Hornets 114-106 Pacers (25 Mar, 2008) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

48-21, 21-11 away

114

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	29	30	27	28	114
IND	27	29	23	27	106

Indiana Pacers

29-42, 16-19 home

106

Ronald Murray misses 16-foot two point shot
Ronald Murray makes 17-foot jumper
Mike Dunleavy misses 12-foot running jumper
Danny Granger misses 17-foot two point shot
Jeff Foster makes 16-foot jumper (Ronald Murray assists)
Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Danny Granger makes layup (Mike Dunleavy assists)
Troy Murphy misses 26-foot three point jumper
Jeff Foster misses 4-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 12-foot two point shot
Mike Dunleavy makes driving layup (Danny Granger assists)
Mike Dunleavy misses 17-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes 19-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Ronald Murray makes 11-foot two point shot
Mike Dunleavy makes driving layup
Jeff Foster misses 16-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses 11-foot jumper
Jeff Foster makes tip shot
Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Ronald Murray misses 17-foot two point shot
Jeff Foster misses 6-foot two point shot
Melvin Ely blocks David Harrison's jumper
Troy Murphy misses 18-foot jumper
Troy Murphy makes driving layup
Marquis Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shawne Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Mike Dunleavy makes two point shot (Travis Diener assists)
Shawne Williams makes 20-foot jumper
Shawne Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Travis Diener makes 24-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)
Mike Dunleavy misses 22-foot three pointer
David Harrison makes layup
Travis Diener makes layup
David Harrison makes layup (Travis Diener assists)
Danny Granger makes layup
Mike Dunleavy makes 18-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes 22-foot two point shot (Travis Diener assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes 18-foot two point shot (Troy Murphy assists)
Danny Granger misses 25-foot three point jumper
Travis Diener misses 24-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses 21-foot jumper
Danny Granger makes two point shot
Mike Dunleavy misses 24-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes layup (Ronald Murray assists)
Shawne Williams makes layup (Ronald Murray assists)
Troy Murphy misses 4-foot jumper
Ronald Murray misses three point jumper
David Harrison misses layup
Mike Dunleavy misses 20-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 17-foot two point shot
Troy Murphy misses three point jumper
Danny Granger misses two point shot
David Harrison makes 10-foot two point shot
Ronald Murray makes 25-foot three pointer
Troy Murphy misses 26-foot three point jumper
David Harrison makes 14-foot two point shot
David West blocks David Harrison's layup
Marquis Daniels makes 10-foot two point shot
Troy Murphy misses three point jumper
David Harrison makes 6-foot two point shot (Travis Diener assists)
David West blocks Shawne Williams's layup
Julian Wright blocks Danny Granger's 4-foot two point shot
Chris Andersen blocks Shawne Williams's layup
Jeff Foster misses tip shot
Marquis Daniels misses layup
Jeff Foster misses tip shot
Danny Granger makes 25-foot three point jumper (Travis Diener assists)
Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shawne Williams assists)
Shawne Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper (Travis Diener assists)
Bonzi Wells blocks Danny Granger's layup
Marquis Daniels misses 19-foot jumper
Shawne Williams makes driving layup (Marquis Daniels assists)
Shawne Williams makes two point shot
Danny Granger misses layup
Shawne Williams makes 20-foot two point shot
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger makes 26-foot three point jumper
David Harrison makes 16-foot jumper (Travis Diener assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes 5-foot two point shot (Travis Diener assists)
Mike Dunleavy makes 18-foot two point shot
Danny Granger misses 13-foot two point shot
Shawne Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
Danny Granger misses 22-foot jumper
Danny Granger misses 13-foot jumper
Travis Diener makes 25-foot three point jumper
Travis Diener makes 21-foot two point shot
Danny Granger misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West misses 13-foot two point shot
David West makes 11-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes 11-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 7-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson misses 23-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three pointer (Tyson Chandler assists)
Chris Paul makes 1-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic makes three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson misses 20-foot jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 17-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Danny Granger blocks Chris Paul's layup
David West misses dunk
Chris Paul misses 21-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot jumper
David West makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David Harrison blocks David West's 7-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes layup
Bonzi Wells makes 18-foot jumper (Melvin Ely assists)
Jannero Pargo makes 17-foot two point shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
David West makes 17-foot two point shot
Bonzi Wells misses jumper
Julian Wright misses layup
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
Jannero Pargo misses two point shot
Chris Paul makes 27-foot three point jumper (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 19-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes driving layup
Tyson Chandler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 6-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes running jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot two point shot
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Bonzi Wells makes driving layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 5-foot running jumper
David West makes 17-foot two point shot
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Julian Wright makes 2-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses 6-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot two point shot
Bonzi Wells makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Julian Wright misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes two point shot
Marquis Daniels blocks Chris Paul's layup
Julian Wright misses 23-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells misses 16-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic makes layup (Jannero Pargo assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shawne Williams blocks David West's layup
David West makes layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 4-foot jumper
Danny Granger blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
Julian Wright misses 11-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes layup
Tyson Chandler makes 3-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 12-foot two point shot
Bonzi Wells misses 13-foot two point shot
David West makes 3-foot two point shot
David West misses 6-foot two point shot
David West makes 7-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses 28-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 16-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes driving layup

