Lakers 105-94 Hornets (27 Mar, 2006) Play-by-Play

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

32-36, 12-21 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	29	31	15	19	94
LAL	28	34	21	22	105

Los Angeles Lakers

38-34, 21-13 home

105

Brian Cook misses 12-foot jumper
Kwame Brown makes layup (Smush Parker assists)
Kirk Snyder blocks Kobe Bryant's layup
Lamar Odom misses 9-foot hook shot
Ronny Turiaf makes 16-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Brian Cook makes slam dunk (Lamar Odom assists)
Brian Cook makes dunk (Lamar Odom assists)
Brian Cook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ronny Turiaf assists)
Kobe Bryant misses layup
Ronny Turiaf misses layup
P.J. Brown blocks Ronny Turiaf's layup
P.J. Brown blocks Lamar Odom's 6-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes 12-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot two point shot (Smush Parker assists)
Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Smush Parker makes driving layup
Lamar Odom misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
Kwame Brown makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 12-foot jumper
Kwame Brown makes 15-foot two point shot (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Kobe Bryant makes running jumper (Kwame Brown assists)
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Devean George misses 16-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses 26-foot three point jumper
Kwame Brown makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Luke Walton misses jumper
Brian Cook makes 27-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Brian Cook misses 26-foot three point jumper
Smush Parker makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 26-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Kwame Brown makes 4-foot hook shot (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant makes driving layup
Kwame Brown makes 8-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 19-foot jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Lamar Odom makes 26-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Smush Parker misses 26-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom makes driving layup
Lamar Odom makes two point shot (Kobe Bryant assists)
Smush Parker misses two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper
Brian Cook misses jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper
Kwame Brown makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Lamar Odom makes 9-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Lamar Odom makes 25-foot three point jumper (Smush Parker assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Brian Cook misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses 27-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 4-foot running jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Luke Walton misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
Devean George makes 18-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Lamar Odom misses 17-foot jumper
Luke Walton makes two point shot
Lamar Odom misses 27-foot three point jumper
Devean George makes layup (Luke Walton assists)
Devean George misses layup
Devean George misses 19-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 21-foot jumper
David West makes driving dunk
Kirk Snyder makes 18-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)
P.J. Brown misses layup
Chris Paul makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)
David West makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes driving layup
Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder misses 24-foot three point jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Kirk Snyder's layup
Kirk Snyder misses tip shot
Kirk Snyder misses 20-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 15-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes slam dunk
David West misses 12-foot jumper
Aaron Williams misses 11-foot jumper
Smush Parker blocks Chris Paul's 6-foot jumper
Aaron Williams misses 5-foot jumper
Aaron Williams misses 13-foot jumper
Aaron Williams makes driving layup (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul misses 10-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 19-foot jumper
David West makes driving layup
Linton Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
Aaron Williams makes slam dunk (Speedy Claxton assists)
Speedy Claxton makes 15-foot running jumper
Rasual Butler misses 21-foot jumper
Marc Jackson misses 18-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes layup
P.J. Brown makes 16-foot jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)
Marc Jackson makes 21-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton makes driving layup
Rasual Butler makes driving layup
P.J. Brown makes layup (Kirk Snyder assists)
David West misses 5-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses jumper
David West makes 14-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)
Rasual Butler misses jumper
David West makes 9-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses layup
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Chris Paul makes 9-foot running jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Kirk Snyder misses 12-foot jumper
P.J. Brown misses layup
David West makes 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses driving layup
Rasual Butler misses 11-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder makes driving layup
Kirk Snyder makes 22-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Kirk Snyder misses 22-foot jumper
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
P.J. Brown makes 15-foot jumper (David West assists)
Speedy Claxton makes driving layup
P.J. Brown misses 6-foot jumper
P.J. Brown makes jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul misses 4-foot jumper
Kwame Brown blocks Linton Johnson's 8-foot jumper
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Kwame Brown blocks Aaron Williams's 8-foot jumper
Linton Johnson misses three point jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
Linton Johnson makes slam dunk
Speedy Claxton misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West misses 15-foot jumper
David West makes two point shot (Speedy Claxton assists)
Speedy Claxton misses 16-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 17-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Speedy Claxton misses jumper
P.J. Brown misses driving layup
Chris Paul makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rasual Butler assists)
Rasual Butler misses 14-foot jumper
David West misses layup
Rasual Butler makes layup
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton makes 26-foot three point jumper
Speedy Claxton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
Rasual Butler makes 8-foot jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)
Chris Paul misses layup

