Lakers 100-87 Hornets (24 Dec, 2008) Play-by-Play

Los Angeles Lakers

23-5, 9-4 away

100

	1	2	3	4	T
LAL	24	32	24	20	100
NO	20	17	27	23	87

New Orleans Hornets

16-8, 9-4 home

Rasual Butler makes jumper
Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler misses 8-foot hook shot
Andrew Bynum blocks Tyson Chandler's layup
Andrew Bynum blocks Devin Brown's jumper
Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)
Devin Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 19-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes dunk (David West assists)
David West misses 17-foot jumper
David West misses 16-foot jumper
Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes layup (Rasual Butler assists)
Morris Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper
Hilton Armstrong makes dunk (Devin Brown assists)
Hilton Armstrong makes two point shot (Devin Brown assists)
Morris Peterson makes layup (James Posey assists)
Trevor Ariza blocks James Posey's 23-foot three point jumper
David West misses jumper
Lamar Odom blocks Devin Brown's layup
Andrew Bynum blocks David West's layup
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown misses 21-foot jumper
Tyson Chandler makes 9-foot hook shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes layup
David West misses layup
Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown makes 19-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes 15-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
David West misses 11-foot jumper
Pau Gasol blocks David West's 18-foot jumper
Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper
Devin Brown makes dunk (Chris Paul assists)
Devin Brown misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes layup
David West makes 7-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Rasual Butler makes two point shot (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses layup
Morris Peterson makes 18-foot jumper (David West assists)
James Posey makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Chris Paul misses 5-foot jumper
Chris Paul makes two point shot
Morris Peterson misses layup
Chris Paul misses 13-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong misses layup
Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
James Posey misses 26-foot three point jumper
Morris Peterson makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 23-foot three point jumper
James Posey makes dunk
James Posey misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler makes 23-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 8-foot jumper
Morris Peterson misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler makes 20-foot jumper (Morris Peterson assists)
Morris Peterson makes 11-foot running jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Rasual Butler misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 24-foot three point jumper (James Posey assists)
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
Rasual Butler misses layup
Tyson Chandler misses layup
David West makes layup
Chris Paul misses 5-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses 12-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 11-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes 9-foot hook shot
Andrew Bynum misses two point shot
Sasha Vujacic misses 17-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Andrew Bynum makes 12-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Sasha Vujacic misses 19-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses 14-foot jumper
Pau Gasol makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
Rasual Butler blocks Lamar Odom's 13-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot three point jumper (Sasha Vujacic assists)
Hilton Armstrong blocks Andrew Bynum's jumper
Andrew Bynum makes dunk
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Hilton Armstrong blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
Derek Fisher makes 5-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 23-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 20-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza makes 20-foot jumper (Derek Fisher assists)
Kobe Bryant makes 10-foot two point shot
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes dunk
Kobe Bryant misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes tip shot
Lamar Odom makes dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
Lamar Odom makes driving layup
Pau Gasol makes 7-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 11-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum misses jumper
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Pau Gasol misses 14-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 13-foot jumper
Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Luke Walton assists)
Rasual Butler blocks Luke Walton's 15-foot jumper
Luke Walton misses jumper
Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper
Pau Gasol makes two point shot
Andrew Bynum makes 7-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 14-foot jumper
Lamar Odom makes 17-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 8-foot jumper
Derek Fisher makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)
Derek Fisher misses 22-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Andrew Bynum misses layup
Andrew Bynum makes layup
Vladimir Radmanovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)
Hilton Armstrong blocks Andrew Bynum's layup
James Posey blocks Lamar Odom's layup
Kobe Bryant makes 17-foot two point shot (Lamar Odom assists)
Kobe Bryant misses 16-foot jumper
Lamar Odom misses 8-foot jumper
Derek Fisher makes 22-foot jumper
Vladimir Radmanovic misses three point jumper
Lamar Odom misses layup
Kobe Bryant makes 23-foot jumper
Derek Fisher misses 25-foot three point jumper
Kobe Bryant makes 20-foot jumper
Kobe Bryant misses 17-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses layup

