Hornets 96-90 Rockets (5 Nov, 2006) Play-by-Play

Houston Rockets

1-2, 0-2 away

	1	2	3	4	T
HOU	15	27	28	20	90
NO	26	22	23	25	96

NO/Oklahoma City Hornets

3-0, 1-0 home

Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses layup
David West misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 5-foot two point shot
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses layup
Chris Paul makes jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Bobby Jackson makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
Jannero Pargo makes 20-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 22-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
Cedric Simmons misses 14-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson misses layup
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 22-foot jumper
Desmond Mason makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes layup
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses jumper
Tyson Chandler misses 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper
David West makes 13-foot running jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses 12-foot jumper
David West makes layup
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West makes 13-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Desmond Mason misses dunk
Peja Stojakovic misses 20-foot jumper
Desmond Mason misses layup
David West misses 20-foot jumper
Linton Johnson makes layup (Bobby Jackson assists)
Linton Johnson makes 24-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Rasual Butler misses 18-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
Bobby Jackson makes layup
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 22-foot three point jumper
David West misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes tip shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 27-foot three point jumper
David West makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Bobby Jackson misses 22-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 17-foot jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston misses layup
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses tip shot
Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Shane Battier misses hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
Cedric Simmons blocks Juwan Howard's 13-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 21-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper
Juwan Howard misses hook shot
Cedric Simmons blocks Kirk Snyder's layup
Luther Head misses 63-foot three point jumper
Luther Head misses three point jumper
Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kirk Snyder assists)
Luther Head misses 19-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells misses 9-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells misses 12-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells misses layup
Shane Battier misses 14-foot hook shot
Luther Head makes 22-foot jumper
Kirk Snyder makes layup
Kirk Snyder makes driving layup
Bonzi Wells misses 16-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 21-foot jumper
Juwan Howard makes layup (Bonzi Wells assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 23-foot jumper
Rafer Alston makes 23-foot three point jumper (Bonzi Wells assists)
Bonzi Wells makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 22-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 18-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes misses 6-foot two point shot
Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Tracy McGrady makes driving dunk
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Rafer Alston misses layup
David West blocks Yao Ming's layup
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Rafer Alston makes driving layup
Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 6-foot two point shot
Kirk Snyder misses 25-foot three point jumper
Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
Luther Head misses 23-foot three point jumper
Kirk Snyder misses 21-foot jumper
Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 11-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming misses 13-foot two point shot
Bonzi Wells makes layup
Luther Head makes 19-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Tracy McGrady misses 22-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming misses 8-foot hook shot
Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
Luther Head makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
Shane Battier misses three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 9-foot jumper
Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper

