Hornets 87-82 Rockets (13 Jan, 2008) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

25-12, 15-5 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	26	20	12	29	87
HOU	18	21	24	19	82

Houston Rockets

20-18, 9-7 home

Yao Ming makes 16-foot two point shot
Luther Head makes layup (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 10-foot jumper
Chuck Hayes makes dunk (Luther Head assists)
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses jumper
Yao Ming makes 11-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Rafer Alston's driving layup
Luther Head makes driving layup
Rafer Alston misses layup
Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 4-foot hook shot
Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot
Luther Head makes driving layup
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper
Luther Head misses driving layup
Carl Landry makes two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 11-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells makes 21-foot jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells misses jumper
Luis Scola makes jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 27-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 19-foot jumper
Rafer Alston misses layup
Yao Ming makes layup
Yao Ming misses 25-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston misses 5-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 7-foot two point shot (Shane Battier assists)
Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper
Luther Head misses jumper
Shane Battier makes two point shot
Luther Head misses 7-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes layup
Luther Head misses 28-foot three point jumper
Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola misses driving layup
Yao Ming makes hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Rafer Alston makes 18-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 15-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 26-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming misses layup
Bonzi Wells makes layup (Yao Ming assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 7-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes tip shot
Yao Ming misses 20-foot jumper
Luther Head makes 26-foot three point jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Yao Ming misses layup
Luis Scola makes tip shot
Yao Ming misses layup
Luther Head misses 18-foot jumper
Yao Ming makes 8-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
Rafer Alston misses 21-foot jumper
Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming makes 10-foot two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
Yao Ming misses hook shot
David West blocks Luther Head's layup
Yao Ming misses 26-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 45-foot three point running jumper
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 14-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes 14-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper
David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 8-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper
Morris Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses jumper
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
David West makes layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks David West's layup
Tyson Chandler makes layup
Bobby Jackson makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 13-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses tip shot
Chris Paul makes layup
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses layup
Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 28-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West makes layup
Melvin Ely misses jumper
Bobby Jackson misses 32-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 19-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes 17-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 15-foot jumper
Ryan Bowen makes 17-foot jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
Jannero Pargo makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
Melvin Ely misses jumper
Ryan Bowen makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes jumper
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 18-foot jumper (David West assists)
David West makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses layup
Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson misses three point jumper
Tyson Chandler misses layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 11-foot running jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Yao Ming blocks Tyson Chandler's 8-foot jumper
Yao Ming blocks Tyson Chandler's 7-foot jumper
David West makes 8-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 6-foot jumper
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 5-foot jumper
Morris Peterson makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Tyson Chandler misses 5-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 22-foot jumper
Ryan Bowen misses 6-foot jumper
David West makes 13-foot jumper
Ryan Bowen misses jumper
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 32-foot three point jumper
Yao Ming blocks Ryan Bowen's layup
Bobby Jackson misses 8-foot jumper
Bobby Jackson makes jumper
Bobby Jackson makes driving layup
Jannero Pargo misses 16-foot jumper
Melvin Ely makes 14-foot two point shot
Bobby Jackson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jannero Pargo assists)
Jannero Pargo makes 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes 11-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 14-foot jumper
David West misses tip shot
David West misses tip shot
David West makes 14-foot jumper
David West misses 7-foot jumper
Shane Battier blocks Rasual Butler's layup
David West misses 20-foot two point shot
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 11-foot jumper
David West misses 10-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
Jannero Pargo makes layup
Rasual Butler makes driving dunk (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup

