National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Chicago 97,
New Orleans 79
When: 8:30 PM ET, Saturday, March 14, 2009
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #60 David Guthrie, #41 Ken Mauer
Attendance: 22135
Where: United Center, Chicago, Illinois
Officials: #47 Bennie Adams, #60 David Guthrie, #41 Ken Mauer
Attendance: 22135
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
| New Orleans | 22 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 79 |
| Chicago | 27 | 26 | 28 | 16 | 97 |
New Orleans Hornets
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Chris Paul - G | 35:48 | 13-20 | 0-0 | 3-3 | -18 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 |
| Rasual Butler - G | 33:51 | 5-12 | 0-5 | 0-0 | -21 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| David West - F | 34:17 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | -20 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Julian Wright - F | 21:36 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Tyson Chandler - C | 35:48 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| James Posey | 23:47 | 2-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | -23 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Ryan Bowen | 13:43 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hilton Armstrong | 12:12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Antonio Daniels | 12:12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Morris Peterson | 10:19 | 1-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Devin Brown | 3:50 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Ely | 2:37 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 35-81 | 0-11 | 9-13 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 79 | |
| 43.2% | 0.0% | 69.2% | Team Rebs: 9 | Total TO: 13 | ||||||||||
Chicago Bulls
| REBOUNDS | ||||||||||||||
| Starters | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Ben Gordon - G | 38:22 | 11-17 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Derrick Rose - G | 34:20 | 2-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| John Salmons - F | 35:59 | 9-15 | 5-8 | 1-2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 |
| Joakim Noah - C | 29:48 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Bench | MIN | FGM-A | 3GM-A | FTM-A | +/- | OFF | DEF | TOT | A | PF | STL | TO | BLK | PTS |
| Tyrus Thomas | 22:53 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Tim Thomas - F | 20:34 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Brad Miller | 27:08 | 6-10 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 17:12 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aaron Gray | 3:26 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Lindsey Hunter | 3:26 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linton Johnson | 3:26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Roberson | 3:26 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | -5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | 240 | 40-85 | 10-25 | 7-11 | 14 | 25 | 39 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 97 | |
| 47.1% | 40.0% | 63.6% | Team Rebs: 8 | Total TO: 7 | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls
| Team | Players |
| NO | None |
| CHI | None |
Team Statistics
| New Orleans | Chicago | ||
| Fast Break Points | 5 | Fast Break Points | 5 |
| Points in the Paint | 40 | Points in the Paint | 26 |
| Biggest Lead | 2 | Biggest Lead | 32 |