New Orleans 88, Houston 79

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(19-11)	1 2 3 4 Total Houston 18 26 20 15 79 Final  New Orleans 23 23 20 22 88	(17-9)

Houston
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
T. McGrady	G	33:45	2-11	0-3	7-9	-11	0	5	4	3	0	0	0	1	11
R. Alston	G	31:14	1-10	1-5	0-0	-11	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	3	3
Y. Ming	C	34:00	6-13	0-0	7-8	-11	3	12	1	2	0	0	1	5	19
L. Scola	F	34:31	3-9	0-0	4-4	-10	1	8	0	1	2	0	1	5	10
S. Battier	F	29:12	2-6	1-5	0-0	-14	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
B. Barry		20:50	2-4	2-4	2-2	+4	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	8
C. Landry		20:37	4-5	0-0	1-2	-2	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	3	9
A. Brooks		16:46	4-6	1-2	0-0	+2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	9
L. Head		12:13	2-6	0-0	1-2	+3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	5
C. Hayes		6:51	0-2	0-0	0-0	+5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0
V. Wafer		DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals			26-72	5-19	22-27		9	39	13	13	5	0	2	22	79
Percentages:			.361	.263	.815		Team Rebounds: 7

New Orleans
Starters		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
C. Paul	G	37:28	8-18	2-3	8-8	+14	1	4	10	4	2	0	0	4	26
D. Brown	G	18:02	0-6	0-4	0-0	+7	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
T. Chandler	C	30:49	7-11	0-0	0-1	+6	5	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	14
D. West	F	43:02	8-19	0-0	7-9	+13	1	6	2	1	1	0	0	3	23
R. Butler	F	41:32	6-9	1-2	0-0	+9	1	7	2	0	2	1	0	2	13
Bench		Min	FG	3Pt	FT	+/-	Off	Reb	Ast	TO	Stl	BS	BA	PF	Pts
J. Posey		29:58	1-3	0-2	4-6	+2	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	6
M. Ely		16:15	2-3	0-0	0-0	+2	1	4	2	2	1	0	0	4	4
A. Daniels		10:32	1-2	0-1	0-0	-5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	2
M. Peterson		6:28	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
S. Marks		5:52	0-2	0-1	0-0	-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
R. Bowen		DNP - Coach's Decision
J. Wright		DNP - Coach's Decision
Totals			33-74	3-14	19-24		11	47	18	13	6	2	0	23	88
Percentages:			.446	.214	.792		Team Rebounds: 4

Game Info
Technical Fouls:  None	Arena: New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA  Attendance: 18,326  Officials: Monty Mccutchen, Orlandis Poole, Tony Brown  Duration: 2:18
Legend +/-: Team net points while player is in game, TO: Turnovers, PF: Personal Fouls, BS: Blocked Shots, BA: Blocks Against

Updated on Friday, Dec 26, 2008 10:49 pm ET