Hornets 95-81 Clippers (3 Jan, 2008) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

21-11, 12-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	23	18	30	24	95
LAC	16	25	17	23	81

LA Clippers

10-20, 5-10 home

Sam Cassell misses 13-foot jumper
Josh Powell misses 8-foot jumper
Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper
Corey Maggette makes 19-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Corey Maggette makes 20-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)
Corey Maggette misses 19-foot jumper
Sam Cassell makes driving layup
Sam Cassell misses 26-foot three point jumper
Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses jumper
Quinton Ross makes 18-foot jumper (Corey Maggette assists)
Josh Powell makes layup (Corey Maggette assists)
Chris Kaman makes two point shot (Corey Maggette assists)
Chris Kaman misses 16-foot jumper
Quinton Ross makes layup
Corey Maggette misses 21-foot jumper
Quinton Ross makes driving layup (Chris Kaman assists)
Chris Kaman misses 12-foot jumper
Chris Kaman misses 9-foot hook shot
Chris Kaman misses 9-foot two point shot
Al Thornton misses 17-foot jumper
Richie Frahm misses 22-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 19-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses driving layup
Marcus Vinicius blocks Brevin Knight's layup
Al Thornton makes 26-foot three point jumper
Al Thornton makes 20-foot jumper
Al Thornton misses 17-foot jumper
Brevin Knight makes driving layup
Brevin Knight makes 17-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 29-foot three point jumper
Josh Powell misses 18-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley makes 17-foot jumper (Corey Maggette assists)
Al Thornton makes driving dunk (Brevin Knight assists)
Brevin Knight misses jumper
Brevin Knight makes 20-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)
Cuttino Mobley makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Corey Maggette makes 18-foot jumper
Corey Maggette makes driving layup (Chris Kaman assists)
Corey Maggette makes 20-foot jumper (Josh Powell assists)
Sam Cassell misses 22-foot jumper
Josh Powell makes 20-foot jumper (Quinton Ross assists)
Sam Cassell misses 11-foot two point shot
Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 20-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses 24-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic blocks Chris Kaman's 5-foot jumper
Sam Cassell misses 16-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Kaman assists)
Chris Kaman misses 9-foot two point shot
Corey Maggette makes 18-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)
Chris Kaman misses 7-foot hook shot
Corey Maggette misses 19-foot jumper
Corey Maggette makes driving layup (Brevin Knight assists)
Al Thornton makes layup (Brevin Knight assists)
Cuttino Mobley makes 19-foot jumper
Cuttino Mobley misses 19-foot jumper
Brevin Knight misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Kaman misses 8-foot running jumper
Cuttino Mobley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Al Thornton makes 23-foot jumper (Brevin Knight assists)
Brevin Knight makes 19-foot jumper (Cuttino Mobley assists)
Brevin Knight misses driving layup
Cuttino Mobley misses 24-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson blocks Corey Maggette's layup
Al Thornton makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Kaman assists)
Al Thornton makes driving dunk (Brevin Knight assists)
Al Thornton misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Chris Kaman's layup
Corey Maggette makes 20-foot jumper
Corey Maggette misses 16-foot jumper
Al Thornton misses layup
Brevin Knight makes 20-foot jumper (Chris Kaman assists)
Cuttino Mobley misses 18-foot jumper
Brevin Knight makes 21-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
Josh Powell blocks Tyson Chandler's layup
Morris Peterson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses three point jumper
David West makes driving dunk
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
Morris Peterson misses layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Kaman blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
Chris Paul makes 7-foot running jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 19-foot jumper
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 9-foot running jumper
David West misses 10-foot two point shot
Marcus Vinicius misses 19-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses 10-foot hook shot
Chris Kaman blocks Hilton Armstrong's layup
Hilton Armstrong makes layup
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
David West misses 6-foot hook shot
Morris Peterson makes three point jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Bobby Jackson makes 29-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses 9-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper
David West makes 11-foot hook shot (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses 21-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses layup
Peja Stojakovic misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes hook shot
David West makes 20-foot jumper
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Morris Peterson assists)
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses layup
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Quinton Ross blocks Tyson Chandler's layup
David West makes 16-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 6-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
Cuttino Mobley blocks Bobby Jackson's driving layup
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West misses 19-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses jumper
David West misses 27-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 11-foot running jumper
David West makes layup (Bobby Jackson assists)
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes driving dunk (Bobby Jackson assists)
David West makes layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bobby Jackson misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes layup
Morris Peterson misses 19-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 20-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West makes driving dunk
Chris Kaman blocks Hilton Armstrong's layup
Marcus Vinicius misses 25-foot three point jumper

