Rockets 108-100 Hornets (30 Dec, 2009) Play-by-Play

New Orleans Hornets

13-16, 2-13 away

100

	1	2	3	4	T
NO	23	28	31	18	100
HOU	31	30	13	34	108

Houston Rockets

19-13, 9-4 home

108

Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
Shane Battier misses 22-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola misses 10-foot two point shot
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Trevor Ariza misses driving layup
Aaron Brooks makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)
Chuck Hayes makes 6-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)
Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)
Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza makes layup
Luis Scola makes 6-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)
Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)
Carl Landry makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)
Carl Landry makes 22-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (David Andersen assists)
David Andersen makes 16-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Aaron Brooks misses 25-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
David Andersen makes jumper
Carl Landry misses 6-foot jumper
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes 14-foot two point shot (Luis Scola assists)
Carl Landry misses 8-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Luis Scola misses 20-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes layup
Shane Battier misses 13-foot two point shot
Trevor Ariza misses 25-foot three point jumper
Carl Landry makes layup (Luis Scola assists)
Trevor Ariza misses 22-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses jumper
Shane Battier makes 25-foot three point jumper (Carl Landry assists)
Aaron Brooks misses 23-foot three point jumper
Chuck Hayes misses layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Chuck Hayes's 5-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor blocks Trevor Ariza's layup
Carl Landry misses layup
Aaron Brooks makes driving layup
Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper
Luis Scola makes 18-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)
Luis Scola makes two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)
Luis Scola misses 14-foot two point shot
Carl Landry misses layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Carl Landry's layup
Emeka Okafor blocks Carl Landry's dunk
Trevor Ariza makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Luis Scola misses jumper
Chris Paul blocks Carl Landry's layup
Luis Scola misses 19-foot jumper
Trevor Ariza misses 26-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier misses 23-foot three point jumper
Shane Battier makes 23-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Kyle Lowry makes driving layup
Aaron Brooks makes 21-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 15-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)
David Andersen makes 11-foot two point shot
Aaron Brooks makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Shane Battier makes two point shot
David Andersen misses 16-foot jumper
David Andersen misses layup
Trevor Ariza misses 12-foot two point shot
Shane Battier makes 24-foot three point jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)
Carl Landry misses 11-foot jumper
Carl Landry misses 16-foot jumper
Carl Landry makes 7-foot hook shot
Chris Paul blocks Aaron Brooks's layup
Aaron Brooks misses layup
Trevor Ariza makes two point shot
David West misses 9-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor makes 5-foot two point shot (David West assists)
Chris Paul makes 19-foot two point shot
Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper
David West makes driving layup
David West misses 15-foot jumper
Devin Brown makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 15-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 8-foot hook shot
David West misses 17-foot jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 13-foot two point shot
Shane Battier blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup
David West makes driving layup
David West makes two point shot
David West misses 9-foot hook shot
Darren Collison misses 11-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses two point shot
David West makes two point shot
Darius Songaila misses jumper
David West makes layup (James Posey assists)
Darius Songaila makes 7-foot two point shot (David West assists)
Chris Paul misses 15-foot two point shot
Darius Songaila makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
James Posey misses 9-foot two point shot
James Posey makes driving layup
Marcus Thornton misses 15-foot jumper
Julian Wright makes layup (Darius Songaila assists)
Darren Collison makes driving layup
Darren Collison makes driving layup
Darius Songaila makes layup
Darius Songaila misses 22-foot jumper
Julian Wright misses driving layup
Darren Collison makes driving layup
James Posey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Darren Collison assists)
David West misses 7-foot jumper
James Posey misses 10-foot two point shot
Darren Collison misses driving layup
David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 17-foot two point shot
James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes layup (Devin Brown assists)
Chris Paul makes driving layup
Peja Stojakovic misses 22-foot jumper
David West makes jumper
Peja Stojakovic misses 25-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul makes 18-foot two point shot
David West misses running jumper
David West makes 13-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
David West makes 6-foot jumper
David West makes 19-foot jumper (Devin Brown assists)
David West makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 19-foot jumper
Emeka Okafor makes 6-foot hook shot (David West assists)
David West makes 13-foot two point shot
David West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 24-foot three point jumper
Chris Paul misses 50-foot three point jumper
Darius Songaila makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul makes 14-foot two point shot
Chris Paul misses 21-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor misses layup
James Posey misses 20-foot two point shot
Darius Songaila misses hook shot
Chris Paul misses 24-foot three point jumper
David West misses 20-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses 19-foot two point shot
David West makes driving layup
David West makes 18-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)
Chris Paul misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West misses 15-foot two point shot
Emeka Okafor makes layup (Chris Paul assists)
David West misses 9-foot two point shot
David West makes 6-foot two point shot
Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (David West assists)
Darius Songaila misses 22-foot jumper
Chris Paul misses layup
Darius Songaila misses two point shot
Carl Landry blocks Devin Brown's tip shot
Devin Brown misses tip shot
David West misses 25-foot three point jumper
David West makes driving layup