HORNETS

PACERS

TIME		NO	IND
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Jeff Foster (David West gains possession)	0	0
11:34	David West misses 13-foot two point shot	0	0
11:33	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	0	0
11:12	Morris Peterson shooting foul (Mike Dunleavy draws the foul)	0	0
11:12	Mike Dunleavy makes free throw 1 of 2	0	1
11:12	Mike Dunleavy makes free throw 2 of 2	0	2
10:55	David West makes 11-foot two point shot	2	2
10:42	Ronald Murray misses 16-foot two point shot	2	2
10:41	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	2	2
10:36	Ronald Murray makes 17-foot jumper	2	4
10:23	Chris Paul makes 11-foot two point shot	4	4
10:15	Chris Paul personal foul (Ronald Murray draws the foul)	4	4
10:11	Mike Dunleavy misses 12-foot running jumper	4	4
10:10	David West defensive rebound	4	4
10:00	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)	6	4
9:49	Danny Granger misses 17-foot two point shot	6	4
9:48	David West defensive rebound	6	4
9:37	David West misses 7-foot two point shot	6	4
9:36	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	6	4
9:26	Jeff Foster makes 16-foot jumper (Ronald Murray assists)	6	6
9:07	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper	6	6
9:06	Jeff Foster defensive rebound	6	6
8:56	Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)	6	9
8:37	Morris Peterson misses 23-foot three point jumper	6	9
8:37	Mike Dunleavy defensive rebound	6	9
8:32	Danny Granger makes layup (Mike Dunleavy assists)	6	11
8:11	Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three pointer (Tyson Chandler assists)	9	11
8:00	Troy Murphy misses 26-foot three point jumper	9	11
7:58	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	9	11
7:50	Chris Paul makes 1-foot two point shot	11	11
7:33	Jeff Foster misses 4-foot jumper	11	11
7:31	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	11	11
7:18	Peja Stojakovic makes three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	14	11
6:50	Danny Granger misses 12-foot two point shot	14	11
6:50	Mike Dunleavy offensive rebound	14	11
6:43	Ronald Murray traveling	14	11
6:30	Tyson Chandler offensive foul (Jeff Foster draws the foul)	14	11
6:30	Tyson Chandler turnover	14	11
6:20	Mike Dunleavy makes driving layup (Danny Granger assists)	14	13
6:07	Morris Peterson misses 20-foot jumper	14	13
6:05	Danny Granger defensive rebound	14	13
5:50	Mike Dunleavy misses 17-foot jumper	14	13
5:50	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	14	13
5:50	Tyson Chandler loose ball foul (Jeff Foster draws the foul)	14	13
5:50	Indiana full timeout	14	13
5:50	Melvin Ely enters the game for Tyson Chandler	14	13
5:41	Troy Murphy makes 19-foot jumper (Danny Granger assists)	14	15
5:13	David West makes 16-foot jumper	16	15
5:03	Ronald Murray makes 11-foot two point shot	16	17
4:50	Chris Paul makes 17-foot two point shot	18	17
4:39	Ronald Murray bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	18	17
4:35	Chris Paul makes two point shot	20	17
4:18	Mike Dunleavy makes driving layup	20	19
4:11	Danny Granger blocks Chris Paul's layup	20	19
4:09	Troy Murphy defensive rebound	20	19
