NBA Scores
Saturday, Mar 8th
Hornets 96
(42-20, 20-10 away)
Rockets 106
(42-20, 23-9 home)
Hornets 96
(42-20, 20-10 away)
Rockets 106
(42-20, 23-9 home)
TV: NBA TV
7:30 PM ET, March 8, 2008
Toyota Center, Houston, TX
Top Performers
New Orleans: C. Paul 37 Pts, 3 Reb, 11 Ast, 2 Stl
Houston: T. McGrady 41 Pts, 6 Reb, 9 Ast, 2 Blk
| NEW ORLEANS HORNETS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Peja Stojakovic, SF | 43 | 5-14 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Ryan Bowen, SF | 21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyson Chandler, C | 41 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 |
| Morris Peterson, SG | 31 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Chris Paul, PG | 38 | 15-26 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 37 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Jannero Pargo, PG | 26 | 3-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Julian Wright, SF | 28 | 4-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Melvin Ely, C | 7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike James, PG | 5 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Chris Andersen, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Rasual Butler, SG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Hilton Armstrong, C | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 40-91 | 11-21 | 5-12 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 96 | ||
| 44.0% | 52.4% | 41.7% | Team TO (pts off): 11 (14) | ||||||||||
| HOUSTON ROCKETS | |||||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Shane Battier, SG | 40 | 4-9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Luis Scola, PF | 25 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Dikembe Mutombo, C | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tracy McGrady, SG | 48 | 17-27 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| Rafer Alston, PG | 31 | 7-13 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 20 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Bobby Jackson, SG | 17 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Chuck Hayes, C | 30 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Steve Novak, SF | 9 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Luther Head, SG | 22 | 3-9 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Mike Harris, SF | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| Aaron Brooks, PG | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| J Williams, | DNP COACH'S DECISION | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
| 42-84 | 14-34 | 8-8 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 106 | ||
| 50.0% | 41.2% | 100.0% | Team TO (pts off): 13 (11) | ||||||||||
Technical Fouls: PLAYERS: 1 HOUSTON ( D Mutombo 1 ) - TEAMS (def3sec): None - COACHES: None
Officials: Mark Wunderlich , Gary Zielinski , James Capers
Attendance: 18,279
Time of Game: 01:57
