New Orleans Hornets @ Houston Rockets
42-20, 20-10 Away
96
42-20, 20-10 Away
42-20, 23-9 Home
106
42-20, 23-9 Home
Shot Chart
- Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 22-foot jumper
- Shane Battier misses 14-foot jumper
- Luis Scola misses two point shot
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses driving layup
- Dikembe Mutombo misses 10-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot two point shot
- Bobby Jackson makes 22-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists)
- Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Shane Battier makes layup (Bobby Jackson assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 12-foot running jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot two point shot (Bobby Jackson assists)
- Bobby Jackson misses 20-foot jumper
- Bobby Jackson misses driving layup
- Bobby Jackson misses driving layup
- Jannero Pargo blocks Luis Scola's two point shot
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Steve Novak makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luther Head makes three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Luther Head misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes two point shot (Rafer Alston assists)
- Steve Novak makes 21-foot jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 23-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Steve Novak misses 21-foot two point shot
- Steve Novak makes 22-foot three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Steve Novak misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luther Head makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 16-foot two point shot
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Luther Head assists)
- Rafer Alston makes three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses 17-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 23-foot jumper (Rafer Alston assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo misses 8-foot hook shot
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo makes slam dunk
- Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses driving layup
- Shane Battier misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Dikembe Mutombo makes slam dunk (Shane Battier assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot jumper
- Rafer Alston makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Luis Scola misses layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 25-foot three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Bobby Jackson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shane Battier makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
- Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tyson Chandler blocks Bobby Jackson's layup
- Luis Scola makes layup
- Tracy McGrady makes 20-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot two point shot (Bobby Jackson assists)
- Tracy McGrady makes 16-foot jumper
- Luther Head makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Shane Battier makes three point jumper (Bobby Jackson assists)
- Tracy McGrady misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tyson Chandler blocks Luther Head's layup
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luther Head misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston makes driving layup
- Rafer Alston makes 24-foot three point jumper (Shane Battier assists)
- Rafer Alston misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot two point shot
- Chuck Hayes makes layup (Tracy McGrady assists)
- Luther Head misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Rafer Alston misses jumper
- Tracy McGrady misses 20-foot jumper
- Tracy McGrady makes two point shot
- Tracy McGrady makes driving layup
- Tracy McGrady misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Luther Head misses jumper
- Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper
- Morris Peterson makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Tyson Chandler misses 7-foot two point shot
- Tyson Chandler misses 5-foot jumper
- Chris Paul misses 22-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 11-foot two point shot
- Tyson Chandler misses two point shot
- Rafer Alston blocks Morris Peterson's layup
- Tyson Chandler misses layup
- Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper
- Chris Paul misses 13-foot jumper
- Peja Stojakovic makes 16-foot two point shot
- Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper
- Tyson Chandler misses slam dunk
- Bobby Jackson blocks Jannero Pargo's layup
- Morris Peterson makes 20-foot jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists)
- Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Jannero Pargo misses 17-foot jumper
- Julian Wright makes tip shot
- Jannero Pargo misses running jumper
- Jannero Pargo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julian Wright assists)
- Jannero Pargo makes 14-foot running jumper
- Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
- Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Julian Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jannero Pargo assists)
- Jannero Pargo makes driving layup
- Jannero Pargo misses 38-foot three point jumper
- Luther Head blocks Mike James's layup
- Mike James makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julian Wright assists)
- Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
- Mike James misses layup
- Jannero Pargo misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Julian Wright makes 17-foot jumper (Ryan Bowen assists)
- Mike James misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul misses 11-foot jumper
- Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Jannero Pargo misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jannero Pargo assists)
- Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Tyson Chandler makes 7-foot hook shot (Morris Peterson assists)
- Tracy McGrady blocks Morris Peterson's 19-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes 10-foot two point shot
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Chris Paul makes 10-foot running jumper
- Chris Paul misses 16-foot running jumper
- Chris Paul misses 10-foot jumper
- Ryan Bowen misses tip shot
- Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Peja Stojakovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
- Dikembe Mutombo blocks Morris Peterson's two point shot
- Julian Wright misses layup
- Chris Paul makes 9-foot running jumper
- Chris Paul misses two point shot
- Morris Peterson misses layup
- Morris Peterson makes layup
- Tyson Chandler misses 4-foot jumper
- Julian Wright misses layup
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
- Chris Paul makes 6-foot running jumper
- Chris Paul makes 18-foot two point shot
- Julian Wright makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Julian Wright misses 14-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 15-foot jumper
- Chris Paul misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jannero Pargo misses 22-foot jumper
- Chris Paul makes two point shot
- Jannero Pargo misses layup
- Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
- Chris Paul makes two point shot
- Peja Stojakovic makes 6-foot two point shot
- Tyson Chandler misses layup
- Jannero Pargo misses layup
- Chris Paul makes driving layup (Tyson Chandler assists)
- Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Peja Stojakovic misses jumper
- Tracy McGrady blocks Peja Stojakovic's jumper
- Julian Wright misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes 20-foot jumper
- Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot two point shot
- Chris Paul misses 30-foot three point jumper
- Chris Paul makes jumper (Tyson Chandler assists)
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
- Chris Paul misses 20-foot jumper
- Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
HORNETS
ROCKETS
| TIME | PLAY | NO | HOU | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Dikembe Mutombo (Luis Scola gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:48 | | Tracy McGrady misses 21-foot jumper | 0 | 0 |
| 11:45 | | Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound | 0 | 0 |
| 11:33 | | Chris Paul makes 21-foot jumper | 2 | 0 |
| 11:18 | | Rafer Alston makes 22-foot jumper | 2 | 2 |
| 11:06 | | Morris Peterson makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists) | 4 | 2 |
| 10:55 | | Tyson Chandler shooting foul (Rafer Alston draws the foul) | 4 | 2 |
| 10:55 | | Rafer Alston makes free throw 1 of 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 10:55 | | Rafer Alston makes free throw 2 of 2 | 4 | 4 |
| 10:36 | | Tyson Chandler misses 7-foot two point shot | 4 | 4 |
| 10:34 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 10:29 | | Rafer Alston bad pass (Ryan Bowen steals) | 4 | 4 |
| 10:27 | | Rafer Alston personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul) | 4 | 4 |
| 10:15 | | Tyson Chandler misses 5-foot jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 10:14 | | Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 10:03 | | Shane Battier misses 14-foot jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 10:00 | | Tyson Chandler defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:53 | | Chris Paul misses 22-foot jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 9:52 | | Rafer Alston defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:34 | | Luis Scola misses two point shot | 4 | 4 |
| 9:33 | | Shane Battier offensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:30 | | Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper | 4 | 4 |
| 9:30 | | Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound | 4 | 4 |
| 9:14 | | Chris Paul bad pass (Rafer Alston steals) | 4 | 4 |
| 9:08 | | Chris Paul personal foul (Luis Scola draws the foul) | 4 | 4 |
| 8:59 | | Tracy McGrady makes 22-foot jumper | 4 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Dikembe Mutombo shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul) | 4 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Dikembe Mutombo defensive rebound | 5 | 6 |
| 8:34 | | Rafer Alston misses 24-foot three point jumper | 5 | 6 |
| 8:33 | | Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound | 5 | 6 |
| 8:25 | | Chris Paul makes 11-foot two point shot | 7 | 6 |
| 8:11 | | Luis Scola misses driving layup | 7 | 6 |
| 8:08 | | Dikembe Mutombo offensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 7:54 | | Dikembe Mutombo misses 10-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 7:54 | | Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 7:46 | | Tyson Chandler misses two point shot | 7 | 6 |