HORNETS

LAKERS

TIME		NO	LAL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: P.J. Brown vs. Kwame Brown (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:41	P.J. Brown turnover	0	0
11:25	Brian Cook misses 12-foot jumper	0	0
11:23	Rasual Butler defensive rebound	0	0
11:18	David West makes driving dunk	2	0
11:06	Kwame Brown makes layup (Smush Parker assists)	2	2
10:45	Kirk Snyder makes 18-foot jumper (Rasual Butler assists)	4	2
10:33	Kirk Snyder blocks Kobe Bryant's layup	4	2
10:30	Kirk Snyder defensive rebound	4	2
10:25	P.J. Brown misses layup	4	2
10:22	Brian Cook defensive rebound	4	2
10:15	David West shooting foul (Brian Cook draws the foul)	4	2
10:15	Brian Cook misses free throw 1 of 2	4	2
10:15	Ronny Turiaf enters the game for Kwame Brown	4	2
10:15	Brian Cook makes free throw 1 of 2	4	3
10:15	Brian Cook makes free throw 2 of 2	4	4
9:52	Chris Paul makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)	7	4
9:34	Lamar Odom misses 9-foot hook shot	7	4
9:33	David West defensive rebound	7	4
9:22	David West makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	9	4
9:03	Ronny Turiaf makes 16-foot jumper (Lamar Odom assists)	9	6
8:52	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	11	6
8:33	Brian Cook makes slam dunk (Lamar Odom assists)	11	8
8:14	David West makes driving layup	13	8
8:14	Brian Cook shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	13	8
8:14	David West makes free throw 1 of 1	14	8
8:02	Brian Cook makes dunk (Lamar Odom assists)	14	10
7:52	Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper	16	10
7:35	Kobe Bryant bad pass	16	10
7:22	Kirk Snyder misses 24-foot three point jumper	16	10
7:20	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	16	10
7:13	Brian Cook makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ronny Turiaf assists)	16	13
6:56	Ronny Turiaf shooting foul (Kirk Snyder draws the foul)	16	13
6:56	Kirk Snyder misses free throw 1 of 2	16	13
6:56	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	16	13
6:56	Kirk Snyder makes free throw 2 of 2	17	13
6:43	Kobe Bryant lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	17	13
6:35	Lamar Odom blocks Kirk Snyder's layup	17	13
6:33	Kirk Snyder offensive rebound	17	13
6:33	Kirk Snyder misses tip shot	17	13
6:33	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	17	13
6:28	Kirk Snyder misses 20-foot jumper	17	13
6:26	Brian Cook defensive rebound	17	13
6:18	Kobe Bryant misses layup	17	13
6:16	Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound	17	13
6:16	Ronny Turiaf misses layup	17	13
6:15	Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound	17	13
6:13	P.J. Brown blocks Ronny Turiaf's layup	17	13
6:11	Kirk Snyder defensive rebound	17	13
6:03	P.J. Brown makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	19	13
5:45	P.J. Brown blocks Lamar Odom's 6-foot jumper	19	13
5:41	P.J. Brown defensive rebound	19	13
5:35	David West misses 15-foot jumper	19	13
5:35	P.J. Brown offensive rebound	19	13
5:33	P.J. Brown makes slam dunk	21	13
5:24	Los Angeles full timeout	21	13
5:24	Aaron Williams enters the game for P.J. Brown	21	13
5:24	Speedy Claxton enters the game for Kirk Snyder	21	13
5:24	Kwame Brown enters the game for Ronny Turiaf	21	15
5:11	Lamar Odom makes 12-foot two point shot	21	15
4:50	David West misses 12-foot jumper	21	15
4:48	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	21	15
4:39	Kobe Bryant makes 21-foot two point shot (Smush Parker assists)	21	17
4:22	Aaron Williams misses 11-foot jumper	21	17
4:20	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	21	17
4:09	Smush Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper	21	17
4:09	Los Angeles offensive rebound	21	17
4:03	Kobe Bryant makes 18-foot jumper	21	19
3:42	David West bad pass (Smush Parker steals)	21	19
3:36	Smush Parker makes driving layup	21	21
3:19	Smush Parker blocks Chris Paul's 6-foot jumper	21	21
3:17	Aaron Williams offensive rebound	21	21
3:17	Aaron Williams misses 5-foot jumper	21	21
3:15	Brian Cook defensive rebound	21	21
3:09	Lamar Odom misses two point shot	21	21
3:05	David West defensive rebound	21	21
2:49	Aaron Williams misses 13-foot jumper	21	21
2:47	Smush Parker defensive rebound	21	21
2:44	Speedy Claxton shooting foul (Kobe Bryant draws the foul)	21	21
2:44	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	21	21
2:44	Linton Johnson enters the game for Rasual Butler	21	21
2:44	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 1 of 2	21	22
2:44	Kobe Bryant makes free throw 2 of 2	21	23
2:31	Aaron Williams makes driving layup (Speedy Claxton assists)	23	23
2:04	Kobe Bryant misses 28-foot three point jumper	23	23
2:02	Aaron Williams defensive rebound	23	23
1:54	Chris Paul misses 10-foot jumper	23	23
1:53	Smush Parker defensive rebound	23	23
1:47	Aaron Williams shooting foul (Smush Parker draws the foul)	23	23
1:47	Smush Parker makes free throw 1 of 2	23	24
1:47	Smush Parker misses free throw 2 of 2	23	24
1:46	David West defensive rebound	23	24
1:23	Speedy Claxton misses 19-foot jumper	23	24
1:23	Smush Parker defensive rebound	23	24
1:21	Linton Johnson personal foul (Lamar Odom draws the foul)	23	24
1:21	Lamar Odom makes free throw 1 of 2	23	25
1:21	Luke Walton enters the game for Brian Cook	23	25
1:21	Lamar Odom makes free throw 2 of 2	23	26
1:00	David West makes driving layup	25	26
1:00	Luke Walton shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	25	26
1:00	David West makes free throw 1 of 1	26	26
52.1	Kwame Brown makes layup (Luke Walton assists)	26	28
34.4	Linton Johnson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Speedy Claxton assists)	29	28
10.9	Kobe Bryant misses 18-foot jumper	29	28
10.3	Los Angeles defensive rebound	29	28
0.7	Chris Paul misses layup	29	28
0.2	Luke Walton defensive rebound	29	28
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	28

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 2-1

Lakers
90
Hornets
106

Game 1

5/2

Lakers
113
Hornets
107

Game 2

9/3

Hornets
94
Lakers
105

Game 3

27/3

Hornets
95
Lakers
115

Game 4

20/4

crypto.com Arena

12:30 AM, 27 March 2006

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 18,997

Referees:
Steve Javie
Michael Smith
Eli Roe

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
LA Clippers	51	31	.622	-	L3
Phoenix	49	33	.598	2	W3
LA Lakers	47	35	.573	4	W2
Sacramento	46	36	.561	5	W1
Golden State	46	36	.561	5	W1

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