National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Dallas 101,
New Orleans 77
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, April 8, 2006
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 20336
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
Officials: #45 Joe Forte, #28 Tommy Nunez Jr., #22 Bill Spooner
Attendance: 20336
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 19 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 77 |
| Dallas | 29 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 101 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Rasual Butler - G | 30:07 | 5-10 | 0-1 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Chris Paul - G | 27:18 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Linton Johnson - F | 23:14 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| David West - F | 20:41 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Marc Jackson - C | 22:57 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| P.J. Brown | 28:45 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Desmond Mason | 25:40 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Speedy Claxton | 19:28 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Aaron Williams | 17:24 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| J.R. Smith | 13:04 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Moochie Norris | 6:13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kirk Snyder | 5:09 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 32-72 | 1-4 | 12-16 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 77 | |
| 44.4% | 25.0% | 75.0% | Team Rebs: 3 | Total TO: 18 | ||||||||||
Dallas Mavericks
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Jerry Stackhouse - G | 30:59 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| Jason Terry - G | 29:41 | 8-12 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 |
| Dirk Nowitzki - F | 28:59 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 7-8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| Josh Howard - F | 26:35 | 9-17 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| DeSagana Diop - C | 17:17 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Marquis Daniels | 28:37 | 5-12 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Erick Dampier | 24:40 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Josh Powell | 21:32 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Darrell Armstrong | 19:25 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Didier Ilunga-Mbenga | 6:13 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Rawle Marshall | 6:13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrian Griffin | DNP | |||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 240 | 39-79 | 7-14 | 16-21 | 15 | 33 | 48 | 24 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 101 | |
| 49.4% | 50.0% | 76.2% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 16 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| DAL | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Dallas | ||
| Fast Break Points | 2 | Fast Break Points | 11 |
| Points in the Paint | 28 | Points in the Paint | 32 |
| Biggest Lead | 1 | Biggest Lead | 29 |