National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
New Orleans 88, Houston 79
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, December 26, 2008
Where: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Officials: #25 Tony Brothers, #13 Monty McCutchen, #50 Olandis Poole
Attendance: 18326
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Houston 1826201579
New Orleans 2323202288
Houston Rockets
  REBOUNDS  
Starters MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A +/- OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Tracy McGrady - G 33:45 2-11 0-3 7-9 -11 0 5 5 4 1 0 3 0 11
Rafer Alston - G 31:14 1-10 1-5 0-0 -11 0 2 2 3 3 0 1 0 3
Luis Scola - F 34:31 3-9 0-0 4-4 -10 1 7 8 0 5 2 1 0 10
Shane Battier - F 29:12 2-6 1-5 0-0 -14 1 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 5
Yao Ming - C 34:01 6-13 0-0 7-8 -11 3 9 12 1 5 0 2 0 19
Bench MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A +/- OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Brent Barry 20:50 2-4 2-4 2-2 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 8
Carl Landry 20:37 4-5 0-0 1-2 -2 2 2 4 0 3 0 2 0 9
Aaron Brooks 16:46 4-6 1-2 0-0 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 9
Luther Head 12:13 2-6 0-0 1-2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 5
Chuck Hayes 6:51 0-2 0-0 0-0 5 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0
Von Wafer DNP
Steve Francis DNP
TOTAL 240 26-72 5-19 22-27   9 30 39 13 22 5 13 0 79
    36.1% 26.3% 81.5%   Team Rebs: 7 Total TO: 14
New Orleans Hornets
  REBOUNDS  
Starters MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A +/- OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
Chris Paul - G 37:28 8-18 2-3 8-8 14 1 3 4 10 4 2 4 0 26
Devin Brown - G 18:02 0-6 0-4 0-0 7 1 4 5 1 1 0 0 0 0
David West - F 43:02 8-19 0-0 7-9 13 1 5 6 2 3 1 1 0 23
Rasual Butler - F 41:32 6-9 1-2 0-0 9 1 6 7 2 2 2 0 1 13
Tyson Chandler - C 30:50 7-11 0-0 0-1 6 5 7 12 0 4 0 0 1 14
Bench MIN FGM-A 3GM-A FTM-A +/- OFF DEF TOT A PF STL TO BLK PTS
James Posey 29:58 1-3 0-2 4-6 2 0 5 5 0 3 0 2 0 6
Melvin Ely 16:16 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 0 4
Antonio Daniels 10:32 1-2 0-1 0-0 -5 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 2
Morris Peterson 6:28 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Sean Marks 5:52 0-2 0-1 0-0 -3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Julian Wright DNP
Ryan Bowen DNP
TOTAL 240 33-74 3-14 19-24   11 36 47 18 23 6 13 2 88
    44.6% 21.4% 79.2%   Team Rebs: 4 Total TO: 13
Technical Fouls
Team Players
HOU None
NO None
Team Statistics
Houston New Orleans
Fast Break Points 7 Fast Break Points 8
Points in the Paint 34 Points in the Paint 42
Biggest Lead 0 Biggest Lead 9