LAKERS

HORNETS

TIME		LAL	NO
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Andrew Bynum vs. Tyson Chandler (Los Angeles gains possession)	0	0
12:00	Tyson Chandler lane violation	0	0
11:49	Luke Walton lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	0	0
11:34	Rasual Butler makes jumper	0	2
11:18	Andrew Bynum misses 12-foot jumper	0	2
11:17	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	0	2
10:56	Rasual Butler misses 16-foot jumper	0	2
10:56	New Orleans defensive rebound	0	2
10:44	Pau Gasol makes 11-foot jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)	2	2
10:23	David West lost ball (Derek Fisher steals)	2	2
10:21	David West personal foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)	2	2
10:14	Pau Gasol bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	2	2
10:12	Derek Fisher personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	2	2
9:56	Tyson Chandler misses 8-foot hook shot	2	2
9:55	Tyson Chandler offensive rebound	2	2
9:52	Andrew Bynum blocks Tyson Chandler's layup	2	2
9:52	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	2	2
9:47	Kobe Bryant makes 16-foot jumper	4	2
9:36	Andrew Bynum personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	2
9:26	Andrew Bynum blocks Devin Brown's jumper	4	2
9:25	Devin Brown offensive rebound	4	2
9:21	Chris Paul makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devin Brown assists)	4	5
9:03	Pau Gasol lost ball (Tyson Chandler steals)	4	5
9:02	Kobe Bryant personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	5
8:51	Devin Brown misses 24-foot three point jumper	4	5
8:49	Kobe Bryant defensive rebound	4	5
8:33	Pau Gasol makes 9-foot hook shot	6	5
8:18	David West makes 16-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	6	7
7:54	Andrew Bynum lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	6	7
7:50	Rasual Butler misses 19-foot jumper	6	7
7:50	New Orleans offensive rebound	6	7
7:50	Kobe Bryant loose ball foul (Devin Brown draws the foul)	6	7
7:50	Sasha Vujacic enters the game for Kobe Bryant	6	7
7:35	David West misses 16-foot jumper	6	7
7:35	Luke Walton defensive rebound	6	7
7:26	Andrew Bynum misses two point shot	6	7
7:24	Chris Paul defensive rebound	6	7
7:18	Tyson Chandler makes dunk (David West assists)	6	9
7:03	Sasha Vujacic misses 17-foot jumper	6	9
7:01	David West defensive rebound	6	9
7:00	David West bad pass (Sasha Vujacic steals)	6	9
6:56	Andrew Bynum makes dunk (Sasha Vujacic assists)	8	9
6:48	Sasha Vujacic shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	8	9
6:48	Tyson Chandler technical foul (1st technical foul)	8	9
6:48	Sasha Vujacic makes technical free throw	9	9
6:48	Tyson Chandler misses free throw 1 of 2	9	9
6:48	New Orleans offensive rebound	9	9
6:48	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 2 of 2	9	10
6:30	Pau Gasol misses 18-foot jumper	9	10
6:28	Rasual Butler defensive rebound	9	10
6:16	David West misses 17-foot jumper	9	10
6:16	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	9	10
5:54	Sasha Vujacic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pau Gasol assists)	12	10
5:37	David West misses 16-foot jumper	12	10
5:37	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	12	10
5:24	Luke Walton lost ball (Chris Paul steals)	12	10
5:18	Rasual Butler makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	12	12
4:52	Andrew Bynum makes 12-foot jumper (Luke Walton assists)	14	12
4:41	Andrew Bynum shooting foul (Tyson Chandler draws the foul)	14	12