HORNETS

ROCKETS

TIME		NO	HOU
12:00	Start of the 1st Quarter	0	0
12:00	Jumpball: Emeka Okafor vs. Luis Scola (Chris Paul gains possession)	0	0
11:41	David West misses 9-foot two point shot	0	0
11:41	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	0	0
11:34	David West traveling	0	0
11:19	Luis Scola makes 16-foot jumper (Shane Battier assists)	0	2
11:00	Emeka Okafor makes 5-foot two point shot (David West assists)	2	2
10:45	Shane Battier misses 22-foot jumper	2	2
10:44	Chris Paul defensive rebound	2	2
10:36	Chris Paul makes 19-foot two point shot	4	2
10:18	Trevor Ariza misses 23-foot three point jumper	4	2
10:18	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	4	2
10:03	Devin Brown misses 26-foot three point jumper	4	2
10:02	New Orleans defensive rebound	4	2
9:42	Luis Scola misses 10-foot two point shot	4	2
9:41	Peja Stojakovic defensive rebound	4	2
9:37	Luis Scola personal foul (Chris Paul draws the foul)	4	2
9:30	Devin Brown traveling	4	2
9:08	Shane Battier misses 25-foot three point jumper	4	2
9:07	Devin Brown defensive rebound	4	2
8:51	David West makes driving layup	6	2
8:34	Trevor Ariza misses driving layup	6	2
8:33	Chuck Hayes offensive rebound	6	2
8:23	Emeka Okafor personal foul (Aaron Brooks draws the foul)	6	2
8:19	Aaron Brooks makes layup (Chuck Hayes assists)	6	4
8:00	David West misses 15-foot jumper	6	4
7:58	Chuck Hayes defensive rebound	6	4
7:50	Shane Battier bad pass (David West steals)	6	4
7:45	Devin Brown makes layup (Chris Paul assists)	8	4
7:26	Chuck Hayes makes 6-foot hook shot (Shane Battier assists)	8	6
7:09	Luis Scola jump ball	8	6
7:00	Devin Brown makes 25-foot three point jumper (Chris Paul assists)	11	6
6:41	Trevor Ariza makes driving dunk (Aaron Brooks assists)	11	8
6:24	Chris Paul misses 15-foot jumper	11	8
6:24	Luis Scola defensive rebound	11	8
6:07	David West shooting foul (Chuck Hayes draws the foul)	11	8
6:07	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 1 of 2	11	9
6:07	Peja Stojakovic defensive goaltending	11	9
6:07	Chuck Hayes makes free throw 2 of 2	11	10
5:50	Emeka Okafor makes 8-foot hook shot	13	10
5:35	Aaron Brooks makes 24-foot three point jumper (Chuck Hayes assists)	13	13
5:24	David West misses 17-foot jumper	13	13
5:22	Emeka Okafor offensive rebound	13	13
5:16	Peja Stojakovic misses three point jumper	13	13
5:16	Shane Battier defensive rebound	13	13
5:05	Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper	13	13
5:05	Emeka Okafor defensive rebound	13	13
4:54	David West makes 17-foot jumper (Chris Paul assists)	15	13
4:33	Shane Battier makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	15	15
4:18	Chris Paul makes 13-foot two point shot	17	15
4:05	Trevor Ariza makes layup	17	17
3:51	Shane Battier blocks Peja Stojakovic's layup	17	17
3:50	New Orleans offensive rebound	17	17
3:50	Houston full timeout	17	17
3:45	David West makes driving layup	19	17
3:20	Luis Scola makes 6-foot two point shot (Trevor Ariza assists)	19	19
3:09	Devin Brown bad pass (Luis Scola steals)	19	19
3:00	Trevor Ariza misses 24-foot three point jumper	19	19
2:59	Luis Scola offensive rebound	19	19
2:54	Aaron Brooks makes 26-foot three point jumper (Luis Scola assists)	19	22
2:31	David West makes two point shot	21	22
2:12	Peja Stojakovic shooting foul (Luis Scola draws the foul)	21	22
2:12	New Orleans full timeout	21	22
2:12	Darren Collison enters the game for Devin Brown	21	22
2:12	Carl Landry enters the game for Chuck Hayes	21	22
2:12	Kyle Lowry enters the game for Shane Battier	21	22
2:12	Luis Scola makes free throw 1 of 2	21	23
2:12	Luis Scola makes free throw 2 of 2	21	24
1:52	David West misses 9-foot hook shot	21	24
1:51	Luis Scola defensive rebound	21	24
1:39	Luis Scola makes 19-foot jumper (Trevor Ariza assists)	21	26
1:14	Darren Collison misses 11-foot two point shot	21	26
1:13	Luis Scola defensive rebound	21	26
1:05	Kyle Lowry bad pass (Darren Collison steals)	21	26
59.9	Emeka Okafor misses two point shot	21	26
57.9	David West offensive rebound	21	26
57.9	David West makes two point shot	23	26
40.2	Carl Landry makes layup (Trevor Ariza assists)	23	28
40.2	Darren Collison shooting foul (Carl Landry draws the foul)	23	28
40.2	Darius Songaila enters the game for Emeka Okafor	23	28
40.2	Carl Landry makes free throw 1 of 1	23	29
26.9	Darius Songaila misses jumper	23	29
25.7	Kyle Lowry defensive rebound	23	29
1.7	Carl Landry makes 22-foot jumper (Aaron Brooks assists)	23	31
0.0	End of the 1st Quarter	23	31

Regular Season Series

HOU leads 1-0

Hornets
100
Rockets
108

Game 1

30/12

Rockets
95
Hornets
99

Game 2

3/1

Rockets
94
Hornets
102

Game 3

22/2

Hornets
123
Rockets
115

Game 4

15/4

Toyota Center (Houston)

1:30 AM, 30 December 2009

Houston, TX

Attendance: 18,187

Referees:
Tony Brothers
Michael Smith
Kane Fitzgerald

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Dallas	50	32	.610	-	L2
New Orleans	49	33	.598	1	L1
Houston	41	41	.500	9	W2
Memphis	27	55	.329	23	L5
San Antonio	22	60	.268	28	W2

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