ROCKETS

HORNETS

TIME		HOU	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Yao Ming vs. Tyson Chandler (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:45	Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:42	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	0	0
11:22	Rafer Alston misses 25-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:21	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	0	0
11:10	David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	0	2
10:53	Tracy McGrady makes 18-foot jumper	2	2
10:38	Desmond Mason misses layup	2	2
10:37	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	2	2
10:27	David West misses 25-foot three point jumper	2	2
10:26	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	2	2
10:15	Yao Ming makes layup (Shane Battier assists)	4	2
9:56	Rafer Alston personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	2
9:45	Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper	4	2
9:44	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	4	2
9:37	Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper	4	2
9:37	NO/Oklahoma C defensive rebound	4	2
9:17	Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	7	2
9:02	Chris Paul bad pass (Chuck Hayes steals)	7	2
8:57	Rafer Alston misses layup	7	2
8:55	Houston offensive rebound	7	2
8:55	Jumpball: Chuck Hayes vs. Tyson Chandler (Yao Ming gains possession)	7	2
8:49	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	2
8:48	Shane Battier offensive rebound	7	2
8:45	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	7	2
8:44	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	7	2
8:33	Tyson Chandler offensive foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	7	2
8:33	Tyson Chandler turnover	7	2
8:23	Rafer Alston bad pass (Tyson Chandler steals)	7	2
8:10	Desmond Mason misses 5-foot two point shot	7	2
8:08	Tracy McGrady defensive rebound	7	2
8:00	Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper	7	2
7:58	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	7	2
7:48	Yao Ming shooting foul (Peja Stojakovic draws the foul)	7	2
7:48	Peja Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 2	7	3
7:48	Peja Stojakovic misses free throw 2 of 2	7	3
7:48	Yao Ming defensive rebound	7	3
7:35	Yao Ming misses 13-foot jumper	7	3
7:35	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	7	3
7:35	Chuck Hayes misses tip shot	7	3
7:33	Houston defensive rebound	7	3
7:33	Yao Ming loose ball foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	7	3
7:22	Shane Battier shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	7	3
7:22	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	7	4
7:22	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	7	5
7:11	Rafer Alston discontinue dribble	7	5
7:03	Yao Ming personal foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	7	5
7:03	Dikembe Mutombo enters the game for Yao Ming	7	5
7:03	Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2	7	5
7:03	NO/Oklahoma C offensive rebound	7	5
7:03	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	7	6
6:50	Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper	7	6
6:48	Chris Paul defensive rebound	7	6
6:43	David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	7	8
6:22	Chuck Hayes bad pass (Peja Stojakovic steals)	7	8
6:20	Peja Stojakovic bad pass (Rafer Alston steals)	7	8
6:11	Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)	10	8
5:58	Desmond Mason makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	10	10
5:37	Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)	13	10
5:20	Desmond Mason misses layup	13	10
5:20	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	13	10
5:16	Rafer Alston bad pass	13	10
5:16	NO/Oklahoma C full timeout	13	10
5:16	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	13	10
5:01	Chris Paul makes jumper	13	12
4:56	Chris Paul personal foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul)	13	12
4:56	Cedric Simmons enters the game for David West	13	12
4:43	Shane Battier misses hook shot	13	12
4:41	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	13	12
4:35	Bobby Jackson misses 20-foot jumper	13	12
4:35	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	13	12
4:24	Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper	13	12
4:22	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	13	12
4:07	Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper	13	12
4:05	Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound	13	12
3:53	Chuck Hayes traveling	13	12
3:53	Kirk Snyder enters the game for Dikembe Mutombo	13	12
3:39	Chuck Hayes personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	13	12
3:39	Chris Paul makes free throw 1 of 2	13	13
3:39	Rasual Butler enters the game for Tyson Chandler	13	13
3:39	Chris Paul makes free throw 2 of 2	13	14
3:23	Cedric Simmons personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	13	14
3:15	Chuck Hayes lost ball (Rasual Butler steals)	13	14
3:05	Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	13	17
3:00	Houston full timeout	13	17
3:00	Juwan Howard enters the game for Shane Battier	13	17
3:00	Steve Novak enters the game for Chuck Hayes	13	17
2:43	Cedric Simmons blocks Juwan Howard's 13-foot jumper	13	17
2:41	Rasual Butler defensive rebound	13	17
2:30	Rasual Butler makes 19-foot jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)	13	19
2:15	Bobby Jackson personal foul (Kirk Snyder draws the foul)	13	19
2:10	Rasual Butler jump ball	13	19
2:05	Rafer Alston makes 21-foot jumper	15	19
1:46	Desmond Mason lost ball (Kirk Snyder steals)	15	19
1:34	Tracy McGrady misses 16-foot jumper	15	19
1:31	Desmond Mason defensive rebound	15	19
1:25	Rasual Butler makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	15	22
1:14	Rasual Butler personal foul (Steve Novak draws the foul)	15	22
1:14	Luther Head enters the game for Rafer Alston	15	22
1:14	Bonzi Wells enters the game for Steve Novak	15	22
1:05	Juwan Howard misses hook shot	15	22
1:04	Bonzi Wells offensive rebound	15	22
1:00	Bonzi Wells bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	15	22
57.2	Bobby Jackson makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	15	24
35.9	Bonzi Wells lost ball (Rasual Butler steals)	15	24
30.8	Chris Paul bad pass	15	24
7.5	Cedric Simmons blocks Kirk Snyder's layup	15	24
6.4	Houston offensive rebound	15	24
6.4	shot clock violation	15	24
1.8	Chris Paul makes layup	15	26
0.6	Luther Head misses 63-foot three point jumper	15	26
0.0	Houston offensive rebound	15	26
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	15	26

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Rockets
90
Hornets
96

Game 1

5/11

Hornets
87
Rockets
74

Game 2

4/2

Rockets
94
Hornets
106

Game 3

26/3

Hornets
112
Rockets
123

Game 4

15/4

Smoothie King Center

11:00 PM, 5 November 2006

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 18,202

Referees:
Bennett Salvatore
Derrick Collins
Monty McCutchen

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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