3:58	Jeff Foster misses 16-foot jumper	20	19
3:57	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	20	19
3:41	David West misses dunk	20	19
3:40	Ronald Murray defensive rebound	20	19
3:33	Ronald Murray misses 11-foot jumper	20	19
3:32	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	20	21
3:32	Jeff Foster makes tip shot	20	21
3:14	Chris Paul misses 21-foot jumper	20	21
3:13	Danny Granger defensive rebound	20	21
3:03	Troy Murphy makes 26-foot three point jumper (Danny Granger assists)	20	24
2:47	Peja Stojakovic misses 17-foot jumper	20	24
2:46	Ronald Murray defensive rebound	20	24
2:41	Mike Dunleavy bad pass (Melvin Ely steals)	20	24
2:31	David West makes slam dunk (Chris Paul assists)	22	24
2:24	Ronald Murray misses 17-foot two point shot	22	24
2:23	Jeff Foster offensive rebound	22	24
2:21	Jeff Foster misses 6-foot two point shot	22	24
2:20	Melvin Ely defensive rebound	22	24
2:15	New Orleans full timeout	22	24
2:15	Bonzi Wells enters the game for Morris Peterson	22	24
2:15	Travis Diener enters the game for Mike Dunleavy	22	24
2:15	David Harrison enters the game for Jeff Foster	22	24
2:15	Shawne Williams enters the game for Ronald Murray	22	24
1:54	Peja Stojakovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	25	24
1:36	Melvin Ely blocks David Harrison's jumper	25	24
1:35	Indiana offensive rebound	25	24
1:32	Troy Murphy misses 18-foot jumper	25	24
1:31	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	25	24
1:08	David Harrison blocks David West's 7-foot jumper	25	24
1:08	New Orleans offensive rebound	25	24
1:06	shot clock violation	25	24
54.2	Melvin Ely shooting foul (David Harrison draws the foul)	25	24
54.2	David Harrison misses free throw 1 of 2	25	24
54.2	David Harrison misses free throw 2 of 2	25	24
54.2	Danny Granger offensive rebound	25	24
54.2	Indiana offensive rebound	29	27
46.9	Shawne Williams bad pass (Peja Stojakovic steals)	25	24
39.9	Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper	25	24
38.9	David West offensive rebound	25	24
37.0	David West makes layup	27	24
29.2	Troy Murphy makes driving layup	27	26
29.2	Melvin Ely shooting foul (Troy Murphy draws the foul)	27	26
29.2	Marquis Daniels enters the game for Danny Granger	27	26
29.2	Troy Murphy makes free throw 1 of 1	27	27
7.7	Shawne Williams shooting foul (Bonzi Wells draws the foul)	27	27
7.7	Bonzi Wells makes free throw 1 of 2	28	27
7.7	Bonzi Wells makes free throw 2 of 2	29	27
0.0	Marquis Daniels misses 25-foot three point jumper	29	27
0.0	Indiana offensive rebound	29	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	29	27

Regular Season Series

IND leads 2-1

Pacers
105
Hornets
93

Game 1

22/11

Pacers
105
Hornets
93

Game 2

22/11

Hornets
114
Pacers
106

Game 3

25/3

Hornets
114
Pacers
106

Game 4

25/3

Gainbridge Fieldhouse

11:00 PM, 25 March 2008

Indianapolis, IN

Attendance: 10,829

Referees:
Eddie F. Rush
Marc Davis
Ed Malloy

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	25	4	.862	-	W4
Milwaukee	15	12	.556	9	W1
Indiana	14	15	.483	11	W4
Chicago	13	16	.448	12	L1
Detroit	12	17	.414	13	W1

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