| 7:43 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 7:37 | | Tracy McGrady lost ball (Chris Paul steals) | 7 | 6 |
| 7:35 | | Rafer Alston blocks Morris Peterson's layup | 7 | 6 |
| 7:33 | | New Orleans offensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | Tyson Chandler misses layup | 7 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | Tyson Chandler offensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | Rafer Alston personal foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul) | 7 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | Bobby Jackson enters the game for Rafer Alston | 7 | 6 |
| 7:13 | | Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 7:11 | | Ryan Bowen offensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 6:56 | | Chris Paul misses 13-foot jumper | 7 | 6 |
| 6:54 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 7 | 6 |
| 6:43 | | Tracy McGrady makes 17-foot two point shot | 7 | 8 |
| 6:35 | | Chris Paul lost ball (Bobby Jackson steals) | 7 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | Chris Paul personal foul (Bobby Jackson draws the foul) | 7 | 8 |
| 6:30 | | Jannero Pargo enters the game for Chris Paul | 7 | 8 |
| 6:09 | | Bobby Jackson makes 22-foot jumper (Luis Scola assists) | 7 | 10 |
| 5:52 | | Peja Stojakovic makes 16-foot two point shot | 9 | 10 |
| 5:37 | | Bobby Jackson turnover | 9 | 10 |
| 5:37 | | Houston full timeout | 9 | 10 |
| 5:37 | | Julian Wright enters the game for Ryan Bowen | 9 | 10 |
| 5:26 | | Peja Stojakovic misses 18-foot jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 5:24 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:11 | | Bobby Jackson misses 24-foot three point jumper | 9 | 10 |
| 5:11 | | Morris Peterson defensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:05 | | Tyson Chandler misses slam dunk | 9 | 10 |
| 5:03 | | Peja Stojakovic offensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 5:00 | | Bobby Jackson blocks Jannero Pargo's layup | 9 | 10 |
| 5:00 | | New Orleans offensive rebound | 9 | 10 |
| 4:56 | | Morris Peterson makes 20-foot jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists) | 11 | 10 |
| 4:33 | | Dikembe Mutombo 3 second | 11 | 10 |
| 4:13 | | Peja Stojakovic misses 15-foot two point shot | 11 | 10 |
| 4:11 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 11 | 10 |
| 4:01 | | Tracy McGrady misses 25-foot three point jumper | 11 | 10 |
| 4:01 | | Tyson Chandler defensive rebound | 11 | 10 |
| 3:51 | | Jannero Pargo misses 17-foot jumper | 11 | 10 |
| 3:49 | | Julian Wright offensive rebound | 13 | 10 |
| 3:49 | | Julian Wright makes tip shot | 13 | 10 |
| 3:28 | | Tracy McGrady makes driving layup | 13 | 12 |
| 3:15 | | Jannero Pargo misses running jumper | 13 | 12 |
| 3:13 | | Tracy McGrady defensive rebound | 13 | 12 |
| 3:09 | | Shane Battier makes layup (Bobby Jackson assists) | 13 | 14 |
| 2:45 | | Jannero Pargo makes 24-foot three point jumper (Julian Wright assists) | 16 | 14 |
| 2:29 | | Tracy McGrady makes 12-foot running jumper (Shane Battier assists) | 16 | 16 |
| 2:14 | | Jannero Pargo makes 14-foot running jumper | 18 | 16 |
| 2:06 | | Tracy McGrady makes 19-foot two point shot (Bobby Jackson assists) | 18 | 18 |
| 1:55 | | New Orleans full timeout | 18 | 18 |
| 1:55 | | Melvin Ely enters the game for Tyson Chandler | 18 | 18 |
| 1:55 | | Chuck Hayes enters the game for Dikembe Mutombo | 18 | 18 |
| 1:45 | | Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper | 18 | 18 |
| 1:44 | | Luis Scola defensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 1:35 | | Bobby Jackson misses 20-foot jumper | 18 | 18 |
| 1:34 | | Jannero Pargo defensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 1:19 | | Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper | 18 | 18 |
| 1:17 | | Shane Battier defensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 1:07 | | Bobby Jackson misses driving layup | 18 | 18 |
| 1:05 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 57.3 | | Bobby Jackson misses driving layup | 18 | 18 |
| 57.3 | | Houston defensive rebound | 18 | 18 |
| 57.3 | | Bobby Jackson loose ball foul (Melvin Ely draws the foul) | 18 | 18 |
| 46.2 | | Julian Wright makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jannero Pargo assists) | 21 | 18 |
| 28.9 | | Jannero Pargo blocks Luis Scola's two point shot | 21 | 18 |
| 26.9 | | Luis Scola offensive rebound | 21 | 18 |
| 26.0 | | Luis Scola makes layup | 21 | 20 |
| 5.4 | | Jannero Pargo makes driving layup | 23 | 20 |
| 1.9 | | Bobby Jackson lost ball (Jannero Pargo steals) | 23 | 20 |
| 0.2 | | Jannero Pargo misses 38-foot three point jumper | 23 | 20 |
| 0.0 | | New Orleans offensive rebound | 23 | 20 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 23 | 20 | |
Regular Season Series
HOU leads 2-1
Game Information
Toyota Center (Houston)
12:30 AM, 9 March 2008
Houston, TX
Attendance: 18,279
- Referees:
- Mark Wunderlich
- James Capers
- Gary Zielinski
2025-26 Southwest Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Antonio | 23 | 7 | .767 | - | W8 |
| Houston | 18 | 10 | .643 | 4 | W1 |
| Memphis | 15 | 16 | .484 | 8.5 | W2 |
| Dallas | 12 | 20 | .375 | 12 | L1 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 24 | .250 | 16 | L2 |
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