HORNETS

ROCKETS

TIME		NO	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Yao Ming (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:41	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	2	0
11:22	Yao Ming makes 16-foot two point shot	2	2
11:06	Chris Paul bad pass (Rafer Alston steals)	2	2
11:00	Luther Head makes layup (Shane Battier assists)	2	4
10:41	David West misses 14-foot jumper	2	4
10:40	Yao Ming defensive rebound	2	4
10:33	Rafer Alston misses 19-foot jumper	2	4
10:33	Luther Head offensive rebound	2	4
10:21	Yao Ming makes 10-foot jumper	2	6
9:56	Tyson Chandler makes 14-foot jumper	4	6
9:38	Chuck Hayes makes dunk (Luther Head assists)	4	8
9:22	Morris Peterson misses 20-foot jumper	4	8
9:21	Shane Battier defensive rebound	4	8
9:04	Rafer Alston lost ball (David West steals)	4	8
9:02	Luther Head shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	4	8
9:02	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	5	8
9:02	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	6	8
8:51	Chuck Hayes lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	6	8
8:44	Chris Paul misses 19-foot jumper	6	8
8:42	Yao Ming defensive rebound	6	8
8:30	Rafer Alston misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	8
8:30	Houston offensive rebound	6	8
8:30	Tyson Chandler loose ball foul (Yao Ming draws the foul)	6	8
8:15	Yao Ming misses jumper	6	8
8:14	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	6	8
8:10	David West makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	8	8
7:46	Yao Ming makes 11-foot hook shot (Rafer Alston assists)	8	10
7:28	David West makes 8-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	10	10
7:09	Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper	10	10
7:09	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	10	10
6:56	Tyson Chandler blocks Rafer Alston's driving layup	10	10
6:56	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	10	10
6:43	Shane Battier shooting foul (Peja Stojakovic draws the foul)	10	10
6:43	Peja Stojakovic makes free throw 1 of 2	11	10
6:43	Peja Stojakovic makes free throw 2 of 2	12	10
6:22	Luther Head makes driving layup	12	12
6:05	Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper	12	12
6:05	Rafer Alston defensive rebound	12	12
5:58	Rafer Alston misses layup	12	12
5:58	Chris Paul defensive rebound	12	12
5:52	Morris Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	15	12
5:30	Yao Ming misses 9-foot jumper	15	12
5:28	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	15	12
5:24	Rafer Alston personal foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	15	12
5:24	Houston full timeout	15	12
5:13	Chris Paul misses jumper	15	12
5:13	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	15	12
5:13	Tyson Chandler misses tip shot	17	12
5:11	David West offensive rebound	17	14
5:07	David West makes layup	17	12
4:47	Yao Ming makes 4-foot hook shot	17	14
4:26	Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper	17	14
4:26	Luther Head defensive rebound	17	14
4:20	Peja Stojakovic personal foul (Shane Battier draws the foul)	17	14
4:20	Bobby Jackson enters the game for Morris Peterson	17	14
4:07	Yao Ming misses 6-foot hook shot	17	14
4:07	David West defensive rebound	17	14
3:55	Rafer Alston personal foul (David West draws the foul)	17	14
3:42	Yao Ming blocks David West's layup	17	14
3:38	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	17	14
3:34	Tyson Chandler makes layup	19	14
3:24	Luther Head makes driving layup	19	16
3:00	Bobby Jackson makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	21	16
2:40	Chuck Hayes misses layup	21	16
2:39	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	21	16
2:26	David West misses 13-foot jumper	21	16
2:25	Peja Stojakovic misses tip shot	23	16
2:25	Peja Stojakovic offensive rebound	23	16
2:24	Yao Ming defensive rebound	21	16
2:13	Rafer Alston bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	21	16
2:08	Chris Paul makes layup	23	16
1:47	Yao Ming offensive foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	23	16
1:47	Yao Ming turnover	23	16
1:47	Luis Scola enters the game for Chuck Hayes	23	16
1:47	Aaron Brooks enters the game for Rafer Alston	23	16
1:47	Melvin Ely enters the game for Tyson Chandler	23	16
1:25	Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper	23	16
1:24	Yao Ming defensive rebound	23	16
1:12	Aaron Brooks makes driving layup	23	18
49.9	David West misses layup	23	18
48.9	Luther Head defensive rebound	23	18
34.9	Yao Ming misses 16-foot jumper	23	18
33.9	Melvin Ely defensive rebound	23	18
26.9	Bobby Jackson misses 23-foot three point jumper	23	18
25.9	Yao Ming defensive rebound	23	18
21.9	Luther Head misses driving layup	23	18
19.8	David West defensive rebound	23	18
0.0	Chris Paul makes 28-foot three point jumper (David West assists)	26	18
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	26	18

Regular Season Series

NO leads 1-0

Hornets
87
Rockets
82

Game 1

13/1

Hornets
87
Rockets
82

Game 2

13/1

Rockets
100
Hornets
80

Game 3

23/2

Rockets
100
Hornets
80

Game 4

23/2

Hornets
96
Rockets
106

Game 5

9/3

Hornets
96
Rockets
106

Game 6

9/3

Rockets
69
Hornets
90

Game 7

19/3

Rockets
69
Hornets
90

Game 8

20/3

Toyota Center (Houston)

6:30 PM, 13 January 2008

Houston, TX

Attendance: 13,599

Referees:
Ken Mauer
Michael Smith
Zach Zarba

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Houston	12	5	.706	-	W2
Memphis	9	7	.563	2.5	W1
Dallas	8	7	.533	3	W3
San Antonio	8	8	.500	3.5	W2
New Orleans	4	13	.235	8	L4

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