 | 5-13 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| J.R. Smith - G | 22:06 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 2-3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| David West - F | 38:06 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| Desmond Mason - F | 35:01 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 3-6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| P.J. Brown - C | 37:32 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Speedy Claxton | 28:34 | 4-11 | 1-1 | 5-9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| Rasual Butler | 18:38 | 6-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| Chris Andersen | 11:34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kirk Snyder | 6:16 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jackson Vroman | 2:43 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maciej Lampe | DNP | |||||||||||||
| Arvydas Macijauskas | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 36-75 | 6-13 | 14-26 | 5 | 35 | 40 | 27 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 92 | |
| 48.0% | 46.2% | 53.8% | Team Rebs: 11 | Total TO: 9 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| HOU | None |
| NO | None |
Team Statistics
| Houston | New Orleans | ||
| Fast Break Points | 0 | Fast Break Points | 18 |
| Points in the Paint | 22 | Points in the Paint | 30 |
| Biggest Lead | 9 | Biggest Lead | 12 |