Hornets 98-97 Magic (2 Apr, 2008) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

51-22, 24-12 away

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	21	23	30	24	98
ORL	27	26	23	21	97

Orlando Magic

47-28, 23-15 home

Dwight Howard makes slam dunk (Rashard Lewis assists)
Carlos Arroyo misses 21-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Hedo Turkoglu makes 10-foot two point shot
Maurice Evans makes dunk (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Hedo Turkoglu misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard makes layup (Carlos Arroyo assists)
David West blocks Rashard Lewis's layup
Hedo Turkoglu misses 11-foot running jumper
Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Rashard Lewis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Dwight Howard misses two point shot
Carlos Arroyo misses 19-foot jumper
Pat Garrity misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carlos Arroyo misses 20-foot jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup
Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup
Keith Bogans makes 24-foot three point jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Pat Garrity misses 22-foot jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 18-foot two point shot
Keyon Dooling makes 21-foot jumper
Keith Bogans misses 20-foot jumper
Pat Garrity makes hook shot
Keyon Dooling makes 13-foot running jumper
Julian Wright blocks Keith Bogans's three point jumper
Rashard Lewis makes 7-foot running jumper
Keith Bogans makes 24-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Keyon Dooling misses 25-foot three point jumper
Adonal Foyle misses layup
Dwight Howard makes hook shot (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Hedo Turkoglu misses driving layup
Dwight Howard makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Rashard Lewis makes 21-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling misses driving layup
Keith Bogans misses 24-foot three point jumper
Hedo Turkoglu misses 9-foot two point shot
Maurice Evans misses three point jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 25-foot three point jumper
Carlos Arroyo misses 23-foot three point jumper
Rashard Lewis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dwight Howard assists)
Rashard Lewis makes 23-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Dwight Howard misses 6-foot jumper
Pat Garrity misses 24-foot three point jumper
Carlos Arroyo misses 25-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson blocks Maurice Evans's layup
Maurice Evans misses three point jumper
Dwight Howard makes two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu makes two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu makes 25-foot three point jumper
Maurice Evans makes 24-foot three point jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)
Keith Bogans misses 23-foot three point jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes 21-foot two point shot
Hedo Turkoglu misses 13-foot jumper
Keyon Dooling misses 22-foot jumper
Dwight Howard makes two point shot (Hedo Turkoglu assists)
Rashard Lewis misses 25-foot three point jumper
Keith Bogans makes 23-foot three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Keith Bogans misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard makes 7-foot jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Keith Bogans misses 23-foot three point jumper
Tyson Chandler blocks Hedo Turkoglu's layup
Keith Bogans makes layup (Keyon Dooling assists)
Hedo Turkoglu misses 21-foot jumper
Rashard Lewis makes driving dunk
Hedo Turkoglu misses 16-foot two point shot
Rashard Lewis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Keyon Dooling assists)
Hedo Turkoglu makes 9-foot running jumper
Rashard Lewis misses 28-foot three point jumper
Hedo Turkoglu misses driving layup
Keyon Dooling makes slam dunk (Rashard Lewis assists)
Maurice Evans makes three point jumper (Rashard Lewis assists)
Maurice Evans misses three point jumper
Hedo Turkoglu makes driving dunk
Keyon Dooling misses 19-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Peja Stojakovic assists)
Dwight Howard blocks David West's 11-foot jumper
Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West misses 9-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
Chris Paul misses 4-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses jumper
David West misses layup
David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses two point shot
David West makes 9-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Jannero Pargo makes jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses driving layup
Bonzi Wells misses 8-foot running jumper
Bonzi Wells makes driving layup
Bonzi Wells misses 17-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo makes jumper (Hilton Armstrong assists)
Keyon Dooling blocks Jannero Pargo's layup
Jannero Pargo makes 19-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 20-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 19-foot jumper
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
Julian Wright makes 9-foot hook shot (Bonzi Wells assists)
Jannero Pargo misses 12-foot running jumper
Jannero Pargo misses layup
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot
Bonzi Wells makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 21-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes driving dunk
Chris Paul misses 10-foot two point shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes 14-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 6-foot hook shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 13-foot two point shot
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses 51-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 18-foot jumper
David West misses driving layup
David West misses layup
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West makes 7-foot hook shot
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Morris Peterson makes 16-foot two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 14-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong misses layup
Hilton Armstrong misses tip shot
David West misses layup
Chris Paul misses 5-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes tip shot
Peja Stojakovic misses 13-foot two point shot
Morris Peterson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Dwight Howard blocks Hilton Armstrong's layup
Chris Paul misses 12-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes 13-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes 14-foot two point shot
David West makes 16-foot two point shot (Jannero Pargo assists)
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Bonzi Wells misses 22-foot jumper
Bonzi Wells misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses driving layup
Jannero Pargo misses 18-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses three point jumper
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 15-foot two point shot
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Bonzi Wells makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 14-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 7-foot two point shot
Tyson Chandler misses tip shot
Chris Paul misses 6-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 26-foot three point jumper
Peja Stojakovic makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Peja Stojakovic misses 16-foot jumper