4:41	New Orleans full timeout	14	12
4:41	Morris Peterson enters the game for Devin Brown	14	12
4:41	Lamar Odom enters the game for Andrew Bynum	14	12
4:41	Tyson Chandler makes free throw 1 of 2	14	13
4:41	Tyson Chandler misses free throw 2 of 2	14	13
4:39	Pau Gasol defensive rebound	14	13
4:24	Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper	14	13
4:24	Los Angeles defensive rebound	14	13
4:07	Rasual Butler makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	14	16
3:51	Morris Peterson personal foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	14	16
3:51	James Posey enters the game for David West	14	16
3:42	Sasha Vujacic misses 24-foot three point jumper	14	16
3:41	Tyson Chandler defensive rebound	14	16
3:31	Chris Paul bad pass (Sasha Vujacic steals)	14	16
3:25	Pau Gasol makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)	16	16
3:13	Chris Paul traveling	16	16
3:01	Derek Fisher misses 23-foot three point jumper	16	16
3:00	Lamar Odom offensive rebound	16	16
2:56	Sasha Vujacic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Lamar Odom assists)	19	16
2:26	Rasual Butler misses 26-foot three point jumper	19	16
2:25	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	19	16
2:18	Sasha Vujacic misses 19-foot jumper	19	16
2:16	Luke Walton offensive rebound	19	16
2:13	Luke Walton misses 14-foot jumper	19	16
2:12	Pau Gasol offensive rebound	19	16
2:00	Lamar Odom turnover	19	16
2:00	Los Angeles full timeout	19	16
2:00	Hilton Armstrong enters the game for Tyson Chandler	19	16
2:00	Trevor Ariza enters the game for Luke Walton	19	16
1:38	James Posey bad pass (Sasha Vujacic steals)	19	16
1:27	Pau Gasol makes layup (Lamar Odom assists)	21	16
1:27	Morris Peterson shooting foul (Pau Gasol draws the foul)	21	16
1:27	Pau Gasol makes free throw 1 of 1	22	16
1:07	Chris Paul misses 26-foot three point jumper	22	16
1:06	Lamar Odom defensive rebound	22	16
44.9	Pau Gasol lost ball (Rasual Butler steals)	22	16
39.7	Morris Peterson makes layup (Rasual Butler assists)	22	18
36.6	Chris Paul personal foul (Derek Fisher draws the foul)	22	18
36.6	Derek Fisher makes free throw 1 of 2	23	18
36.6	Derek Fisher makes free throw 2 of 2	24	18
30.9	Sasha Vujacic shooting foul (Morris Peterson draws the foul)	24	18
30.9	Morris Peterson makes free throw 1 of 2	24	19
30.9	Vladimir Radmanovic enters the game for Pau Gasol	24	19
30.9	Devin Brown enters the game for Hilton Armstrong	24	19
30.9	Morris Peterson makes free throw 2 of 2	24	20
14.9	Trevor Ariza bad pass (Chris Paul steals)	24	20
1.9	Morris Peterson misses 24-foot three point jumper	24	20
1.0	Trevor Ariza defensive rebound	24	20
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	24	20

Regular Season Series

LAL lead 3-0

Lakers
93
Hornets
86

Game 1

13/11

Lakers
93
Hornets
86

Game 2

13/11

Lakers
100
Hornets
87

Game 3

24/12

Lakers
100
Hornets
87

Game 4

24/12

Hornets
116
Lakers
105

Game 5

7/1

Hornets
116
Lakers
105

Game 6

7/1

Hornets
111
Lakers
115

Game 7

21/2

Hornets
111
Lakers
115

Game 8

21/2

Smoothie King Center

1:00 AM, 24 December 2008

New Orleans, LA

Attendance: 18,405

Referees:
Mark Wunderlich
Derrick Collins
Michael Smith

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LA Lakers	26	18	.591	-	W4
LA Clippers	26	20	.565	1	L1
Phoenix	24	21	.533	2.5	W3
Sacramento	24	22	.522	3	W1
Golden State	22	23	.489	4.5	L1

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