HORNETS

CLIPPERS

TIME		NO	LAC
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Chris Kaman (Josh Powell gains possession)	0	0
11:40	Sam Cassell misses 13-foot jumper	0	0
11:38	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	0	0
11:33	Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper	0	0
11:30	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	0	0
11:30	Josh Powell blocks Tyson Chandler's layup	0	0
11:29	Chris Kaman defensive rebound	0	0
11:11	Josh Powell misses 8-foot jumper	0	0
11:11	David West defensive rebound	0	0
10:56	Morris Peterson makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	2	0
10:33	Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper	2	0
10:33	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	2	0
10:21	Morris Peterson misses three point jumper	2	0
10:19	Josh Powell defensive rebound	2	0
10:11	Corey Maggette makes 19-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)	2	2
9:47	David West makes driving dunk	4	2
9:34	Corey Maggette makes 20-foot jumper (Sam Cassell assists)	4	4
9:18	Josh Powell personal foul (David West draws the foul)	4	4
9:06	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)	6	4
8:56	Corey Maggette misses 19-foot jumper	6	4
8:56	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	6	4
8:40	Morris Peterson misses layup	6	4
8:38	Corey Maggette defensive rebound	6	4
8:34	Sam Cassell makes driving layup	6	6
8:22	Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	6	6
8:21	Chris Kaman defensive rebound	6	6
7:56	Sam Cassell misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	6
7:56	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	6	6
7:48	David West makes 21-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	8	6
7:22	Quinton Ross misses 21-foot jumper	8	6
7:22	Chris Paul defensive rebound	8	6
7:13	Sam Cassell personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	8	6
7:03	Chris Kaman blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup	8	6
7:03	Quinton Ross defensive rebound	8	6
6:50	Sam Cassell misses jumper	8	6
6:48	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	8	6
6:45	Chris Paul makes 7-foot running jumper	10	6
6:31	Sam Cassell bad pass	10	6
6:18	Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper	10	6
6:16	Corey Maggette defensive rebound	10	6
6:07	Quinton Ross makes 18-foot jumper (Corey Maggette assists)	10	8
5:39	Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	12	8
5:20	Josh Powell makes layup (Corey Maggette assists)	12	10
5:13	Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper	12	10
5:11	New Orleans defensive rebound	12	10
5:11	Los Angeles full timeout	12	10
4:54	Chris Kaman makes two point shot (Corey Maggette assists)	12	12
4:39	Corey Maggette personal foul (David West draws the foul)	12	12
4:39	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Morris Peterson	12	12
4:31	David West makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	14	12
4:22	Chris Kaman misses 16-foot jumper	14	12
4:20	Quinton Ross offensive rebound	14	12
4:18	Quinton Ross makes layup	14	14
4:00	David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	16	14
3:44	Corey Maggette misses 21-foot jumper	16	14
3:42	Chris Paul defensive rebound	16	14
3:29	David West misses 19-foot jumper	16	14
3:27	Corey Maggette defensive rebound	16	14
3:18	Jumpball: Chris Paul vs. Sam Cassell (David West gains possession)	16	14
3:18	Sam Cassell turnover (Chris Paul steals)	18	16
2:58	David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	18	14
2:44	Quinton Ross makes driving layup (Chris Kaman assists)	18	16
2:31	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	20	16
2:31	Quinton Ross shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	20	16
2:31	Marcus Vinicius enters the game for Peja Stojakovic	20	16
2:31	Al Thornton enters the game for Josh Powell	20	16
2:31	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 1	21	16
2:09	Chris Kaman misses 12-foot jumper	21	16
2:08	David West defensive rebound	21	16
1:59	Chris Paul makes 9-foot running jumper	23	16
1:39	Chris Kaman misses 9-foot hook shot	23	16
1:37	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	23	16
1:19	David West misses 10-foot two point shot	23	16
1:17	Al Thornton defensive rebound	23	16
1:07	Chris Kaman misses 9-foot two point shot	23	16
1:06	David West defensive rebound	23	16
1:00	Hilton Armstrong enters the game for David West	23	16
1:00	Cuttino Mobley enters the game for Quinton Ross	23	16
1:00	Brevin Knight enters the game for Sam Cassell	23	16
47.9	Marcus Vinicius misses 19-foot jumper	23	16
44.1	New Orleans defensive rebound	23	16
28.9	Al Thornton misses 17-foot jumper	23	16
27.5	Bobby Jackson defensive rebound	23	16
3.8	Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper	23	16
1.9	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	23	16
1.9	Tyson Chandler misses tip shot	23	16
1.2	New Orleans offensive rebound	23	16
1.1	Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper	23	16
0.1	Corey Maggette defensive rebound	23	16
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	16

Regular Season Series

NO leads 2-0

Hornets
98
Clippers
89

Game 1

25/11

Hornets
95
Clippers
81

Game 2

3/1

Clippers
92
Hornets
111

Game 3

26/1

Clippers
92
Hornets
114

Game 4

16/4

crypto.com Arena

12:30 AM, 3 January 2008

Los Angeles, CA

Attendance: 14,965

Referees:
Steve Javie
Marc Davis
Pat Fraher

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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