Pacers 97-75 Hornets (22 Feb, 2006) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

29-24, 10-16 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	21	22	17	15	75
IND	23	27	26	21	97

Indiana Pacers

27-23, 18-8 home

Stephen Jackson misses 13-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson misses 10-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
Stephen Jackson makes layup (Anthony Johnson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Stephen Jackson makes 4-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 16-foot jumper (Scot Pollard assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Anthony Johnson assists)
Anthony Johnson misses jumper
Jeff Foster makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes driving layup
Anthony Johnson makes 12-foot jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Anthony Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Scot Pollard misses layup
Stephen Jackson makes three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 22-foot jumper
Fred Jones misses 21-foot jumper
David Harrison makes 17-foot jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Danny Granger misses layup
Danny Granger makes tip shot
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 27-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses layup
Danny Granger makes 18-foot jumper (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 24-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes two point shot
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 7-foot running jumper
Scot Pollard misses 10-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 22-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Danny Granger makes driving layup (Fred Jones assists)
Fred Jones misses 20-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 16-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 27-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes driving layup
Anthony Johnson makes driving dunk (Stephen Jackson assists)
Anthony Johnson misses 16-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar blocks Scot Pollard's layup
Danny Granger makes layup
Anthony Johnson makes 15-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson makes 5-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes slam dunk (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes three point jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Scot Pollard misses 19-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 25-foot three point jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 20-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 15-foot jumper
Rasual Butler blocks Anthony Johnson's 13-foot jumper
Anthony Johnson makes 13-foot two point shot (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 16-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup
Stephen Jackson misses 22-foot jumper
Fred Jones misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 16-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 20-foot jumper
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes 26-foot three point jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Danny Granger makes slam dunk (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
David Harrison makes layup (Sarunas Jasikevicius assists)
Sarunas Jasikevicius makes three point jumper (Fred Jones assists)
Stephen Jackson misses 21-foot jumper
Fred Jones makes driving layup
Sarunas Jasikevicius misses 25-foot three point jumper
David Harrison misses layup
Scot Pollard makes jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)
Stephen Jackson misses layup
Anthony Johnson misses 12-foot jumper
Stephen Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Danny Granger assists)
Brandon Bass blocks Anthony Johnson's 11-foot jumper
David Harrison makes slam dunk (Anthony Johnson assists)
Danny Granger makes layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes 18-foot jumper (Eddie Gill assists)
Fred Jones makes 18-foot jumper
Eddie Gill misses 25-foot three point jumper
Eddie Gill misses 28-foot three point jumper
Eddie Gill misses 30-foot three point jumper
David Harrison misses 20-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 8-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes three point jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)
Desmond Mason makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses three point jumper
Kirk Snyder misses 19-foot jumper
Jackson Vroman misses layup
Desmond Mason makes two point shot (P.J. Brown assists)
P.J. Brown misses 13-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 11-foot jumper
Jackson Vroman misses layup
Aaron Williams makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Kirk Snyder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses jumper
P.J. Brown makes 18-foot jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Aaron Williams misses jumper
Aaron Williams makes jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
Speedy Claxton misses 23-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
Jackson Vroman misses dunk
Aaron Williams misses 10-foot jumper
Danny Granger blocks Speedy Claxton's layup
Speedy Claxton misses 9-foot jumper
Aaron Williams makes slam dunk
Speedy Claxton misses 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)
Desmond Mason makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
P.J. Brown misses 17-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes 6-foot two point shot (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
Kirk Snyder misses 21-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses layup
Jeff Foster blocks P.J. Brown's layup
Desmond Mason misses 10-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder misses 10-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder makes layup
Kirk Snyder makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 3-foot jumper
Aaron Williams misses jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Desmond Mason misses layup
Speedy Claxton misses 7-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 25-foot three point jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
Aaron Williams misses 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes layup
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Bostjan Nachbar assists)
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 19-foot jumper
Aaron Williams misses layup
Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes layup (Aaron Williams assists)
Stephen Jackson blocks Chris Paul's layup
Stephen Jackson blocks Bostjan Nachbar's jumper
Moochie Norris misses 20-foot jumper
Arvydas Macijauskas misses 21-foot jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 19-foot jumper
Arvydas Macijauskas makes 19-foot jumper (Aaron Williams assists)
Arvydas Macijauskas misses 19-foot jumper
Moochie Norris makes 8-foot running jumper
Bostjan Nachbar misses 26-foot three point jumper
David Harrison blocks Jackson Vroman's layup
Arvydas Macijauskas makes two point shot