HORNETS

MAGIC

TIME		NO	ORL
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Tyson Chandler vs. Dwight Howard (New Orleans gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Dwight Howard lane violation	0	0
11:44	Dwight Howard illegal defense foul (1st personal foul)	0	0
11:44	Peja Stojakovic makes technical free throw	1	0
11:32	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot (Peja Stojakovic assists)	3	0
11:18	Morris Peterson shooting foul (Maurice Evans draws the foul)	3	0
11:18	Maurice Evans makes free throw 1 of 2	3	1
11:18	Maurice Evans misses free throw 2 of 2	3	1
11:15	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	3	1
10:53	Dwight Howard blocks David West's 11-foot jumper	3	1
10:52	Hedo Turkoglu defensive rebound	3	1
10:48	Dwight Howard makes slam dunk (Rashard Lewis assists)	3	3
10:29	Morris Peterson makes 24-foot three point jumper (David West assists)	6	3
10:17	Carlos Arroyo misses 21-foot jumper	6	3
10:15	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	6	3
10:00	David West misses 9-foot two point shot	6	3
9:57	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	8	3
9:57	Tyson Chandler makes two point shot	8	3
9:41	Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)	8	6
9:27	Chris Paul turnover	8	6
9:12	Hedo Turkoglu makes 10-foot two point shot	8	8
9:07	Carlos Arroyo personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	8	8
9:02	Chris Paul misses 4-foot two point shot	8	8
9:00	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	8	8
8:57	Maurice Evans makes dunk (Hedo Turkoglu assists)	8	10
8:40	Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper	8	10
8:37	Morris Peterson offensive rebound	8	10
8:32	Rashard Lewis personal foul (David West draws the foul)	8	10
8:22	David West misses jumper	8	10
8:18	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	8	10
8:15	David West misses layup	8	10
8:14	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	8	10
8:03	Hedo Turkoglu misses 25-foot three point jumper	8	10
8:03	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	8	10
7:50	Chris Paul offensive foul (Carlos Arroyo draws the foul)	8	10
7:50	Chris Paul turnover	8	10
7:35	Dwight Howard makes layup (Carlos Arroyo assists)	8	12
7:24	David West offensive foul (Rashard Lewis draws the foul)	8	12
7:24	David West turnover	8	12
7:09	David West blocks Rashard Lewis's layup	8	12
7:07	Orlando offensive rebound	8	12
7:01	Hedo Turkoglu misses 11-foot running jumper	8	12
7:01	Orlando defensive rebound	8	12
7:01	Dwight Howard loose ball foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	8	12
6:41	David West makes jumper (Chris Paul assists)	10	12
6:28	Rashard Lewis makes 25-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)	10	15
6:11	Chris Paul misses 9-foot jumper	10	15
6:09	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	10	15
6:09	Tyson Chandler misses layup	10	15
6:09	Dwight Howard defensive rebound	10	15
6:03	Rashard Lewis makes 24-foot three point jumper (Hedo Turkoglu assists)	10	18
5:33	shot clock violation	10	18