HORNETS

PACERS

TIME		NO	IND
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Jeff Foster (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Desmond Mason misses 8-foot jumper	0	0
11:38	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Stephen Jackson misses 13-foot jumper	0	0
11:22	Jackson Vroman defensive rebound	0	0
11:12	Chris Paul makes three point jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)	3	0
11:03	Anthony Johnson misses 10-foot jumper	3	0
10:59	Indiana defensive rebound	3	0
10:37	Desmond Mason makes two point shot	5	0
10:18	Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper	5	0
10:15	Scot Pollard offensive rebound	5	0
10:11	Stephen Jackson misses 26-foot three point jumper	5	0
10:10	Indiana defensive rebound	5	0
9:49	Chris Paul misses three point jumper	5	0
9:48	Anthony Johnson defensive rebound	5	0
9:42	Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper	5	0
9:41	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	5	0
9:32	Stephen Jackson makes layup (Anthony Johnson assists)	5	2
9:17	Kirk Snyder misses 19-foot jumper	5	2
9:15	Scot Pollard defensive rebound	5	2
9:11	Stephen Jackson misses layup	5	2
9:11	Kirk Snyder defensive rebound	5	2
9:04	Jackson Vroman misses layup	5	2
9:03	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	5	2
8:56	Stephen Jackson makes 4-foot jumper	5	4
8:26	shot clock violation	5	4
8:11	Anthony Johnson makes 16-foot jumper (Scot Pollard assists)	5	6
7:58	Desmond Mason makes two point shot (P.J. Brown assists)	7	6
7:43	Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Anthony Johnson assists)	7	8
7:33	P.J. Brown misses 13-foot jumper	7	8
7:31	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	7	8
7:09	Anthony Johnson misses jumper	7	8
7:07	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	7	8
7:00	Chris Paul lost ball (Anthony Johnson steals)	7	8
6:58	Chris Paul loose ball foul (Anthony Johnson draws the foul)	7	8
6:41	Jeff Foster makes layup (Stephen Jackson assists)	7	10
6:31	Chris Paul misses 11-foot jumper	7	10
6:31	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	7	10
6:20	Peja Stojakovic makes driving layup	7	12
6:05	Jackson Vroman misses layup	7	12
6:03	Scot Pollard defensive rebound	7	12
5:54	Jackson Vroman shooting foul (Jeff Foster draws the foul)	7	12
5:54	Indiana full timeout	7	12
5:54	Aaron Williams enters the game for Jackson Vroman	7	12
5:54	Jeff Foster misses free throw 1 of 2	7	12
5:54	Indiana offensive rebound	7	12
5:54	Jeff Foster misses free throw 2 of 2	7	12
5:54	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	7	12
5:39	Aaron Williams makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)	9	12
5:24	Anthony Johnson bad pass (P.J. Brown steals)	9	12
5:20	Chris Paul bad pass (Anthony Johnson steals)	9	12
5:16	Anthony Johnson makes 12-foot jumper (Stephen Jackson assists)	9	14
5:03	Kirk Snyder misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	14
5:01	Scot Pollard defensive rebound	9	14
4:54	Anthony Johnson double dribble	9	14
4:54	Speedy Claxton enters the game for Kirk Snyder	9	14
4:37	Speedy Claxton misses jumper	9	14
4:35	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	9	14
4:20	Anthony Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper	9	14
4:18	Scot Pollard offensive rebound	9	14
4:18	Scot Pollard misses layup	9	14
4:16	Scot Pollard offensive rebound	9	14
4:07	Stephen Jackson makes three point jumper (Anthony Johnson assists)	9	17
3:49	P.J. Brown makes 18-foot jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)	11	17
3:34	Stephen Jackson lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	11	17
3:28	Aaron Williams misses jumper	11	17
3:27	Scot Pollard defensive rebound	11	17
3:11	Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper	11	17
3:09	Chris Paul defensive rebound	11	17
2:59	Anthony Johnson shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	11	17
2:59	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	11	17
2:59	Danny Granger enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	11	17
2:59	David Harrison enters the game for Jeff Foster	11	17
2:59	Fred Jones enters the game for Scot Pollard	11	17
2:59	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	12	17
2:59	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	13	17
2:36	Stephen Jackson makes 22-foot jumper	13	19
2:15	Aaron Williams makes jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)	15	19
2:01	Stephen Jackson bad pass (Aaron Williams steals)	15	19
1:57	David Harrison shooting foul (Desmond Mason draws the foul)	15	19
1:57	Sarunas Jasikevicius enters the game for Anthony Johnson	15	19
1:57	Rasual Butler enters the game for P.J. Brown	15	19
1:57	Desmond Mason misses free throw 1 of 2	15	19
1:57	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	15	19
1:57	Desmond Mason makes free throw 2 of 2	16	19
1:47	Fred Jones misses 21-foot jumper	16	19
1:45	David Harrison offensive rebound	16	19
1:39	Fred Jones lost ball (Desmond Mason steals)	16	19
1:34	Chris Paul makes layup	18	19
1:34	Danny Granger shooting foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	18	19
1:34	Peja Stojakovic enters the game for Stephen Jackson	18	19
1:34	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 1	19	19
1:23	Sarunas Jasikevicius bad pass (Speedy Claxton steals)	19	19
1:15	Speedy Claxton misses 23-foot jumper	19	19
1:15	David Harrison defensive rebound	19	19
1:01	David Harrison makes 17-foot jumper (Fred Jones assists)	19	21
39.5	Speedy Claxton makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)	21	21
27.4	Danny Granger misses layup	21	21
26.4	Danny Granger offensive rebound	21	23
26.4	Danny Granger makes tip shot	21	23
6.5	Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper	21	23
5.0	Danny Granger defensive rebound	21	23
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	23

Regular Season Series

IND leads 1-0

Hornets
75
Pacers
97

Game 1

22/2

Hornets
75
Pacers
97

Game 2

22/2

Pacers
92
Hornets
90

Game 3

11/3

Pacers
92
Hornets
90

Game 4

11/3

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

12:00 AM, 22 February 2006

Indianapolis, IN

Attendance: 14,108

Referees:
Joe Crawford
Scott Wall
Olandis Poole

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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