5:33	Orlando full timeout	10	18
5:18	Dwight Howard misses two point shot	10	18
5:18	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	10	18
5:13	Chris Paul offensive foul (Carlos Arroyo draws the foul)	10	18
5:13	Chris Paul turnover	10	18
4:58	Carlos Arroyo misses 19-foot jumper	10	18
4:56	David West defensive rebound	10	18
4:43	Peja Stojakovic misses 19-foot jumper	10	18
4:43	Rashard Lewis defensive rebound	10	18
4:37	Hedo Turkoglu bad pass	10	18
4:37	Pat Garrity enters the game for Hedo Turkoglu	10	18
4:22	Morris Peterson misses two point shot	10	18
4:20	New Orleans offensive rebound	10	18
4:11	shot clock violation	10	18
3:51	Pat Garrity misses 25-foot three point jumper	10	18
3:49	Morris Peterson defensive rebound	10	18
3:34	David West makes 9-foot two point shot	12	18
3:18	David West shooting foul (Maurice Evans draws the foul)	12	18
3:18	Maurice Evans makes free throw 1 of 2	12	19
3:18	Maurice Evans makes free throw 2 of 2	12	20
3:18	Jannero Pargo enters the game for Chris Paul	12	20
3:05	Pat Garrity shooting foul (David West draws the foul)	12	20
3:05	David West makes free throw 1 of 2	13	20
3:05	David West makes free throw 2 of 2	14	20
2:45	Carlos Arroyo bad pass (Morris Peterson steals)	14	20
2:38	Peja Stojakovic misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	20
2:36	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	14	20
2:31	Morris Peterson makes 26-foot three point jumper (David West assists)	17	20
2:05	Carlos Arroyo misses 20-foot jumper	17	20
2:04	Jannero Pargo defensive rebound	17	20
2:00	Jannero Pargo makes jumper	19	20
1:54	Orlando 20 Sec. timeout	19	20
1:54	New Orleans full timeout	19	20
1:54	Bonzi Wells enters the game for David West	19	20
1:54	Hedo Turkoglu enters the game for Rashard Lewis	19	20
1:54	Keith Bogans enters the game for Maurice Evans	19	20
1:42	Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup	19	22
1:29	Peja Stojakovic misses 21-foot jumper	19	22
1:28	Hedo Turkoglu defensive rebound	19	22
1:17	Hedo Turkoglu makes driving layup	19	24
1:17	Tyson Chandler shooting foul (Hedo Turkoglu draws the foul)	19	24
1:17	Hedo Turkoglu misses free throw 1 of 1	19	24
1:16	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	19	24
1:04	Jannero Pargo misses driving layup	19	24
1:04	Keith Bogans defensive rebound	19	24
53.4	Keith Bogans makes 24-foot three point jumper (Carlos Arroyo assists)	19	27
33.9	Bonzi Wells misses 8-foot running jumper	19	27
32.4	Hedo Turkoglu defensive rebound	19	27
24.9	Pat Garrity misses 22-foot jumper	19	27
23.9	Jannero Pargo defensive rebound	19	27
2.5	Bonzi Wells makes driving layup	21	27
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	21	27

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Magic
95
Hornets
88

Game 1

20/11

Hornets
98
Magic
97

Game 2

2/4

Amway Arena

12:00 AM, 2 April 2008

Orlando, FL

Attendance: 17,519

Referees:
Joe DeRosa
Jack Nies
Eric Lewis

Team	PCT	GB	STRK
Atlanta	.000	-	-
Miami	.000	-	-
Orlando	.000	-	-
Washington	.000	-	-
Charlotte	.000	-	-

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